Sunny Soccer in the PNW

Finally, I get a chance to shoot my daughters team WITHOUT having to use my Storm Jacket over my camera!

EXIF should be intact...basically, all shot using 40D - 70-200 f/2.8 - Aperture Priority - Center Focus Point - and trying CWA for metering rather than Evaluative.

C&C always appreciated!

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That looks like starfire to me.....we played there friday night and over at Tyee on saturday and sunday...great shots!!

nice clean shots

First one doesn't work for me. Would have been good in portrait mode. Others are quite nice. I would recommend using long end of 70-200mm for better back ground blur.

nice images overall. couple things...don't be afraid to bump that ISO for faster shutter speeds and either try exposing for the face a little more or lightening that only in pp. too bad eyes were both shut in #2, love that.

I'm no pro by any means, just a parent with a camera, but I also have kids that play soccer in the PNW and I tend to keep the sun at my back so the face's dont get too dark. I need/want that lens though....great shots.

You controlled the back-lighting very nicely. well done.

wayovrpar wrote in post #5416546
That looks like starfire to me.....we played there friday night and over at Tyee on saturday and sunday...great shots!!

Actually, this was just a scrimmage up at Franklin HS. Thanks for the comments!

Roy Webber wrote in post #5418667
nice clean shots

Thanks Roy!

bobbyz wrote in post #5419650
First one doesn't work for me. Would have been good in portrait mode. Others are quite nice. I would recommend using long end of 70-200mm for better back ground blur.

Agree..#1 would have been better portrait, Thanks!

namasste wrote in post #5419834
nice images overall. couple things...don't be afraid to bump that ISO for faster shutter speeds and either try exposing for the face a little more or lightening that only in pp. too bad eyes were both shut in #2, love that.

Thanks...Funny, I thought the same thing about #2. If only I could add eyes in pp that looked real!

Grumpy_one wrote in post #5420190
I'm no pro by any means, just a parent with a camera, but I also have kids that play soccer in the PNW and I tend to keep the sun at my back so the face's dont get too dark. I need/want that lens though....great shots.

I too always try to get my back to the sun however, this darn field was facing N and S and since it was a scrimmage, we never changed sides so I got 80 minutes INTO the sun. If only those coaches would take photography into consideration! Thanks for the comments!

corythosaurus wrote in post #5421323
You controlled the back-lighting very nicely. well done.

Yeah, I think it worked okay using CWA rather than Evaluative in those conditions. Thanks!

I think you've done well technically.

Just need a bit of work on your timing and maybe shoot more in portrait mode.

I would also crop these.

Regards,
Jeff

Would the timing issue be helped by utilising the high-speed continuous shooting mode?

[Ie - take a burst of say 10 or so shots instead of the 1 to increase the chance of getting that "perfect" shot]

cheers,
J&D