Dragons Soccer

Another great day in Dallas. Pretty much always choose backlit images when I have the choice. I prefer the look myself and perfectly lit faces seem to sell better than those dark eyes I often get the other way.

C&C welcome as always

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Matt, pretty darn nice - as usual.
Soccer at this young age is very hard to get a clean shot.

What PP did you do to get the contrast back? I assume from the backlight that the shots were pretty washed out straight out of camera, no? Something I still struggle with. All hints greatly appreciated.

Great work.... The kids are cool at this age and full of life....

Great expressions, fun captures - The best times in football are when you are younger.

#6, the expression - An eye for goal ready to attack... Love it!

My only constructive criticism is a terrible decision in jersey selection. What are they thinking..Seattle?

COME ON YOU REDS!!! TFC!

Nice job!

Matt are these with 400mm f2.8? Would also love to hear about pp in getting the constrast back.

bobbyz wrote in post #9933762
Matt are these with 400mm f2.8? Would also love to hear about pp in getting the constrast back.

+1 for this

Love the B/lighting....
#5 and 6 are my favs
cheers

Thanks guys. Yes, all shot with the 400 2.8

I have an action I created for backlit images. Actually I have four of them...each more aggressive depending on the amount of "help" the image needs. The simple answer is I add back more contrast

In Lightroom I start by increasing the black clipping some and bumping the contrast more than my usual settings ( I always shoot RAW)

Adding a slight vignette or edge burn really helps as well since the backgrounds usually are blown.