This evening I was given the opportunity to photograph the Colorado Ice, a local arena football team based in the Loveland/ Fort Collins area. The Budweiser Event Center is a fairly short arena with catwalks above the floor, which I was able to access while shooting.
I'm not sure how many more opportunities I will have to shoot a football game from directly above the action. It was a really unique vantage for a sport that usually features lots of open space and nothing but sky above the field.
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Some guy walking onto the field to sing the national anthem. |
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Tobias Robinson looks upwards during the national anthem. |
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Colorado Ice quarterback Jeremy Sanders jogs past Tri-Cities Fever's Freddie Harris. |
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Tobias Robinson celebrates a touchdown. |
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James Walton struggles to stand after running into the boards surrounding the playing field. |
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When a field goal was attempted, specters were left to fend for themselves as the ball flew unimpeded into the stands. |
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Fever's Steven Whitehead takes a break. |
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This girl was totally fine after getting her head stomped. If only that goal post wasn't there! |
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Antoine Carter's pants were already bloodied by halftime. |
None of these photos ran in the Coloradoan, although a few are outtakes of shots that I submitted. The photo that ran can be seen
here.