Week 7: Sunday, February 14th, 2010

So last week I promised that I would be trying my hand at some sports photography. I volunteered to take pictures for the annual "Shave for a Cure" event organized by University of Ottawa medical students to raise money for the Childhood Cancer Foundation this past Friday (www.shaveforacure.ca). Held at Lansdown Park, I got to take some pictures for them, as well as take some shots of the Ottawa 67s.

For this picture, I used the 55-200mm USM Canon telephoto lens (link) I'm not completely sold on it, but it was a great deal, so I'm hesitant to return it. If anyone has any thoughts on either the 75-300mm Canon or an alternative telephoto, let me know.



This shot was taken from the front row of the 200 level, using the 55-200mm USM Canon lens at 200mm, f/5.6, ISO 640 at 1/250s. The other pictures I took are available online at my Picasa page.