By Seth A. McConnell

So close… I was so close to making one of the best sports photos I’ve ever made…
It’s the peak moment of the action, the ball is slipping right through the fingers of the defense, the framing is perfect and… its out of bloody focus. Not just a little bit, oh no its the kind of blurry you only see after a night of heavy drinking.

So close… it was there. I had it, I had the shot of the QB evading a diving line backer just as he was lofting the ball to the receiver that proceeded this moment. I snapped around and framed up the two as the ball came drifting down hoping my camera would focus under the dim lights of O’Harra Stadium… I was apparently moving faster than my camera because it picked up nothing but the hazy effect you experience after imbibing an adult beverage or 12.
Oh well! You win some, you lose some. Tonight was not my time to make this image and I just have to accept it as that. I really wish they would play their games earlier in the evening not only when the light is better but when everyone can see the action on the field. I believe it would increase the level of play as well. You can’t catch what you can’t see. I don’t understand why they choose to start everything so late but what do I know, I’m just a photographer.

This is the action that proceeded the a fore mentioned image. The next couple of frames following this were a little better as far as action was concerned but the dim lights on the field made focusing very difficult and they were soft.

-S

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