Last Friday the Phillies held their Championship Parade celebrating the World Series victory. It's been a 25-year drought since any major Philadelphia team won a championship, so we've all been waiting a very long time for a parade. An estimated 2.5 million people showed up on the parade route from City Hall to South Philadelphia and filled both Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field to capacity. Public transportation was a mess (luckily we drove). Needless to say, it was quite a celebration that was a long time coming.
I was fortunate enough to be able to get down there in the action at Broad and Snyder in South Philadelphia. Just before the floats came around, I hung my brother-in-law's work ID around my neck (looked like a press pass at a glance) and had almost all my gear on me so I was able to get out on to Broad Street for some good shots. It was a really fun time.
The sun was pretty harsh, but these are some of the ones I came up with. Let me know what you think.
Cracking stuff Joe. I've always liked baseball, but never really understood the game or its place in American sporting culture, what I do understand is your pictures have captured the total joy and elation of victory. I can almost hear the cheers! Good shooting.
Well captured. My favorite thing about this series is that you only used 1 fixed focal length lens for all these (unless I'm mistaken). It's a good reminder that you don't need a whole bag of gear or a huge zoom range to get some great shots.
Hey Liam! Thanks! I don't know for sure, but I hear UK football (soccer) is pretty big over in the UK. I would imagine that it would have a similar place in the UK sporting culture as baseball does in the US. So try to imagine a UK football city that hasn't had a championship since 1980 or in any major sport at all since 1983, that finally won it this year. Guys like myself have waited all our lives for this, and it was absolutely incredible! I tried to capture exactly what you took from it.
Jluk, thank you! You are correct. It was all one focal length, but do not go by the exif data because it is incorrect. When I add the border it appends the exif data from that original "border" image and I haven't fixed it yet. I was using my 50mm F1.4 for all of these shots.
