C&C Girls Soccer & Sigma 400mm 5.6

I have been shooting with a Sigma 400 5.6 prime on my 1Dc lately. It's been a while since I have shot anything. Coaching two teams will do that. But this past weekend I took my camera with me to shoot a little after my boys teams played.

Anyway, here are few with a lens that I believe is older than my 1Dc. All shot manual at 5.6. I want to try shooting with this at a smaller fstop. I am hoping that will improve the clarity and sharpness of the images if I stop it down a bit.

ISO was around 400, SS was around 640. It was grey overcast day and like I said, I wanted to see how this lens performed. More shooting with it this weekend. All exif is on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/42563438@N03/

BTW, if anyone is in the South Jersey and interested in shooting my boys playing, please let know. I don't get to shoot them because I coach two of them and one plays for an academy team, maybe we can work something out.

Let me know what you think of these. Feedback is appreciated.

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Fantastic shots. You really caught the action.

1,2 & 3 are 1st rate -- in focus, action, great color and expressions but background looks strange and by that I mean it looks like the player's are on a hill or ridge the the background is much lower. It doesn't look like it's because you are shooting from a higher angle so it's hard to tell anything -- except a lower angle would have hidden it from view -- I think.

This field has a crown on the sidelines and goal lines. I was standing a little below the top of the crown where it drops down, and I was on my knees.

That is probably why it looks that way. I was asked by the ref to back off the goal line a little bit. First time that has ever happened to me. So i moved back a little more to stay out of the way. No big deal really.

nice!

do you have photo of your 1Dc with sigma 400 5.6

I'll get one and post it. It's not a big lens at all. Easy to handhold, but I use it on tripod all the time. This weekend if I get a chance to shoot some with it, I want to stop it down and see if that helps improve the sharpness.

I know it's not a great lens. But I think it can produce some decent images.

Looks like this: http://www.flickr.com …s/rickmaninov/3​515942165/

Wow, great stuff!