More Youth soccer at 300...

In the rain and wind of Ike...or at least what was left when it hit Dallas.

Comments Welcome.

#1 300mm - 3.2 - ISO 800 - 1/800

Great pics.....my favorite is # 6. I like all the hands showing.

Great shots ... happy kids ..... think that is what it is all about at the younger age soccer.

5 and 6 are my favorites. Great pics.

Well done! Great captures. #6 is really an excellent shot, I'd just clean a few of the specks and you got it.

Love #6. What a great capture

I appreciate the comments.

The specks in the pictures are the rain. I wont edit them unless someone buys a large print.

JimTx wrote in post #6337589
Great shots ... happy kids ..... think that is what it is all about at the younger age soccer.

I agree... they look so happy in these shots.

I think i'm going to end up renting this lense before the end of our season.
Is it hard to get use to?

Great shots Matt! Love the last parent tunnel shot.

Yes....yes it is.

Dan-o wrote in post #6339578
Great shots Matt! Love the last parent tunnel shot.

Yes....yes it is.

lol!!! oh yeah, and +1.

Matt, #6 is just magic, very very well done.

Great shots, and I absolutely love the Liverpool Football Club kits. I will be at Anfield tomorrow watching the real Liverpool FC.

I appreciate the kind comments.

Yes the 300 is a little different if you are used to a zoom. But I cover all my soccer games with the 300 except U5. The quality and results are well worth missing a few here and there. Of course my goal is to sell images and the 300 allows great full length action shots for 2/3 of the field and great close ups for the other 1/3.

The tunnel shot is my favorite. They are always so happy. What is better than running throw a crowd cheering for you on your way to special snack. Good Times. You really have to be quick to get most of the team.

That is my son in #3 ... his coach is a soccer freak an ordered those for the team. I thought Carslberg was the team name until last week. Someone said they thought is was a beer... who cares the kids really like them and they look good.

Very nice shots with clean bg. When I try with smalelr kids, I have hard time getting them isolated for portrait kind of shots.

Another reason I like the 300.. its easier to isolate the kids even when they stay in a bunch.

This is really off topic but....
Keeping track of how many pictures you have taken of each kid is really something that takes practice. Luckily I have 8 years of teaching Kinder that helps me remember faces fast. 100 shots of one kid and 3 or 4 of the others does not help sales at all. I give nicknames to kids also to help me remember. (Tatu, slow poke, messy shirt, Mr Freckles, tall tree, long arms, hot mom ...just name a few I can rememeber)