Dutch National Taekwondo Championship 2011
Some action shots from the Dutch National Champ TKD.
Although most of them are of my team members, you can find more shots in my smugmug gallery. This was the first time I used my D700 + 28-300mmVR
1) nero chagi
2) Match point in the Junior final:
3) Dwit chagi:
4) Pandal chagi:
5) Illegal (for obvious reasons:wink
Thank you for watching! C&C are of course always welcome :thumb
Although most of them are of my team members, you can find more shots in my smugmug gallery. This was the first time I used my D700 + 28-300mmVR
1) nero chagi
2) Match point in the Junior final:
3) Dwit chagi:
4) Pandal chagi:
5) Illegal (for obvious reasons:wink
Thank you for watching! C&C are of course always welcome :thumb
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I keep going back to #4 and wishing the face was in focus - that looks like a painful shot. A couple of these shots seem to have either the referee or the onlookers in the background in better focus than the contestants. If these were shot with autofocus, you might want to try manual. Opening the lens a bit more might help keep the attention on the fighters as well.
Pentax K-x and assorted lenses
You've got some decent timing on these shots, but your shutter speeds are just way too slow. Part of the problem is the lens
Additionally, you want to get lower so you're not shooting down on your subjects. The problem with that is it will make another issue loom larger - distracting backgrounds. It can be very difficult in venues like martial arts tournaments to deal with that - but shallow DOF can help - but for that you again will want a lens capable of wider apertures.
Finally, if you shot raw you might want to tweak the WB - you've got a distinct yellow cast on the facial features.
Having an understanding of the sport is a definite plus and that will help you anticipate the action - which you've done pretty well in these shots. Now you just need some technical improvements in how you shoot and a lens upgrade and you'll be getting stellar shots in no time.
It was. Although most of the top competitors were not present, taekwondo is always a lot of fun with plenty of fast action. The score board is indeed in focus, unfortunately
Next time I try to use manual, although that might gives problems as players move around a lot pretty fast.
The lens was wide open. I did bring my 80-200@2.8 and 85@1.8, but I wanted to see how this new lens performed.
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I agree. I set auto-iso to a minimum shutter speed of 1/125. But the lighting in the gym was perfect, so I could have pushed it back further.
I wanted to test my new 28-300. Next time I'll definitely switch to my much faster lenses.
I was not an official photographer, just supporting my team. The problem with this venue is that I had zero room to move. The stands were a few meters from ground level even... And facing the judges' table, which means the ref is always between the players and myself... I missed so many shots because he/she was in my line of sight
I usually shoot raw... This time I didn't... Oohh the regrets....:cry
Thank you
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