WWE Smackdown London

[Robusto]

Heres some from last nights show in london

I was a lomg way back hence the noise and the high ISO

[Robusto]

A few more the 4th & 5th to show how far away i was sat with the Lens Set at 75mm

[brmill26]

Cool seeing something a bit different. Given your distance and the lighting, I think you did exceptionally well, and the noise isn't really bad. Thanks for sharing.

[DHMN69]

Heyyy it's KungFunaki! I'm a big wrestling fan for at least 25 years.. shooting the 'INDY' here Saturday.. first time shooting it with a D-SLR, first two were P&S. I'll share a few myself Sunday or Monday. Mick Foley and Terry Funk headline this in roles of "referee/enforcer" though I would have loved to see Terry Funk in his prime.

Too bad you weren't able to get the ultimate HHH photo of him spitting the water during his intro. Great to see wrestling photos though.

[Robusto]

Thanks for your comments i was quite pleased with the shots considering the distance

and was hand held was resting on the seat arm rest

[DHMN69]

Now the big question.. how did you get your equipment past the WWE's people even with the far seat?

[Robusto]

ha ha ha

i took the camera in with a 40-150 lens on they then said you cannot bring in a pro camera i said i am not a pro and the ticket stated that only video recording equipment was not allowed . they then said that i could only take in a 35mm camera so i quickly swapped over the lens to the 15-45 and they said that was ok if i was caught was anything bigger i would be throw out
, as soon as the lights went down i swapped to the 70-300 lol my sons was crapping there selves , but there must have been 500+ people video recording it on the mobile phones
no flash was used so didnt draw attention but there was hundreds of flashes going off all over the place maybe the english security was a bit less secure lol
The 1st picture of Triple H loads of my friends kids and mine have had posters done up from that shot

[DHMN69]

Cool... in the US I truly believe you would have never got in the door.. or been watched much closer once you got in.. they're anal about that stuff from everything I've read about Vince McMahon's company.

I did another (first with D-SLR) gallery from the local 'INDY' as I 'promised' in the beginning of the thread.. Check it out!.. I will advise that the final match, their first ever Championship match did have some blood, so if you're not into that...