# @rodmarphoto on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddlz-nzJDyd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70713928-rodmarphoto-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/87daec0769.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22T13:23:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rod Mar (@rodmarphoto) — https://gondola.cc/rodmarphoto

## Caption

Professional photographers are hyper fixated on backgrounds. We know what’s in the foreground and we actively try to make the backgrounds clean so the subject in the foreground is a quicker read - nothing ruins a great action photo like a parking lot, empty stands or, heaven forbid, a porta-potty. I’ve shot plenty of youth and high school sports and there are times when you just can’t find a decent background but you work for it and work for it until you find it. A distracting background takes away from a good photo and a good background makes the foreground image even better.

During Sunday’s NFL game between the Seahawks and the Cardinals, I was pretty much in the wrong place for any big plays but got lucky on this one as Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba took an 82-yard pass reception from quarterback Drew Lock to the end zone for a touchdown. 

As a reaction photo, JSN’s arms outstretches is a nice moment but when I went to review my frames to transmit, I noticed both a Cardinals fans and a Seahawks fan in the background and it’s their contrasting reactions that help tell the story in this frame.

I’m always trying to make one great photo - a lot of days great never happens. But in my career I’ve learned that the goal of one great photo means there will usually be some pretty good ones even on the days (like Sunday), the elusive great one doesn’t appear.

As always, thanks for taking the time to look, and for your likes, comments and questions. I’m ever grateful. 

📸: Nikon Z 9, Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 S lens, 1/1600th sec., f/4, ISO 3200

#seahawks #nfl #sportsphotography #nikon #nikonambassador

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sportsphotography, nikonambassador, nikon, seahawks, nfl

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