What in the world are these specs????

[JETA]

No rain at all in this game. There are about 10 shots of this play and all of the shots had these specs. For the life of me I can't figure it out. The specs were moving is it isn't my gear. This shot is about midway into the game and I they never appeared again. Anyone have any ideas?

Hope this isn't too big. I left the shot as is because I wanted you to see it straight out of the camera and unedited.

[DHMN69]

I'm going to assume the play was right after a time out and some of them had squirted themselves with the water bottles brought out to the huddle? A lot of players will not only drink but cool themselves down that way. Given the number of players in the scrum it makes sense to me anyway

[Harold Davis]

i agree. someone had some water somewhere!!

[DHMN69]

It reminds me of the spray from boxing shots.. that's what I immediately figured it had to be water someone (or more than 1) put on themselves

[mEasy27]

looks like water to me..

[SmartWombat]

water or flies
I assume there's no flies on either team ...

[EOSThree]

Definitely some kind of water. I'll go with the water bottle theory, or maybe there was a bit of a puddle on the field there.

[JETA]

Thanks for the replies. In my six years shooting football I've never seen this on a dry night. You guys have common sense, so it must be water. I otoh do not. Thanks again!

[fidgety]

Thanks for the replies. In my six years shooting football I've never seen this on a dry night. You guys have common sense, so it must be water. I otoh do not. Thanks again!

It has to be water. I get them in football images all the time. I shot the attached image last week when it was warm and sunny out and there are water spots in the shot. I think it comes from two things - these guys are covered in sweat and sometimes pour water over their heads to stay cool so there is plenty of water to slosh around. Also, if you've ever worn a mouth guard you know that it has a tendency to make your mouth water and with a mouth full of saliva when you get hit moisture goes flying all over so with the combination of the two that has to be it.

[gotrocks]

That is one of the best action shots I've seen in a long time.

My first thought was.......
Blood....sweat....or.....tears.

[groovehouse]

Are both of the above shots being played on artificial turf? A lot of new artificial turf has small micropellets of rubber, plastic in the field, for traction, etc.
Could this stuff be getting kicked up during a play?

Look at the bottom of fidgety's photo, they're kicking it up in that shot.

Photo of micropellets here: http://www.ehhi.org/turf/turf_comments.shtml
More info: http://www.google.com/search?q=artif...urf%2C+pellets

[DHMN69]

You can tell the difference between rubber pellets and water/sweat.. the rubber never flies that high and is usually black