HS mens soccer from last night...

Our side remain undefeated after a 2-1 win last night vs Cardinal Mooney. All with 1D3 and 70-200 f2.8 MkII and 1.4x TC. Let the crit fly....

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composition is great, angles/faces/ball are all great.
The images do tend to have a bit of a hazy feel to them though?

Edit:#5 I am thinking I no longer like the shot. His face is weird, and there are a few cut off bodies in the frame.

They look Scott just as long as those jerseys are supposed to be that color and not red.

great captures. i look forward to seeing how the 70-200 with 1.4X works out. i hope it gets in the mail soon

Thanks for having a look and making some comments. The jerseys are "supposed" to be red but standing next to the team, they just aren't. Maybe its new uni time. The hazy look is something that happened for two reasons I think (and I wasn't sure how to handle this)...1) I think the heat off the turf was part of it (it was 93 and 90+ humidity at the start of the match..well over 100 on the turf with the heat index) and 2) the sun created some overly contrasty shots so I actually reduced that in batch during editing..maybe I went too far in reducing it.

Very nice. Good exposure on the home and away uniforms, even with bright sunlight. Action is good and they're sharp as a tack.

Thanks Chris, after not shooting any action for quite a while, its good to be back on the pitch and starting to find a rhythm again.

Good stuff, would have cropped 1, 4, 5 tighter.

Nice series Scott. This lens and 1.4x seem to be working very well for you. I really like #3 and #6.

Thanks Theron. It'll be interesting to see what happens at tonight's match as its a 5pm start and we are expecting cool temps and rain. I'm looking forward to that from a photography point of view..nice, even, soft light (let's just hope there's enough of it that I don't have to get the flash out of the bag).

so much for taking some time off, eh?!!! Hope all is well with the family. Shots look great as always!

dave

snyderman wrote in post #13064433
so much for taking some time off, eh?!!! Hope all is well with the family. Shots look great as always!

dave

Hey Dave, thanks so much. No rest for the weary, huh? The family is very good. Its not without issues as you can imagine but we are blessed, of that there is no doubt. Hope we bump into each other this season sometime. Let me know where' you'll be shooting and I'll do the same.

Look forward to your soccer shots. Always impressive.

john7d,gitzo and stuff

Very nice captures Scott.

Mark