HS Girls Soccer Regionals

IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
edited May 28, 2012 in Sports
Here are a few from the other evening. So nice to be able to shoot in daylight after a spring of crappy HS stadium lights!

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John :
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D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.

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  • VitaminVVitaminV Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited May 24, 2012
    Is that daylight you're shooting in for once? Real nice. I especially like #3.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2012
    Thanks, Mike!
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2012
    Having shot a fair amount of soccer I can say these are great!
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2012
    Thank you, Jack. That means a lot.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • jheftijhefti Registered Users Posts: 734 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2012
    Very nice shots, Icebear!! I especially love the last one, where the player is looking out from under her brows to the ball. What's often difficult in soccer is getting that shot where the player has the ball but is looking out towards the field--or even better, towards the camera. I try to track the player and hit the shutter in that one brief moment when they look up. Can't say I am too successful with this method, though...

    I might suggest a little tighter crop on the first shot. There is a lot interesting going on between the two players, and the large amount of dead space detracts from this, at least to my eye.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2012
    jhefti wrote: »

    I might suggest a little tighter crop on the first shot. There is a lot interesting going on between the two players, and the large amount of dead space detracts from this, at least to my eye.

    I agree, but it's already a pretty severe crop. It was one of those shots where I wished I was shooting with the D300 instead of the D700 for the reach.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • jheftijhefti Registered Users Posts: 734 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2012
    Icebear wrote: »
    I agree, but it's already a pretty severe crop. It was one of those shots where I wished I was shooting with the D300 instead of the D700 for the reach.


    Ah, I understand...been there many times!
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  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2012
    I have shot college football from great seats in the stands, but have not done soccer.

    Really like number 4. Both players look like they are going to dive for the ball. Excellent.

    Phil
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    "You don't take a photograph, you make it." ~Ansel Adams
    Phil
  • MontecMontec Registered Users Posts: 823 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2012
    Nice capture for #4. Looks like those two really want the ball!
    Cheers,
    Monte
  • MontecMontec Registered Users Posts: 823 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2012
    Funny how that Nike swoosh always gets in the shot!
    Cheers,
    Monte
  • jheftijhefti Registered Users Posts: 734 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2012
    Montec wrote: »
    Funny how that Nike swoosh always gets in the shot!

    Hehe, I don't know about this league, but my daughter plays on a team that is sponsored by Nike (Elite Club National League). It is odd, I have to say, to have a 15 year old girl be a sponsored athlete. Then again, she is playing with 17-18 year old girls. The Nike logo is everywhere to be seen, of course, as ultimately this is just advertising for Nike. I guess commercialism starts young these days...
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  • jheftijhefti Registered Users Posts: 734 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2012
    BTW Icebear, you live in my old childhood stomping grounds....been many years since I lived in Northern Virginia though...
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  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2012
    jhefti wrote: »
    BTW Icebear, you live in my old childhood stomping grounds....been many years since I lived in Northern Virginia though...

    Ditto for me. We lived in Chantilly and Leesburg.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2012
    Very nice set!
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2012
    Seems like the DC area is one that most everybody cycles through at some point in their lives. It really is a hotbed of highly competitive girls' soccer too. This set was high school, not club.
    Thanks for the comment David.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited May 28, 2012
    Looks like nice light to shoot in. Someone suggested tighter crop and the only thing I'd add is lower shooting position.

    Good job!
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2012
    ian408 wrote: »
    Looks like nice light to shoot in. Someone suggested tighter crop and the only thing I'd add is lower shooting position.

    Good job!
    Yep. Overcast! I like to kneel, or use a little stool I carry sometimes, but it had rained a lot the day before and the sidelines were soggy. I wussed out and kept my jeans dry. :D
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • jheftijhefti Registered Users Posts: 734 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2012
    Icebear wrote: »
    Seems like the DC area is one that most everybody cycles through at some point in their lives. It really is a hotbed of highly competitive girls' soccer too. This set was high school, not club.
    Thanks for the comment David.

    I guess I should have known it was HS soccer by the thread title rolleyes1.gif
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