Soccer from the Weekend C&C Wanted

A few shots from this weekends games. We re well into soccer and baseball for the spring.

All shot with the Canon 1d Classic, shot with the Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 and the 100-300 f4. ISO was 200. All Exif can be found on the flickr page

Let me know what you think.

1. 70-200mm f2.8

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2, 5 and 6 are my favorites... very sharp and color is wonderful.
The sharpness is really great in 7, the kid with the yellow jersey hair is off the hook! you can see/make out every strand clear as bell.

Sharp and well exposed. The parents would love them. Good job.

Very sharp! Nice job handling the light.

Great Job! The pics are well balanced. The lighting is awesome. You must live in a bug free area, all of he kids mouths are wide open, lol!

Great pictures, which Sigma 70-200mm lens did you use?

wow great set #7 is perfect

Check the horizons in some of them. The goal post in #1 and #5 aren't straight.

Good timing on a lot of these. As mentioned before, make sure you fix some of the horizons. #3 is a bit underexposed, you might try bringing out the shadows a bit.

chenga732 wrote in post #12082145
Great pictures, which Sigma 70-200mm lens did you use?

The HSM Macro. Not the new one with OS. Previous generation.

frederiksenp wrote in post #12082669
Good timing on a lot of these. As mentioned before, make sure you fix some of the horizons. #3 is a bit underexposed, you might try bringing out the shadows a bit.

When I tried to bring out the shadows, I lsot detail in her face. I'll play with it some more and see what I can.

I can see the posts are off a bit. Will correct them when I go to print them. The field setup is a tough one. There is a huge down slope and side slope depending on where you are standing.

But the horizons are definitely fixable.

Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming.

Great Pictures. I am debating which one to get new Sigma 70-200 OS EX HSM or Canon 70-200 F2.8 MkII.

chenga732 wrote in post #12084519
Great Pictures. I am debating which one to get new Sigma 70-200 OS EX HSM or Canon 70-200 F2.8 MkII.

I can vouch for the HSM Macro as well. Almost all of the stuff I've shot (indoor sports, at least) was with that lens. $$ was a big deal when I got it, and it was what I would regard as one of the best investments I've made. It's paid for itself probably about a dozen times over at this point.

Tony.Ibarra wrote in post #12084568
I can vouch for the HSM Macro as well. Almost all of the stuff I've shot (indoor sports, at least) was with that lens. $$ was a big deal when I got it, and it was what I would regard as one of the best investments I've made. It's paid for itself probably about a dozen times over at this point.

I agree Tony. The SIgma has not let me down since I bought it, and money was the concern for me then as it still is now. I shoot all Sigma glass and I have been a happy camper with all of it. No regrets here!

Now the new Canon is excellent. If I had that kind of money, I would probably go Canon. BUt I don't so I look for alternatives.

The new Sigma is excellent as well. Maybe a hair below the Canon. But both are so damn expensive. I don't think you can go wrong with either one. They will both perform for you. Depends on the money you have imo.