D3 with the 400 2.8. No TC on for these games.
For field hockey, I was there basically to just shoot one player. Ended up coming back with a few quality images of her, I think.
Sports action shooting conventions frown on an out-of-focus player in the foreground so your field hockey shots #4 and #6 would be throw-aways, or at least need to be cropped tighter.
In general your shots look slightly over-exposed and over-saturated to me.
The first two are well done but the high-key style is not normally seen in sports.
mmm i have always wondered about players being in the foreground and out of focus. do you mind on just going on that a bit and why ?
because i feel it gives the photo direction but is it a distraction ?
I'll politely disagree with "conventions" about 4 and 6. I like shots that place the player in focus how they're situated in the game, and I don't frown on these personally at all - I like how it gives some context to the shot. I may have cropped more of the OOF player in 4 out, but still I like the result. I understand the point, but sometimes working outside the norm makes for more exciting photography IMHO. Isn't that how the "Dietrich" shot came about?
At any rate, I like this set Adrian, including the processing on the first two, although as I mentioned elsewhere I too think maybe the right arm in #1 is a little hot.
I like it when photogs challenge convention though, sure makes for some interesting thought and reflection. If all everyone ever posted were the typical isolated player with ball/puck/whatever, I think the forum would be fairly stale. Good on you for trying some different things.
As I was once told to learn the rules of photography, then go break them. I think the foreground OOF player shots work in this case and I like the results. I also like #2 but wish she was looking more towards the camera.
If there were no conventions, or rules, there would be no special interest to the shots that are "out of the box thinking", or that "break the rules". Intentionally breaking the rules to achieve something exceptional is an entirely different proposition than being ignorant of them.
WmPat wrote:
Sports action shooting conventions frown on an out-of-focus player in the foreground so your field hockey shots #4 and #6 would be throw-aways, or at least need to be cropped tighter.
In general your shots look slightly over-exposed and over-saturated to me.
The first two are well done but the high-key style is not normally seen in sports.
I am also going to politely say that you are mistaken.
It frames the shot - shows a story beyond just getting a single perosn in the frame.
4 and 6 may not be the best shots i have ever seen - but they are by no means throw aways.
