Long Beach "All-City Finals" Track

This last Saturday was a perfect day to be outside shooting some action. Now it did start off a little cool, but that's expected during this time of year. This track meet was the Long Beach Middle School's All-City Finals, which was cancelled on two prior occasions due to rain.

For this meet I decided to try something different. I already had the pictures I needed for the middle school I shoot for, so I thought I'd use a lens I normally wouldn't use on a track meet. I used my 24-70 f/2.8L . I was looking for a wider shot and different perspective. It worked out alright for the running events and high jump, but I was not happy with the long jump shots, which I ended up deleting.

I also tried something I haven't done much of and that's getting a motion blurred effect. Not sure if it worked, but I rather like what I ended up with.

I've done this once before and wanted to do some more. Since I wasn't getting what I wanted with the lens I decided to use I went ahead and played a bit. I'd have to say that I do like the effect and hope you do also.