Nikon D850 with 70-200 f/2.8 lens at 100mm
1/2000, f/4, ISO 250

When I saw the challenge topic, this was exactly the situation that came to mind. At the start of the show - or perhaps at other times, sometimes band members lay on the ground. I try for these shots where I set the focus and then put the camera on the ground and blindly shoot. It is way too difficult to line it up with Live View, particularly since I usually have very little time to pull off the shot. I've gotten pretty good at these over the years. I knew this group was performing on Sunday and was my best chance since I had seen the show two weeks ago. As it turned out, there were only two other bands (out of 38) who gave me anything that would work.

I cropped the original to get as much of the grass out and keep the 4x6 proportions. The top of the frame is the original and the cropping was right in the center. Other than that, just my typical LR edits. There is a certain amount of luck with these shots. The way the stairs blend right into the flag and then her legs was not something I even noticed because I never saw the scene from that low. Besides the subject, the horizontal bleachers, the flag and the red line all contributed positively to the horizontal emphasis. The green banner being fully in the shot and stopping just past her head was a plus.

This is Delan High School from New Jersey performing in the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships in Hershey PA. Their show was called Tribe (or something like that) an