NCAA Football - University of Oregon vs. University of Washington

[JHunter]

I was at the UO vs. UW game this Saturday, this is what I took. Comments / crits are very welcome, please be harsh. I want to know what I'm doing wrong and how to improve. All taken with a 1d Mark 3 and 300/2.8 IS, sorry for stripped metadata. All are around 1/1000th, f/2.8, ISO 200.

1.
http://www.jackhunterphoto.com/uw/986f6555.jpg
2.
http://www.jackhunterphoto.com/uw/986f6903.jpg
3.
http://www.jackhunterphoto.com/uw/986f6918.jpg
4.
http://www.jackhunterphoto.com/uw/986f6990.jpg
5.
http://www.jackhunterphoto.com/uw/986f7041.jpg
6.
http://www.jackhunterphoto.com/uw/986f7599.jpg
7.
http://www.jackhunterphoto.com/uw/986f7528.jpg

[H20boy]

Jack, I actually like them all, each one has a unique sense of action ... well framed and composed. Exposures and colors look spot on. Very few minor things, like the foot/leg in #5, hand/arm in the last one...a little cloneing will clean that right up. #1 and #4 are my favs, as its just the players and no 1/2 bodies to muddy the image. You did bueno!

[JHunter]

I do agree with you on the extra body parts around the edges, but since I shoot for a my college newspaper I'm not allowed to clone out parts of the image. For portfolio work I believe I may go ahead and clone them out.

[John Photography]

nice!! i'm still trying to get my foot in the door with some of the UC schools local to me.

[Croasdail]

Nicely done... so really good action in these shots. Kudos.

[The Moose]

Not really much to tell you! They're all great but number 4 stands out the most. Well done.

[zildjansg]

+1 on #4.thats action!what gear did you use during the game?
thanks

[Dan-o]

Very nice Jack. Not much I can crit. #1 is very nice.

[JHunter]

+1 on #4.thats action!what gear did you use during the game?
thanks

I was using a rented 1d3 and 300/2.8 IS. I really want to buy them, too bad I can't afford it.

Thanks everyone for the compliments, though I'm still hoping for some criticism. There's always room to improve.

[Croasdail]

Fine then... shot 6 - shutter speed too slow, you lost the hands and face of the receiver.

Believe it or not, because of the types of shots, a few of these are light tight for submission because they don't have any space for cropping - 4 and 5 specifically.

Happy now? :p

[JHunter]

Yes, quite :P

And I know what you're saying about the crops being tight, which makes it hard to print. When i'm sending my pictures to the newspaper they're all cropped a little looser, then get cropped down in layout. Nearly all the pictures they ran ended up cropped almost exactly the same as these though.

[TheHoff]

Nice low angle. Looks like you're about knee-level on #1 and it really helps.

[niners819]

All great shots, i know it was hard to get a good exposure on the oregon duck jerseys.

[BenJohnson]

Nice low angle. Looks like you're about knee-level on #1 and it really helps.
If I had to guess, 6 and 7 would be kneeling. The rest look much lower, probably ~1ft or less from the ground. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The shots look great to me! A hair more of the ground would be nice in #2.

[JHunter]

You're absolutely correct Ben, I did lie down on the ground for quite a few of these.

Thanks for the complements, I'll keep it in mind to have a bit more of the ground visible than in #2 in the future.

Expect more pictures next week, I'm shooting the UO vs. USC game on saturday. All my friends are incredibly jealous that I don't have to buy a ticket, I guess they don't realize that I actually have to do work.

[MDJAK]

very good shots.

mark

[BenJohnson]

You're absolutely correct Ben, I did lie down on the ground for quite a few of these.

Thanks for the complements, I'll keep it in mind to have a bit more of the ground visible than in #2 in the future.
It must be nice shooting on an artificial surface, you can get extra low! When I am lying down I always have to worry about 6"+ patches of grass, haha.

I think the perspective is perfect in #1 and #3, but I don't mind the last two either. The other ones are a bit too thin on ground.

When shooting that low make sure you keep your horizons straight or it is very noticeable. It seems like #3 and #7 may be slightly off, but I'm not positive.

[JHunter]

I was just noticing #7 myself. I'm not positive about #3, it looks level to me.

Another thing about artificial turf I've been noticing is that the field is ever so slightly domed, which helps me be even a little bit lower compared to people in the middle.