Canoe Water Polo (first photos posted)

[Matthew_h]

These are my first proper shots with my new Sigma 70-200 f2.8 lense (and also my first attempt at posting shots here)

What do you guys think?


http://www.evoposters.net/carpics2/Water-Polo/Canoe_Polo_02.sized.jpg
http://www.evoposters.net/carpics2/Water-Polo/Canoe_Polo_01.sized.jpg

[Matthew_h]

And another one

Any thoughts or advice will be kindly appreciated as I am still learning and fairly new to all this.

The pics were taken with my EOS300D and the Sigma lense mentioned at ISO800 and about 1/100th/f2.8


http://www.evoposters.net/carpics2/Water-Polo/Canoe_Polo_03.sized.jpg

[Aggy]

eeek, you committed the cardinal sin, it's Canoe Polo, you'll ruffle some feathers if you get the name wrong. nice shots though

[cjtinkle]

But those are kayaks! :D


Great shots though, love the colors!

[cmM]

hmm... never knew such sport existed. Nice shots

[Cadwell]

But those are kayaks! :D



:eek: Don't start... that's an even bigger argument in the canoe world than the "x factor" is in ours :eek: The ICF officially calls the sport "Canoe Polo", regardless of some people's opinion otherwise.

They're nice shots. I suspect you could do with a slightly higher shutter speed than 1/100th to effectively freeze the action though. I usually find 1/200th or 1/250th works best.

[Matthew_h]

Thanks guys, that's really encouraging. I have some actual Water Polo shots that I haven't had a chance to sort yet so will post them soon. They were taken with a slightly higher shutter speed so have frozen the splashes better.

Apologies for the name mix up too. I never knew the sport existed either.