Atletico Madrid 2-3 Real Madrid
So I learned where not to sit whenever I visit the Vicente Calderon. Ended up on the south end next to the Atletico hardcore. On my right was a loud very aggressive fan yelling, trying to break things and almost getting in a fight. On my left was the stairs with people deciding that was a better location to sit than their seats, making everybody coming down bump into me. While I was in the front row, I either had people simply standing in front next to the railing or if not then still a large net across the entire end making photography pretty much impossible.
As a result I ended up with only a handful of acceptable images and none that I would put in my portfolio. With the large net in the way messing with the autofocus, I had to work exclusively with manual focus, resulting in many slightly out of focus images. While I was always shooting with an aperture of f/2.8, it only allowed me to shoot through the net with players a considerable distance away. The lighting at the Calderon also has to be at least a stop lower than at the Bernabeu, allowing for less flexibility.
As for the match itself, I was also unlucky with four of the five goals being scored at the opposite end. I completely missed the first goal from Kaka due to people standing in front of me. The second goal quieted the crowd for a while before they started insulting everybody: the ref, the Madrid players, their own players, each other, the club president, etc. Only in the second half after Sergio Ramos was sent off and Atletico scored two goals did the crowd start to get behind their side. The Real Madrid victory was deserved, but it should have been with a greater margin.
So I learned where not to sit whenever I visit the Vicente Calderon. Ended up on the south end next to the Atletico hardcore. On my right was a loud very aggressive fan yelling, trying to break things and almost getting in a fight. On my left was the stairs with people deciding that was a better location to sit than their seats, making everybody coming down bump into me. While I was in the front row, I either had people simply standing in front next to the railing or if not then still a large net across the entire end making photography pretty much impossible.
As a result I ended up with only a handful of acceptable images and none that I would put in my portfolio. With the large net in the way messing with the autofocus, I had to work exclusively with manual focus, resulting in many slightly out of focus images. While I was always shooting with an aperture of f/2.8, it only allowed me to shoot through the net with players a considerable distance away. The lighting at the Calderon also has to be at least a stop lower than at the Bernabeu, allowing for less flexibility.
As for the match itself, I was also unlucky with four of the five goals being scored at the opposite end. I completely missed the first goal from Kaka due to people standing in front of me. The second goal quieted the crowd for a while before they started insulting everybody: the ref, the Madrid players, their own players, each other, the club president, etc. Only in the second half after Sergio Ramos was sent off and Atletico scored two goals did the crowd start to get behind their side. The Real Madrid victory was deserved, but it should have been with a greater margin.
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