DeltaSigma wrote:
Thanks Gerry.
My wife and I have attended ~10 times now.
Due to the cost and effort to get there I'd rather not go than sit high at the back of Centre or No.1 court.
The smaller courts are great to get close to the action.
Colin
We've been 4 times in recent years, plus 2 or 3 in the 70s when we lived nearby and you could get in late afternoon for a few pounds. Now you have to take what the ballot gives you, last was up at the back of No 1, but a few years ago we had seats on Centre Court about 6 rows up, opposite the umpires chair, just behind the press lads, which was ideal. We usually get there for opening and get to the outside courts where you can easily get close to the action as you say.
Congrats Colin on the excellent action pictures from Wimbledon. I was watching the Barty vs. Siniakova game on TV today and wondered if you were out in the crowd with your Z and a manual Nikkor!
DeltaSigma wrote:
Wimbledon 2021 - Day 4 - Court 3 - a superb day out in near-normal conditions.
I was unsure what medium telephoto to opt for given the court seats 2000 and we could get close to the action since we were in row 5. In the end I selected the 105/2.5. A 135/2.8 might have been better but I cannot fault the performance of the 105mm on the Z6. Check out the floating ball fluff to the right of the racquet in the last image.
It took a while to find my 'focus peaking' range but it is sure useful for trying to track world class athletes doing their stuff.
Daria Kataskina laying it all on the line but she lost a close match.
Leighton, now that's more expensive than accumulating cameras At least the people who do own the boats and those condos let me wander around there with a beat up camera.
leighton w wrote:
Nice reflections captured. Which one of these boats is yours?
