B I R D S  F L Y — S O  C A N   F O O T B A L L  P L A Y E R S

When I’m not at the zoo or in the field, I practice photography at local sporting events.

Observing wildlife before taking pictures is a must to learn their behaviors. The same goes for sports. I go to a number of games and watch the plays making it easier to follow them when I have my camera.

Many things happen at ground level in football, but I found really good action well above it by these high-flying athletes. Photographing things in the air, like birds or high school football players, can be helped along with a vibration reduction lens, in this case, and Nikkor 80-400mm VR.

Photo credit: Julie Larsen Maher