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I shot a Cross Country Meet this afternoon for the first time with my Sony camera. In looking back at previous meets that I shot with my Pentax gear I decided rather than use a 28-70 lens and 70-200 lens I would try shooting with just my Samyang 35-150 f/2-2.8 lens. I did make the mistake of switching to APS-C mode and forgot to switch back. Overall I was pleased with the experiment. The times were pretty quick in the meet and I had to run to get back to the finish line ahead of the runners. I've shot many meets here so I do have my spots picked out.

After shooting the start I moved to the first gate heading out of the stadium.

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I then headed into the woods to catch them coming through on the first lap. Here you can see the second runner running through a small limb that protruded into the path. After the main group passed I broke off the limb.

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After the first lap I moved out of the woods and caught shots of some of them heading back towards the entrance to the woods on the second lap.

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There is a bridge as they exit the woods so I generally set up there to catch them as they exit the woods on the second (and final) lap.

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While the leaders tended to be spread out, I did have some moments to catch groups.

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At this point I realized that the leader (shown here) was getting near the final stretch to head back into the stadium and I had to run to get back before him if I wanted to get a shot at the finish line.

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I did get back just in time and was out of breath.

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One of my favorite shots of a sprint at the finish.

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