They are the Majestic Marching Cardinals of Jonesboro High School, from Clayton County in Jonesboro, Georgia.
Shot with a Fuji X-T50 with 55-200mm lens. This is the second time I have been out with this lens, and it is a fraught experience that makes better results that I expect. The body is very light and the lens extends as you increase focal length. At longer focal lengths the focus point in the viewfinder weaves about, and I feel like a drunken man trying to pin the donkey. But somehow the camera makes up for my deficiencies in keeping the lens still.
Out of the 160 shots, very few were misses. But still the experience is not pleasant at the moment of shooting. A heavier body would help. A lens that didn’t telescope (or trombone, as it is sometimes called) would also help.
With these shots of relatively static subjects, it is much easier than with people moving about. Some of my other shots from the day were more tricky.
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