Some Football From Last week..

David Evertsen

Let me know what you you think..

Number One I just really like...

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Let me know what you think... I took all of these Kneeling..They haven't had anything done to them..
Canon Rebel XT, Canon 70-200 2.8L

Thanks,
David Evertsen
www.phabulousphotos.com

jonh68

They look nice, but could stand some cropping.

PixNW

I think that for straight out of the camera they look very, very good. On #2 I would consider doing something to make the football stand out a bit. On similar shots I have used PS and gone to lab mode to use something like vivid light to brighten things up a bit. Go back to RGB, add a duplicate layer, and then just erase over the football area. If you don't overdo it, you can make the football stand out a bit more, without it looking odd.

johng

#1 - I would REALLY like this shot a lot except the feet got cut off. The background is very nice and runner in good focus but the feet hurt it.

#2 - doesn't work for me - way too much uninteresting dead space
#3 - again, way too much deadspace. You can try cropping down but that's tough to do in low light - you usually don't end up with enough detail to support the crop.

#4 - again too much deadspace. The story here is the running back and the one defender. Ideally you want to be framed as tightly as possible on that. The other players don't add much too the story of the shot.

#5 - framing again. What's most interesting in this shot is the defender. Tighter framing to begin with would allow you to crop down and highlight the expression on the defender's face.

So my suggestion for next game would be shoot much, much tighter to begin with - and if you shoot with a portrait orientation you'll find you have a lot less uninteresting dead space

David Evertsen

johng wrote:

#1 - I would REALLY like this shot a lot except the feet got cut off. The background is very nice and runner in good focus but the feet hurt it.

#2 - doesn't work for me - way too much uninteresting dead space
#3 - again, way too much deadspace. You can try cropping down but that's tough to do in low light - you usually don't end up with enough detail to support the crop.

#4 - again too much deadspace. The story here is the running back and the one defender. Ideally you want to be framed as tightly as possible on that. The other players don't add much too the story of the shot.

#5 - framing again. What's most interesting in this shot is the defender. Tighter framing to begin with would allow you to crop down and highlight the expression on the defender's face.

So my suggestion for next game would be shoot much, much tighter to begin with - and if you shoot with a portrait orientation you'll find you have a lot less uninteresting dead space

Thanks very much,

1. I would kill to get the feet back on that one!!

I find my self looking and waiting more to get better shots than I had in the past. I shot one game in portrait and I like the pictures but, it was so different from what I was "used to". I found it
much easier to get tighter and I was not worrying about feet and hands. I will go back to action like that. I found myself at the last game pulling out when there was action to make sure I got hands and feet. Will go back to portrait and get tighter.. Looks like i am getting on the right track.. At least I hope I am..

How about this for #5??


David Evertsen
www.phabulousphotos.com