Nice capture but as Jo indicated, getting all of the second player would complete it. Given what I assume is continuous action, I appreciate the difficulty of getting a complete picture - I can't even get it right in baseball, which is static by any comparison
Also, the horizon is tilted and the blue object as well as the bright object in the background are distracting, at least to me.
It is a difficult capture. When I shoot sports I put the camera on jpeg, multishot, autoservo focus and take bursts with lens wide open and using a monipod to get some stability. With at least 1/650 as target I usually up the iso to make the shutter go as high as 1/650. jpeg because you can shoot more frames consecutively.
You have not posted the exif details but it looks like you have the technical side down although I would prefer a shorter depth to blur on this picture.
Colors are good, the focus is good. The background and 1/2 body of the guy on left detracts.
Getting the eyes would improve. Neither player is looking at the lens.
I appreciate all of the comments that have been given to me, it gives me something to thing about when composing my shots.
It appears most of you would have preferred to have the whole of the second player in the picture. Based upon the angle of this shot and the goal post, I needed to remove the obstacle from the frame to give it a more pleasing appearance. I have added the previous photo to illustrate.
I usually shoot in raw so any errors in exposure, etc. can be overcome. I usually only take bursts of no more than 3 frames, as I don't like to machine gun, this allows me to concentrate on taking peak action shots and reduce editing of unwanted frames.
The background is a bit distracting and I tried to crop out as must as possible, but it is not always possible depending upon the venue and position of the play.
Hope to keep getting better with pratice and critiques as above, it is much appreciated
