Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Carlos Brown broke my camera

I went to the game on Saturday. It was a great day. I was more than pleased with the enthusiasm and offensive improvement from last year. As I did last year, I carried my camera inside the stadium to capture some images. For those of you that don't know, I am a pretty serious photographer. I have some nice gear. The camera I used, while a couple of years old, is still very good. I estimate I have shot over 100,000 pictures with this body over the last 4 years. Never had a problem.

So I am sitting in my seats in section one in the second quarter. Michigan gets the ball after an EMU punt at their 10 yard line. I turn to my friend and jokingly say "I think a 90 yard Carlos Brown burst would be nice right here..." and aim my lens and start shooting....

1. Tate hands the ball off to Carlos Brown.

2. Carlos Brown speeds through the massive hole created by the OLine untouched

3. EMU's saftey (#4) comes up to provide run support

4. The run supporting EMU saftey realizes he has taken the wrong angle

5. The run supporting EMU saftey is on the ground while another EMU defensive back attempts to help

6. It doesn't matter, Carlos Brown is fast

7. Really fast

8. REALLY REALLY fast

9. As Brown crosses the goal line, it appears as if his super-sonic waves have entered my trusty camera...you can see a white streak on this image

10. The problem gets worse as the shutter continues to churn

11. The mechanics inside the camera start to disenegrate as I unknowingly keep firing away

12. Hello new camera

10 comments:

surrounded in columbus said...

perhaps it was the concussion from the sonic boom that broke it?

imagine the impact if Carlos & DeNard had both been running down field at the same time? we may need to consider some safety guidelines for play calling if this sort of thing keeps up!

Bigasshammm said...

That's just an eerie eerie moment right there.


OT:

So I just caught the end of the 2007 Illinois TUOS game on Big Ten Network's greatest games. Where Illinois beats then #1 TUOS by holding the ball the final 9 minutes of the game. Staggering! What I wanted to point out though that after said game they showed the teams on the field and you could clearly see TUOS players punching at the Illinois players and shoving and pushing and I'm sure words you wouldn't say around your grandmother. What I'd like to know is what Jim Delany the pres of the Big Ten did to said players about this game?

phil said...

Andy - in frame 9 it appears to be Charlie Weis in sunglasses with a semiautomatic in the grassy knoll hidden behind 3 cameramen in the endzone. Run the camera over to the FBI lab.

616goblue said...

Andy,

can you imagine the vapor-like gases if your camera was working for Robinson's 30+ yard TD in the second half?

wv=muffs

Mikoyan said...

Ouch. My camera had issues about a month ago. fortunately, it was still under warranty. Canon got it back to me pretty quickly though.


Nice pics btw.

Catie said...

R.I.P. Andy's Camera (although I have a feeling that getting a new one is a fairly exciting thing to you!)

Andy said...

You are right on that one Catie.

I got approval today from my budget manager (wife) to replace the camera.

YES !!!!!!!

whetstonebuck said...

Pay no attention to the little blue "phil" behind the curtain. It is I, Whetstonebuck...
communicating from a rehab center below "The Shoe." I just wanted to...uh oh, the bull nurse is coming. I need...aaaiiighhheee.

phil said...

Finally found out where Whetstone has been all this time...... he's been busy at www.fireJTressel.com

whetstonebuck said...

phil,

I didn't know that site existed. Thanks.

As to the problems with our program, one doesn't need to be an expert to see that we're getting out-coached. I hope things change. I sure would hate to give up our streak against you all. Maybe this is the year. Boy O' Boy would that make Columbus go crazy (ier). Don't know if Tressel could survive that.

A victory against Penn State without losing in-between would ease some of the hate. Just have to wait and see.