U15 Soccer

nipprdog

In the league that I shoot, I concentrate on the U6-U12 games. More orders. I do shoot the U15 and U18 when I get a request from a parent, or coach. I had a couple of those requests for this week;
All with D300, 300 2.8, and 1.4.
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rschroeter2124

Very good stuff - clear, and full of action and expression. I wouldn't change much. A check on the balance (horizontal) might be in order on some, but that's difficult sometimes to guage. Very impressive stuff!

edited: sorry, only #5 appears tilting left.

Elaine

Very nice! I'm studying these as I'll be trying some U8 soccer soon. Can you share what your shutter speeds were?

jonh68

Clear, focused shots. You got low to the ground. You took advantage of the sun. You got great face shots. Great job.

nipprdog

rschroeter2124 wrote:

Very good stuff - clear, and full of action and expression. I wouldn't change much. A check on the balance (horizontal) might be in order on some, but that's difficult sometimes to guage. Very impressive stuff!

edited: sorry, only #5 appears tilting left.

Thanks.

nipprdog

Elaine wrote:

Very nice! I'm studying these as I'll be trying some U8 soccer soon. Can you share what your shutter speeds were?

Thanks, Elaine. I shot in aperture priority, so the shutter speeds vaired from 1/1000 - 1/2500. I would suggest that you shoot down at their level. Some use knee pads. I use a stool like this;



I attach it to my belt loop, so when I have to move quickly, it moves with me. Here's some U8 from a couple weeks ago;

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nipprdog

jonh68 wrote:

Clear, focused shots. You got low to the ground. You took advantage of the sun. You got great face shots. Great job.

Thanks, John. I appreciate it.

Elaine

nipprdog wrote:

Thanks, Elaine. I shot in aperture priority, so the shutter speeds vaired from 1/1000 - 1/2500. I would suggest that you shoot down at their level. Some use knee pads. I use a stool like this;

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I attach it to my belt loop, so when I have to move quickly, it moves with me. Here's some U8 from a couple weeks ago;

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Thanks for sharing your technique and more pics! I'll be shooting with a Canon 70-200 f/4 L IS, so I probably won't get as creamy of backgrounds that you got or even the shutter speeds, but I hope I can get something close. My cam is in the shop right now so I tried using a p&S at Saturday's game. Yuck!

aktse

Excellent!

Tack sharp, faces, actions, clean backgrounds -- basically, everything that good sports photo should be!