First Sports Post

Thought my first post would be basketball but here's a triple jump.
This was my first track and field event.

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Nice action with a filled frame and a nice facial expression. The colors look a tad over saturated and the image is a tad soft but the long jump is so difficult to get a tack sharp image as the jumper is coming right at you. Nicely done and welcome.

Shutter speed was 1/500, would a faster shutter help?

The long jump is tough to shoot when they are coming at you. This does look a tad soft and 1/500 is way to slow on the shutter. At minimum get to 1/1000. It would also help when posting pictures not to strip the exif data or add it to the post.

Thanks for the advice. Will crank up the shutter speed next meet.

Dave