Your best sports shot...

chuckice · January 31, 2006

What's your one best sports shot...the one you show people when they say "show me"? I'd love to see them!

I've got a few...this one may not be my best but it is my favorite:

spider-t · January 31, 2006

one of my favorites
That's a great shot chuckice! Love the colors.

Here's one of my favorites:

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-Trish

chuckice · January 31, 2006

Thanks!

I love that shot...fantastic...the water droplets definitely make it!

spider-t wrote:

That's a great shot chuckice! Love the colors.

Here's one of my favorites:

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-Trish

StevenV · January 31, 2006

the only thing I wish is that I'd gotten it just a split second earlier, with the ball coming out of his crosse.

DoctorIt · January 31, 2006

chuck, you set the standards pretty high!!! My best shots are cycling as well, but they pale in comparison.

I'm only posting this one because it made it into a magazine:

chuckice · January 31, 2006

That's a great shot...always love the cycling pix. I've spent enough time at the Tour to get a little lucky.

Congrats on the mag publish too...very worthy, except that he's not a roadie. :tiptoe jk!

DoctorIt wrote:

chuck, you set the standards pretty high!!! My best shots are cycling as well, but they pale in comparison.

I'm only posting this one because it made it into a magazine:

Seamus · January 31, 2006

The first pic I had published and a very brave rider passing on the brakes. Farquhar, on the inside, is braking on oil covered with cement dust as he passes Martin on the last corner to win the race.

DoctorIt · January 31, 2006

chuckice wrote:

That's a great shot...always love the cycling pix. I've spent enough time at the Tour to get a little lucky.

Congrats on the mag publish too...very worthy, except that he's not a roadie. :tiptoe jk!

My roadie shots never made it past local papers.

I guess you could call me a roadie too, though, so I had the same disappointment in myself. I keep hoping my cyclocross shots will get some attention somewhere. Maybe this fall.

I'm supremely jealous that you've "spent enough time at the tour". I've spent a good portion of my life watching it on tv, does that count? Watched every tour since Greg LeMond's first win.

Not to mention the repeated times we've watched various tours while doing winter trainer riding in the basement.

KMCC · January 31, 2006

In truth, I don't have a particular favorite. I'd probably opt for showing one of the most recent shots that I've taken, but for the sake of posting something, I'll throw this one up.

chuckice · January 31, 2006

DoctorIt wrote:

My roadie shots never made it past local papers.

I guess you could call me a roadie too, though, so I had the same disappointment in myself. I keep hoping my cyclocross shots will get some attention somewhere. Maybe this fall.

I'm supremely jealous that you've "spent enough time at the tour". I've spent a good portion of my life watching it on tv, does that count? Watched every tour since Greg LeMond's first win. Not to mention the repeated times we've watched various tours while doing winter trainer riding in the basement.

Same here...been a rider & cycling fan since the mid-80's, 7-11 days, etc. All I can say is it's worth going to see in person and doing as cheap as possible. But it's NOTHING like tv...the intensity at the finish of each stage is beyond belief and even more electric on the serious days like mountain summits, TT's, etc. Check my 05 album if you want:
http://snortingbull.smugmug.com/gallery/689800

Also...I've got a slideshow that I did for friends/family if you want the experience. Not all the best pix but a fun way to blow 15 minutes.

http://snortingbull.smugmug.com/gallery/720226
password: sl1d32k5

spider · January 31, 2006

Proof that Smoltz's fastball does cast a shadow:

DoctorIt · January 31, 2006

Chuck, some great shots you have there!

I swear he could kill a man with his look. Those eyes!! A fabulous shot, Graham Watson would be proud of this one.

zigzag · January 31, 2006

Well, it's not Lance, but it is my friend's nephew...

TomaS · January 31, 2006

Best sports shot
Those are some great images that have been posted so far. This is a cool thread....

I love to shoot sports. I have done motorcycle races, high school track and XC, swimming, triathlons, etc.

But my first love is cycling. I took a lot of local bike race shots last year. And no I don't live in France so no Lance images. But I do like this one that I took at our local crit one evening while experimenting with flash fill.

Got some more in my Cycling gallery here:

http://tomsprophoto.smugmug.com/gallery/1053068

Steve Cavigliano · January 31, 2006

Great shots guys!!

Holy cow Charles, how are we supposed to match your Lance pics?

Excellent work, BTW

Almost every one of the pics in this thread could easily appear in a sports magazine. Top quality work gentlemen

Wish I could contibute, but most folks here have already seen what little I could offer up. None of them on par with these shots.

Again, really nice pics guys!! I's impressed....lol

Steve

chuckice · January 31, 2006

FANTASTIC!!

TomaS wrote:

Those are some great images that have been posted so far. This is a cool thread....

I love to shoot sports. I have done motorcycle races, high school track and XC, swimming, triathlons, etc.

But my first love is cycling. I took a lot of local bike race shots last year. And no I don't live in France so no Lance images. But I do like this one that I took at our local crit one evening while experimenting with flash fill.

Got some more in my Cycling gallery here:

http://tomsprophoto.smugmug.com/gallery/1053068

chuckice · January 31, 2006

Thanks, I love that one too. That was at the summit of Pla d'Adet this past year. Literally 150m from the line. He looks so intense and like he's out for a lazy Sunday ride. Not at the summit of 10 grueling kilometers at 9% gradient.

DoctorIt wrote:

Chuck, some great shots you have there!

I swear he could kill a man with his look. Those eyes!! A fabulous shot, Graham Watson would be proud of this one.

spider-t · January 31, 2006

Gentlemen?!

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Almost every one of the pics in this thread could easily appear in a sports magazine. Top quality work gentlemen

Steve

Hey!! I'm in this thread too!

-Trish

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Steve Cavigliano · January 31, 2006

spider-t wrote:

Hey!! I'm in this thread too!

-Trish :

Sorry Trish :hide I never looked down to the signatures, just the user names. My DW is so afraid of spiders, I never even thought about the possiblity that you were a woman

Am I digging myself in deeper here?...lol

I really liked your water shot

if that's any consolation

Please accept a humble apology from an old, blind fool

Steve

spider-t · February 1, 2006

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Sorry Trish :hide I never looked down to the signatures, just the user names. My DW is so afraid of spiders, I never even thought about the possiblity that you were a woman Am I digging myself in deeper here?...lol

I really liked your water shot if that's any consolation

Please accept a humble apology from an old, blind fool

Steve

Haha! No worries. Just thought I'd poke at ya.

-Trish

gus · February 1, 2006

My fav..

luckydog · February 1, 2006

This one shows that you're never too old to learn. I like it because it shows the strong bond between the father and his son.

Dad's first surf ... Not my dad either

chuckice · February 1, 2006

Nice one...is that lighting a trick or is it actually early AM/late PM?

Humungus wrote:

My fav..

wholenewlight · February 1, 2006

Can I post two?

and . . .

I rarely shoot sports but these are two of my favs.

chuckice · February 1, 2006

Nice! Is that Tyler?

wholenewlight wrote:

Can I post two?

DoctorIt · February 1, 2006

chuckice wrote:

Nice! Is that Tyler?

Don't think so - they all look too tall.

chuckice · February 1, 2006

DoctorIt wrote:

Don't think so - they all look too tall.

Hmmmm...that REALLY looks like Tyler but I don't think he road with Postal on that Trek color scheme. That could be Andrea Tafi tho. On second thought I don't know if he road with Prodir back that far...

spider-t · February 1, 2006

beautiful

luckydog wrote:

This one shows that you're never too old to learn. I like it because it shows the strong bond between the father and his son.

Dad's first surf ... Not my dad either

I love this shot!
-Trish

goodcrna · February 1, 2006

chuckice wrote:

What's your one best sports shot...the one you show people when they say "show me"? I'd love to see them!

I've got a few...this one may not be my best but it is my favorite:

I LOVE the color YELLOW.....!!!

THis is "MY" favorite photo of my daughter. It's not very sharp, WB is off, rather grainy, but I loved the end result!!!

chuckice · February 1, 2006

! Hopefully she's the spiker and not the spikee!?

goodcrna wrote:

I LOVE the color YELLOW.....!!!

THis is "MY" favorite photo of my daughter. It's not very sharp, WB is off, rather grainy, but I loved the end result!!!

winger · February 1, 2006

Yeah chicks totally cant shoot sports.....

This first one was shoot Oct 2005, the rest were the month of January 06.....
I know I can never just pick one.

Your best sports shot...

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