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RustyBug wrote:
First of all ... Welcome to FM and to the PC Forum.
While sports are not my forte, I think you've caught some of the action here and I like the comp @ mass/lines/balance. The background is a bit distracting, but as you've mentioned, not the easiest thing to shoot.
Bob could probably have more valuable input with his rugby shooting experience as this one kinda has a bit of that scrum vibe to it too.
Again, welcome to FM and the PC Forum.
Thanks Kent,
Lessons learned from submissions to Sports Forum: the face, the eyes, sharp focus. A good sports image is extremely difficult to capture - requires investment in time (learning how to manage AF properly) and gear.
If you intend to submit to them, never, never, never alter the image in any way via cloning or otherwise altering the informational content of the image - an unforgivable sin. Thus your well-intentioned pp is, for sports shooters, unacceptable. And frankly, detracts from image, IMO.
That said, for the remainder of us sports hobbyists - you are off to a good start. Couple of comments - DOF is too shallow (only helmet is on focus), crop is a 'tweener' - not tight enough or too tight depending on your purpose.
Never tried football, for rugby I use an 80-200 f2.8 or 300mm f4.0 on a D2x, monopod, f4 - f5.6 depending on light, ISO 200-400 again depending on light, at 5-7 fps. My D7100 is subject to buffer size/speed constraints and I cannot justify a D3 to do the job correctly. It has taken nearly 3 years, several dozen 'tests', to anticipate correctly and not waste a bunch of electrons/pixels, and time. The toughest, still, thing for me is AF - I have many superbly images with crisp backgrounds and blurred players.
Walk the sidelines, get different perspective other than eye-level, I prefer to have the action coming at me (hence I hang on the 'try line') with the light in their faces. Took a long time to realize one cannot cover everything that happens. And, after the initial 'rush' you'll learn to be more selective and produce better images with higher keeper rates.
Aside - if you are planning on doing anything with the images, might want to check out potential issues with licensed trademarks re gear logos etc.
Here is a link to what I consider to be one of the better sets, if you are interested...
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Hope this helps, and good luck!
Bob
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