College Soccer-- "Breaking Through"

[cgipson1]

Thank you. And on a side note, the coach just asked me if i was interested in traveling with the team and being the photographer.

Thank you both for your help, and it looks like you will be seeing many more photo's in the future!

Great!! Congratulations.. that is excellent news!

 

[D-B-J]

Thank you. And on a side note, the coach just asked me if i was interested in traveling with the team and being the photographer.

Thank you both for your help, and it looks like you will be seeing many more photo's in the future!

Great!! Congratulations.. that is excellent news!

I'm excited but nervous. I mean, as of right now, i was shooting to practice. But it's nice to get paid to practice my photography skills, right?

 

[gsgary]

To me this is a very average shot compared to what we see in the UK, the grass looks a strange color, have you got any other shots from the game ? and it's called football

 

[imagemaker46]

To me this is a very average shot compared to what we see in the UK, the grass looks a strange color, have you got any other shots from the game ? and it's called football

Grass looks green to me, all fields are different, I expect this one is at a school and not perfectly maintained, maybe being used for several different sports, the photo is saturated, maybe a little too much, but it doesn't bother me at all. Does it really matter what the field looks like? D-B-J has shot very little soccer/football, and this is a decent photo. I'm thrilled that you see amazing soccer/football photos in the UK, I've seen some pretty great soccer/football here in Canada.

All of what you said is really rather pointless in relation to the photo.

 

[D-B-J]

To me this is a very average shot compared to what we see in the UK, the grass looks a strange color, have you got any other shots from the game ? and it's called football

Grass looks green to me, all fields are different, I expect this one is at a school and not perfectly maintained, maybe being used for several different sports, the photo is saturated, maybe a little too much, but it doesn't bother me at all. Does it really matter what the field looks like? D-B-J has shot very little soccer/football, and this is a decent photo. I'm thrilled that you see amazing soccer/football photos in the UK, I've seen some pretty great soccer/football here in Canada.

All of what you said is really rather pointless in relation to the photo.

I may have over saturated a little, but i'm still trying to find my editing "niche" for soccer, as i'm not used to processing sports images. So little by little i will learn my own style and get better at anticipating the action and such.

 

[gsgary]

Football is quite hard to shoot especially when you are shooting very amateurish players, what spoils the shot for me is there is no way in this world there should be 4 players trying to tackle 1 attacker it just does not look right

 

[D-B-J]

Football is quite hard to shoot especially when you are shooting very amateurish players, what spoils the shot for me is there is no way in this world there should be 4 players trying to tackle 1 attacker it just does not look right

Amateur players? It's college.. it's not like it's the local kids league. And why does an ACTION shot spoil it. The other team screwed up and put four men on one guy, and i took a picture. Go talk to the coach about it, not complain about it to me.

 

[gsgary]

Yes Amateur players, i don't shoot football any more because i hate it but here's a lad i know from another forum that does, shoot tight
Match day Pictures

 

[D-B-J]

Yes Amateur players, i don't shoot football any more because i hate it but here's a lad i know from another forum that does, shoot tight
Match day Pictures

If you hate it and have nothing necessarily useful to add, why bother commenting?

The old adage "if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all" comes to mind...

 

[gsgary]

Yes Amateur players, i don't shoot football any more because i hate it but here's a lad i know from another forum that does, shoot tight
Match day Pictures

If you hate it and have nothing necessarily useful to add, why bother commenting?

The old adage "if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all" comes to mind...

So your expecting everyone to say how good it is ?

 

[D-B-J]

Yes Amateur players, i don't shoot football any more because i hate it but here's a lad i know from another forum that does, shoot tight
Match day Pictures

If you hate it and have nothing necessarily useful to add, why bother commenting?

The old adage "if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all" comes to mind...

So your expecting everyone to say how good it is ?

No i am not, but telling me it's called football and that you have MUCH better shots in the UK helped me... not at all. So there was nothing too useful in the post. I'm not asking for praise, i'm asking for "Comments and Critiques," in other words, a comment that will allow me to improve my eye, skill, etc.

 

[gsgary]

To get better you need to learn the game and where to shoot from, for the best shots shot from behind the goal line so the attackers are coming towards you with a long lens and a wider lens on another body

 

[imagemaker46]

gsgary, I posted four soccer shots the other day and you didn't make any comments on those? They were also shot at a college game. Not everyone understands the game, not everyone grew up with the game, not everyone has a long lens to work with. While D-B-J's shot is not a "technically perfect" soccer shot because there are too many players in the shot, it is still a decent action shot, that is the only point that has to be made. Soccer like baseball are boring sports to shoot and also difficult to shoot for even very skilled photographers, and yes understanding the sports helps, however the action doesn't always come the photographers way, so you shoot what you can with what you have, from where you are.

 

[D-B-J]

To get better you need to learn the game and where to shoot from, for the best shots shot from behind the goal line so the attackers are coming towards you with a long lens and a wider lens on another body

I was about 20 feet left of the goal. In other words, the appropriate position. I apologize for not being able to afford a 300mm 2.8, and a second body with which to have a wide angle on. Hell, I'm a poor college student trying to teach myself photography with guidance from more knowledgable members here. I'd appreciate if you were more useful, instead of bashing everything about this shot, including the stuff i had no control over (# of players).

 

[D-B-J]

gsgary, I posted four soccer shots the other day and you didn't make any comments on those? They were also shot at a college game. Not everyone understands the game, not everyone grew up with the game, not everyone has a long lens to work with. While D-B-J's shot is not a "technically perfect" soccer shot because there are too many players in the shot, it is still a decent action shot, that is the only point that has to be made. Soccer like baseball are boring sports to shoot and also difficult to shoot for even very skilled photographers, and yes understanding the sports helps, however the action doesn't always come the photographers way, so you shoot what you can with what you have, from where you are.

It is a tricky and sometimes boring sport to shoot. For example, i missed a BEAUTIFUL header, but hey, live and learn. Thank you for your comments.