Shot a game today for a friend. His daughter plays so I tried to get him some images. There was not a whole lot of exciting action but I certainly could not have asked for better backgrounds.
First it would be good to number your pics so others can comment on these individually. I'm not an expert in soccer, but the girl in #4 looks like she is asking for multiple injuries! A broken ankle and biting her toungue.
GaryB
GaryB “The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!” - Ansel Adams
These are nice. I'd rather see tighter crops. Maybe lose some of the over-head on #3 and the bag of balls on #4. I love the body positions and faces in the last one, but I'd really pull it in by getting rid of some of the OOF foreground (leave a little), pull in the left side and get rid of the hand on the right.
First it would be good to number your pics so others can comment on these individually. I'm not an expert in soccer, but the girl in #4 looks like she is asking for multiple injuries! A broken ankle and biting her toungue.
GaryB
Gary, FWIW that body position is quite common, and really doesn't risk injury (other than the tongue.) Dragging the top of the non-shooting boot is done all the time. Looks bad . . . feels good .
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D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
Gary, FWIW that body position is quite common, and really doesn't risk injury (other than the tongue.) Dragging the top of the non-shooting boot is done all the time. Looks bad . . . feels good .
If you take enough stills of most sports, you'll see some very painful looking positions that, in real time, are quite harmless. I shoot MLB all the time and looking at some of the pitching shots just make my shoulders cringe!
I see this position in soccer all the time. What happens is that the player lands on the front foot and the sliding foot just comes off the ground. No weight is placed on it.
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Nice job!
First it would be good to number your pics so others can comment on these individually. I'm not an expert in soccer, but the girl in #4 looks like she is asking for multiple injuries! A broken ankle and biting her toungue.
GaryB
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Gary, FWIW that body position is quite common, and really doesn't risk injury (other than the tongue.) Dragging the top of the non-shooting boot is done all the time. Looks bad . . . feels good
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
If you take enough stills of most sports, you'll see some very painful looking positions that, in real time, are quite harmless. I shoot MLB all the time and looking at some of the pitching shots just make my shoulders cringe!
I see this position in soccer all the time. What happens is that the player lands on the front foot and the sliding foot just comes off the ground. No weight is placed on it.