College Soccer-- "Breaking Through"

[gsgary]

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.

This is where knowing the game comes in handy, you have to judge when to stop following the player with the ball and try and plan where the next play will be because once he kicks the ball it is too late to follow, try keeping both eyes open so you can see a bit more of what is going on