Hat's Off...

CyberSteakCyberSteak Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
edited October 3, 2009 in Sports
No pics to show. Just wanted to come into this section of the forum and offer my :bow

Went to a hockey game last night.

<---doesn't like hockey.

Thought I'd bring my camera along with me to help pass the time. I have a new found respect for you guys who take sports photos. I'd zoom too far in, and couldn't see what was going on around my point of view. Zoom too far out, and the subjects would be too small in the frame. So my hat's off to those who take sports photos and make them look good. Well done.
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  • donekdonek Registered Users Posts: 655 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2009
    CyberSteak wrote:
    No pics to show. Just wanted to come into this section of the forum and offer my <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/bowdown.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

    Went to a hockey game last night.

    <---doesn't like hockey.

    Thought I'd bring my camera along with me to help pass the time. I have a new found respect for you guys who take sports photos. I'd zoom too far in, and couldn't see what was going on around my point of view. Zoom too far out, and the subjects would be too small in the frame. So my hat's off to those who take sports photos and make them look good. Well done.

    Keep at it. It takes a while to get used to. You pick up a few skills. Shooting with both eyes open is one. It allows you to follow the action with the eye that isn't in the view finder. In Soccer, I've learned to track the ball based on the speed it left someones foot. I can typically pan along through thr players waiting for the ball to fall back into the frame. Reading facial cues and body language are very handy as well, allowing you to determine who thinks they'll get the ball next. It's chalenging, fun, and always a target rich environment.
    Sean Martin
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  • SUMGUYSUMGUY Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited October 3, 2009
    Try and keep both eyes open and it helps alot if you know the sport, or how a certain player reacts in some cases. I only do Muay thai/ Kickboxing and boxing, I have trained with quite a few and I know their style, so I asume what their next move is... seems to work for me.

    Cheers
    Scott




    donek wrote:
    Keep at it. It takes a while to get used to. You pick up a few skills. Shooting with both eyes open is one. It allows you to follow the action with the eye that isn't in the view finder. In Soccer, I've learned to track the ball based on the speed it left someones foot. I can typically pan along through thr players waiting for the ball to fall back into the frame. Reading facial cues and body language are very handy as well, allowing you to determine who thinks they'll get the ball next. It's chalenging, fun, and always a target rich environment.
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