WARNING! Football practice in the heat.

[copr33]

This is from the 1st Saturday practice at 11:30am in South Florida. I thought he was just going to get a drink of water. I desaturated the picture a little bit. Any comments welcome.

[jimmywires]

not good...nasty LOL

[tico6802]

Eeeeewww!!!

[DarrenL]

I personally do not like it, why would you? I've seen boxers be sick during a bout and photographers taking the picture, why I don't know. I can't imagine a newspaper or mother is ever going to buy it.

If you like it keep it but I'd bin it.

Darren

[captclick]

And poor Mom probably gets to clean the helmet!

[AdamC]

Nicely captured, but as others have said, subject matter is questionable at best. I always remember reading somewhere "just because you can take the picture, doesn't mean you should."

[Ben Daniels]

Not nice, but it's life!

[Sauk]

I personally don't like it, but it is apart of sports in general . You work yourself to the point of sickness.

[folville]

If anything bothers me it's the desaturation. I'd like to see it with a bit more color and vibrance in the grass and the player's uniform.

I don't see what the fuss is about it. People vomit, and it's not like the kid is deathly ill. He just worked hard in the hot, hot heat. I could see some interest in the image as a sort of testament to his hard work.

[Elaine M]

Besides just being gross.... football players have a thing about showing weakness. I don't know anyone who's made it through the heat and humidity of summer work-outs in the deep south without puking at some point; but nobody wants to admit to it much less have it documented. You know it happens but there are just some things you ought to keep in the family.

I'm on the sidelines with our team all season and it's still taken me a couple of years to get them to let their guard down and be completely comfortable in front of the camera. Part of building that trust is them knowing there are somethings I'd NEVER take a picture of.

I might take a picture of an injured kid grimacing as he's helped off the field or the tears of disappointment after a particularly crushing defeat, but they'll never make the website, much less the paper. The photographer in me sees the value in those shots but the fan in me knows they don't want it published.