More photos from the PLO

gully · 03-13-2006, 06:18 AM

I got to IW for Sunday's action. The lines were crazy: an hour to get from I-10 to the parking lot and then another half-hour to wait to buy tickets. The people in front of us gave up waiting and asked my (tres cute) seven-year old "Who do you belong to?" -- and then gave us their stubs from Saturday's night rainout, good for grounds passes for Sunday action. Nice!

(If you're reading this, THANKS, DUDE!)

So -- we went in on the grounds pass, no stadium action. But here's a few photos: Haas v. Clement, Andreev v. Tursunov, Baghdatis v. Bjorkman, Gonzalez v. Soderling.

Here's the link: Try the link

here

More coming from the next two days, I hope!

Guevin · 03-13-2006, 01:26 PM

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gully · 03-16-2006, 02:58 PM

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Try the link

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instead, and I hope you enjoy them. These are from Sunday-Tuesday. (I humbly bow to the photographic ability of the admin in the top thread!)

rilokiley · 03-16-2006, 04:19 PM

Thanks, gully. Hope you are having a good time there.

Damn... does Mirza have a broken arm or something? :\

gully · 03-16-2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rilokiley

Damn... does Mirza have a broken arm or something? :\

The one picture of her solo is from the practice session Monday. She was pretty well bandaged up then, but wore less during her matches. I haven't seen her play enough to tell if it bothered her, but there were no outward signs of it doing so (grimacing, fidgeting, etc.).

Wow, could she crack a forehand, though. Must not hurt her much on that side, anyway!

And I'm back home in Wisconsin, just in time for another snowstorm....

oscar_2424 · 03-16-2006, 05:39 PM

excellent pictures!!

Yours!05 · 03-16-2006, 05:45 PM

Great pics gully! Camera?

Guevin · 03-16-2006, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by gully

Try the link

here

instead, and I hope you enjoy them. These are from Sunday-Tuesday. (I humbly bow to the photographic ability of the admin in the top thread!)

Great pics, thanks much!

FREDDY · 03-16-2006, 08:33 PM

you must of had some good seats or really a really good lense

gully · 03-17-2006, 03:39 AM

The camera is new: a Fuji FinePix S5200, which has a 10x optical zoom. (It was discounted pretty deeply on Amazon, with a $50 rebate and a free memory card.) I like the camera -- it has a nice three-shot-in-a-row feature which I used a lot. I also used a monopod for most of these, but the cmaera does not have image stabilization, which is available for about another $100 and might be worth it for this kind of shooting. I bet I shot 500 images there, so these are the best of a large bunch.

At Indian Wells, you can sit about as close as you want on Stadium 2 and 3 and the other side courts. A few of these (Sanguinetti, Mirza, Blake and his brother) are from the practice courts, where you can practically stand right next to the players. Elena Dementieva smiled at me as she walked by, and I'd have taken a picture of her, too, had I been conscious at the time.

All reasons to like this tourney a lot!

Shaolin · 03-17-2006, 10:41 AM

Nice pics! Thanks for posting. Wish I had your camera when I was there, mine has practically no zoom.

03-13-2006, 06:18 AM	#1
gully Semi-Pro Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 731	More photos from the PLO I got to IW for Sunday's action. The lines were crazy: an hour to get from I-10 to the parking lot and then another half-hour to wait to buy tickets. The people in front of us gave up waiting and asked my (tres cute) seven-year old "Who do you belong to?" -- and then gave us their stubs from Saturday's night rainout, good for grounds passes for Sunday action. Nice! (If you're reading this, THANKS, DUDE!) So -- we went in on the grounds pass, no stadium action. But here's a few photos: Haas v. Clement, Andreev v. Tursunov, Baghdatis v. Bjorkman, Gonzalez v. Soderling. Here's the link: Try the link here More coming from the next two days, I hope!

03-16-2006, 05:39 PM	#6
oscar_2424 Legend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hallandale, Florida Posts: 7,171	excellent pictures!! __________________ all we are saying is give peace a chance.

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