MAY 2023 – Clara Zanzig (GER) jumps over a hurdle of 0.95 meters during the kids’ heptathlon at the Mehrkampf Festival in Oberschleißheim, Germany. Photo © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Sports photography. I never tried it before my daughter Clara was born. Now she’s training athletics, and I’ve put my skills to a test. The result? I realized how difficult and exhausting sports photography can be.
Technology helps – importantly, cool auto-focus functions – but still you have to hit the sweet spot when the athlete is at the most challenging point. And you have to keep an eye on logistics, especially if you need to capture not just one athlete but – ideally – a whole team.
A couple of weeks ago I managed to get a lot of things right. Clara participated in a kids’ heptathlon with several hundreds of athletes from across Bavaria in Germany. She did well and secured rank 12 (of 48) in her age group W11. And I was happy to get a number of decent shots from her team, learning a lot (!) along the way. 🙂
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 13-MAY-2023, 11:58 |
| Location | Oberschleißheim, Bavaria, Germany |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1D Mark IV |
| Lens | Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8L IS II USM |
| ISO | 800 |
| Exposure | 1/500 sec at f/5 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR2) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 3505 x 2337 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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