Youth soccer, its been a while for me...

Just have not been shooting much of anything, sports included, for a number of reasons but I took the gear to a tournament my middle son was playing in and remembered how much I do enjoy shooting. Like anything though, time away from practicing hurts performance and while I got some keepers, it was obvious that I need to be out there more. This was even clearer yesterday when I shot my oldest in two games against UMass and Penn St. I'll post some from those games later....

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Nice very sharp images

Well your keepers are very nice, I would like to see your results after you get a bit more practise.
Stuart

A solid set. I wouldn't complain.

John

What lens are u using here?

Nice shots, very sharp and the color looks really good.

Thanks guys. Those neon jerseys sucked to shoot by the way. All of these are with a lowly Canon 1DM3 and Canon 70-200 f/2.8 MkII with 1.4x TC attached.

namasste wrote in post #16355231
Thanks guys. Those neon jerseys sucked to shoot by the way. All of these are with a lowly Canon 1DM3 and Canon 70-200 f/2.8 MkII with 1.4x TC attached.

Well, the gear some people have to suffer with.


Nice shots!

mattograph wrote in post #16355257
Well, the gear some people have to suffer with.


Nice shots!

it does suck...

namasste wrote in post #16355231
Thanks guys. Those neon jerseys sucked to shoot by the way.

Good shots Scott! I know what you mean about those neon jerseys. When I do T&I pics, the flash totally changes the original color.

tmalone893 wrote in post #16355713
Good shots Scott! I know what you mean about those neon jerseys. When I do T&I pics, the flash totally changes the original color.

Thanks Theron. They look cool and all but dang!

Great pics, Lodi Ohio? My kids played there in club for years and years enjoy that time, it goes quick

Those were in Erie but Lodi is our home fields. It does go quickly...watched my middle son play here one weekend then traveled to Penn St. to watch my oldest play college level the next. Seems like he was at Lodi last year and now he's a man...crazy stuff but they all make life so much more fulfilling and rich, wouldnt trade it for anything.

namasste wrote in post #16355231
All of these are with a lowly Canon 1DM3 and Canon 70-200 f/2.8 MkII with 1.4x TC attached.

Really? I could swear the bokeh was from a 300/400 f2.8 lens. I just don't see how you managed to get such fantastic bokeh at f/4.

Sibil wrote in post #16358483
Really? I could swear the bokeh was from a 300/400 f2.8 lens. I just don't see how you managed to get such fantastic bokeh at f/4.

'Bokeh' or probably better described as a shallow dof or a more blurred background is a lot more a function of focal length and framing / subject distance then it is aperture. Even a tightly composed shot at 280mm and f4 will have quite a bit more blurred background then a much looser shot at 300mm or 400mm and f2.8.