First sporting event C&C welcome

eliz250r · Oct 24, 2011

Canon 30D
70-200mm

1.

IMG_3145 by Christy Gmeiner, on Flickr

1/1250 f/8

2.

IMG_3239 by Christy Gmeiner, on Flickr

1/1600 f/8

3.

IMG_3073 by Christy Gmeiner, on Flickr

1/1600 f/6.3

imagemaker46 · Oct 25, 2011

Photo three is the best one, looks like it was a pretty big crop. The other two could use a crop as well. The first one, a crop would help remove most of the busy background, I expect you will end up with a fairly small file size after the crop though

Breaux · Oct 25, 2011

Great timing! But the backgrounds are distracting. I suggest using a larger aperture, if possible, to blur out the background.

margosoriginals · Oct 25, 2011

I like number 3 except that you cropped out half of the helmet on the top middle player

eliz250r · Oct 25, 2011

Thanks everyone!!! All your advice is very helpful! Will post more soon!

MLeeK · Oct 25, 2011

You got some great shots!
It was hard as hell to get the hang of where to be and where to aim when I started shooting football. After you get that it's half skill and half luck and a whole lot of fun!

pdq5oh · Oct 26, 2011

I think, in general, they're under exposed. To me, it's important to make the faces visible inside the helmets. Shoot more at f2.8 & 4 to lose the background & gain separation from it.

rambler · Oct 27, 2011

You do not always need action shots either. Keep watching after the play ends. Get side line reaction after a big play. Ask a player with his helmet still on as he leaves if you can take his picture. Focus on his eyes, fill the frame with his head! Get a lineman in his down stance just before the ball is snapped....etc. Fun images here. Keep it up!