Photographing the Strong Viking Obstacle Run

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Yesterday there was another Strong Viking run in Wijchen. My nieces were taking part, so I was there to take photos too. The combination of mud and obstacles makes this a fun event to photograph.

Besides my nieces, I also photographed other participants, of course. Simply because it was a fun situation, but sometimes also because people often pose spontaneously when they see you with a camera.

If you recognise yourself, send me an email and I will send you the higher-resolution images I took of you.

I took all my photos with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L, by the way. This is a perfect lens for situations like this. You can get close enough to take great photos without immediately getting covered in mud yourself.

As for the settings, I used an ISO between 100 and 400 and mainly shot in aperture-priority mode. This allowed me to get nicely blurred backgrounds in my photos with f/3.2, or something close to it depending on the situation.

Of course, it is important to keep an eye on your shutter speed. In situations like this, I prefer to take photos at a minimum of 1/500th. There is a lot of movement, after all, and you generally want to freeze it.

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