2012 Chicago Marathon Photos

I stopped by the Chicago Marathon again this year to take a few photos.  Like my Pride Parade set from earlier in the year, I tried to focus on capturing interesting faces.  Of course, I took at least one establishing shot:


Nikon D7000 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/640sec at f8, ISO400. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.

That's the Marathon heading west on Adams.  I'm generally loathe to use selective color, but all rules are meant to be broken at least once, and I think it works well here.

Now, some people:


Nikon D7000 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/1000sec at f5.6, ISO400. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/1600sec at f6.3, ISO200. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/800sec at f6.3, ISO200. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/800sec at f6.3, ISO200. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/800sec at f6.3, ISO200. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/500sec at f6.3, ISO200. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.

Last but not least, no marathon set is complete without at least one discarded cup abstract:


Nikon D7000 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/800sec at f8, ISO400. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.

Would you like to see more?  You can find a few more photos in my flickr set, and I also had a set from the 2011 Marathon.

Note: All photos were taken as the Marathon heading west on Adams, or came east on Jackson, between Damen and Racine (approximately the 14-15 Mile point).