A couple H.S. Football shots from last weekend

I know other people shoot H.S. football, but not many share, so here are a couple more mediocre ones from me.

those look like some well grown boys. great shots btw I took HS football pics all season. The night shots were difficult to say the least. But I can see an improvement so i keep shooting and the kids liked em.
heres a link to a ton of hs football some ok shots and lots of under exsposed and OOF
http://imageevent.com/​bratpics/wchsfootball

Man, I am constantly amazed at the size of some of the kids I see... Some are simply huge, while others can sport a full beard! I couldn't grow a full beard in highschool! Must be something they put in the water now days...

these look nice, sharp and colorful.... we're almost done though. I wish highschool football season went longer. Thanks for positing.

Yeah, we're almost done as well. 2 more weekends, and then the state finals. I would like it to be a little longer as well, but only if it can start earlier! (It tends to be a little cold here at the end of Nov!)

Thanks!

Nice shots!

It is nice to see some American football shooters out there. This is our last weekend of high school football down here in Florida. It has taken me a few weeks and about $700 to get it right. I bought a Sigma 70-200 f2.8 lens that is perfect for night-time-under-the-lights games. I discovered that it works best for me to shoot in manual mode (Canon 20d) at 1/320 sec and f3.2 with ISO 1600. To see some examples click this link
http://trihokie.smugmu​g.com/gallery/940227
Now, I suppose I will have to start pointing my camera at guys kicking soccer balls.

They certainly are big boys! Ours are huge, too. I have one of the players in my English class this year who is 6'2" and 375 pounds.

Thanks for sharing your shots!

Thanks for the comments all!

This is my second year shooting H.S. football, and while not the best yet, I can see a big improvement over last year in my pics. (The 70-200 L has helped a bit too... Maybe next year a 20D instead of the DRebel?)

I'd hardly call those mediocre Kevin. well done, The photos make it look like you right in the middle of the action.

You know how it is, you're allways over critical of your own stuff.

Thanks though! I appreciate it.

If it's not another player getting in your way its a ref. I just don't uderstand why they can't stay out of my line of sight.

Exactly! If they're not going to get out of the way they should at least be where the action is so that they would be in focus. Instead they just throw a shoulder, back of the head, or behind in the shot at the most inopportune moment.

Not to mention how that black and white outfit throws off metering.

Kevin,

Those are some great shots! I thought I'd share some of mine in this thread as well:

http://www.pbase.com/t​wdarby/football

These were all shot offhand without a monopod or flash on my 10D using the 100-400 IS L. All of our games are played at night so I never get any daytime shots. BTW, what's next HS Basketball?

Tom

Thanks hickory!

You've got some nice shots as well. I also shoot handheld, but with a flash at night.

As for next, the guy I shoot for only covers football, so it looks like I'm back to shooting whatever I can find when the finals are over Thanksgiving weekend until next season.

(That is if you don't count my daughters (who is 10) softball season in the summer.)