Lambeau in the Snow!
This past Saturday, I had the honor of stepping out onto the hallowed ground that is Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, for the very first time. Lambeau Field, aka the Frozen Tundra, is arguably one of the most iconic stadiums in all of American sports... right up there with Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium.
The occasion this time around was the NFC divisional playoffs between the Green Bay Packers and the visiting Seattle Seahawks. I honestly thought the Seahawks would make this a close game and pull out a victory over the favored Packers, and at the start, it looked like it would, as they recovered two early fumbles and converted them into a 14-0 lead just 5 minutes into the game.
Sadly for the Seahawks, that was about it for them, as the Packers piled on 42 of the last 48 points of the game behind their legendary quarterback Brett Favre (3 TD passes), their largely unknown running back Ryan Grant (201 yards rushing, 3 TD runs), and their suffocating defense.
Now, as you can tell from the pictures above, it was snowing a decent amount up there. Like I said a year ago when I was writing about the NFC championship game, I love shooting football in the snow. The white droplets everywhere in the frame adds a very unique and beautiful element to all the images. However, like all good things, it is only good in moderation! In the third quarter, you couldn't call the weather simply "snow" anymore. I mean, it was hard enough that it required a tractor to plow the field in between plays so that players could see the yard markers! Yeah, that would be a "snowstorm."
The biggest problem with the snow was not that it was wet and made for a slippery and dirty field to work on, but was that it really killed autofocus performance. Cameras are so sensitive these days, that the white snowflakes can trick the camera into focusing in front of the subject. For the most part, the snow wasn't heavy enough to affect us too badly. Except in the third quarter when we pretty much had a white out (the Seattle receiver pictured below dropped a wide-open ball in the end zone... I don't blame him... try to find the ball in the frame... it's there, I swear!).
Despite the challenges that the snow gave us in the second half, it was great to be out there. With the Giants taking out Dallas today, it means Green Bay will be hosting the NFC Championship game. Forcasted game time temperature: 4 degrees.
The occasion this time around was the NFC divisional playoffs between the Green Bay Packers and the visiting Seattle Seahawks. I honestly thought the Seahawks would make this a close game and pull out a victory over the favored Packers, and at the start, it looked like it would, as they recovered two early fumbles and converted them into a 14-0 lead just 5 minutes into the game.
Sadly for the Seahawks, that was about it for them, as the Packers piled on 42 of the last 48 points of the game behind their legendary quarterback Brett Favre (3 TD passes), their largely unknown running back Ryan Grant (201 yards rushing, 3 TD runs), and their suffocating defense.
Now, as you can tell from the pictures above, it was snowing a decent amount up there. Like I said a year ago when I was writing about the NFC championship game, I love shooting football in the snow. The white droplets everywhere in the frame adds a very unique and beautiful element to all the images. However, like all good things, it is only good in moderation! In the third quarter, you couldn't call the weather simply "snow" anymore. I mean, it was hard enough that it required a tractor to plow the field in between plays so that players could see the yard markers! Yeah, that would be a "snowstorm."
The biggest problem with the snow was not that it was wet and made for a slippery and dirty field to work on, but was that it really killed autofocus performance. Cameras are so sensitive these days, that the white snowflakes can trick the camera into focusing in front of the subject. For the most part, the snow wasn't heavy enough to affect us too badly. Except in the third quarter when we pretty much had a white out (the Seattle receiver pictured below dropped a wide-open ball in the end zone... I don't blame him... try to find the ball in the frame... it's there, I swear!).
Despite the challenges that the snow gave us in the second half, it was great to be out there. With the Giants taking out Dallas today, it means Green Bay will be hosting the NFC Championship game. Forcasted game time temperature: 4 degrees.
posted by Jerry at 8:21 PM
2 Comments:
Dude, that's some intense snow.....
Did you shoot with a camera/lens cover or just say screw it... that's why I bought a $4500 camera with weather seals... :)
Dude, where you been on the bloggin??? :)
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