his shot, my shot

[steve535]

After looking through yesterdays game pics, I was wondering what his angle looked like. My photo is a few seconds after his. Im the one with the bow-legs.
my photo
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3373278907_46183df6f5_b.jpg
his photo
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3375723562_d63aace77b_o.jpg

[40Dude6aedyk]

Must be very tough playing on a hillside.

[steve535]

the field is set on a 12' on 12' pitch. they need someone on hand to always chase the ball. no edit on my photo and Im guessing none on my friends.I just thought it was cool seeing what the other guy was shooting.

[danaitch]

NEITHER of you kneeling down?! Terrible... :p

[rdompor]

NEITHER of you kneeling down?! Terrible... :p


+1

Are you looking for some CC? I wanted to ask first just in case...

[steve535]

always open for c & c . I know I should have dropped to a knee, (here comes the excuses)but it was cold and it snowed that morning. After it melted it was wet on the sideline.
Picture taken with 30D 70-200 f4 IS, 1.4 ex at 280mm,TV f5.6 iso 250. the game was at 11:30 with a big overhead sun. so let me have it. One more from the day.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3373277883_c750fc8b85_b.jpg

[rdompor]

The backgrounds are very busy. I know there's only so much you can do, but could you have positioned yourself so you could shoot against a more distant/cleaner background? Also, I don't often find Tv to be a very useful shooting mode, especially if it's sunny and the camera wants to stop the lens down. Now, if you had it set up so that the camera would always shoot with a wide open aperture then I suppose there's no harm done, but Av is much simpler to set up. In bright conditions, Av will just increase the SS which probably won't affect the image too much assuming you've already frozen the action (good). When it's sunny and you're in Tv, the camera will stop the lens down instead of bumping SS resulting in an increase of DoF (bad).

But an even better mode to use would be manual! I'm not sure what metering mode you were using, but the two photos of yours that you posted obviously differ in exposure. Keeping your settings constant would take the guess work out of what your camera is exposing for - Is it exposing for the white jerseys? the black gloves/armpads? the background? Unless you are very precise with what your camera meters for, manual should be what you're shooting with.

Another thing to note is your composition. I reaize that AF points will often dictate how we compose sports images, but it helps to keep some things in mind. If you plan to capture a certain type of shot before hand, you can set up your camera's AF points to help compose the shot. I often find that photog's with little experience will look for action and then shoot it. This is good for catching all of the action, but it neglects the fact that we look for aesthetic qualities in a photo as well. Set up your camera to get the shot you want, and then wait for the action to present itself. You will miss some shots that you weren't ready for (unless you're quick enough to change a few settings), but you'll come away with better photos. So pretty much try to stay away from center composing a shot unless your subject is easily identifed and isolated. In your first photo we can see an event/reaction with the two players on the left, but the player on the right doesn't seem to fit in. Plan to capture/isolate 1 or 2 players, and then shoot 1 or 2 players. You remove the negative/uninteresting space and keep only what is both interesting and aesthetically pleasing.

Sorry for the long-ish post, but I'm procrastinating.... :P

[danaitch]

And try shooting in 'portrait' occasionally. It'll stop you cutting feet off. :)

[steve535]

thanks srdompor for the tips. I read it on my way out to todays game.I shot most of it in "M" mode. The back round at our home field is terrible, all link fence (including a back stop) or the Garden State Parkway. Thanks again I will post some from todays game. steve

[hprebel311]

if you shoot in line with your shadow you'll have the least problems from shadows, so you can get better, cleaner shots. :)