Reach

[Ronin]

heh...I do very, very little action photography...

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[Conk]

Good shot. Nice dof. What lens did you use?

[Sailor Don]

How do you focus that fast?

Or were you preset on the focus, just waiting (hoping) for the action to come into focus range?

Great action shot.

[rick barclay]

I'm sure the young man's parents would absolutely love this pic, and I
do , too, as a portrait. But as a photojournalist I most certainly would
have widened the DOF to get as much focus as possible. It's an
interesting shot to me because I never would have thought of shooting
him this way.

[Ronin]

Thanks for the feedback, guys. To answer all your questions...

1. Kit lens at f3.5 1/100 ISO800

2. I see that you're using a Pro 1...I can tell you that the 300D focuses quite a bit faster. I was not pre-focused...but I did predict that the player would come my way and positioned/framed a second or two ahead of time.

3. Would that be the photojournalism way? I never really made any distinction between the two styles but that's just me...and I'm a n00b. :)

[MattSEG]

Great shot...I really like how it violates the norms of the 'action shot'.

refreshing.