Under 10 girls soccer

Mitchell · February 23, 2005

Took a long lens out this weekend to my daughter's soccer game. Any thoughts on these pics?

mitch

Game Faces

Mitchell · February 23, 2005

Breakaway daughter

4labs · February 23, 2005

These are great.. Love the intense faces in the first one.. Did your daughter score? I still look back at your "Blue" pictures and if I were judging I'd have picked it..

fish · February 23, 2005

Nice work, Mitchell. I can't see anything wrong with those images. Even the bokeh is nice and smooth. Very nice captures. Are you related to one or more of the girls?

bokeh bokeh bokeh bokeh...i like that word. hekob hekob hekob hekob...even looks cool backwards.

Mitchell · February 24, 2005

4labs wrote:

These are great.. Love the intense faces in the first one.. Did your daughter score? I still look back at your "Blue" pictures and if I were judging I'd have picked it..

Thank you for your kind comments. Quite honestly, I didn't think much of my challenge entry compared to the others.

mitch

Mitchell · February 24, 2005

fish wrote:

Nice work, Mitchell. I can't see anything wrong with those images. Even the bokeh is nice and smooth. Very nice captures. Are you related to one or more of the girls?

The girl with the curly hair on the right is my daughter. The second picture really captures the intensity with which she plays. My favorite comment from her when she saw the pic was "Do I really look that tough when I play?" She did score that game but not on that particular series.

mitch

Shakey · February 24, 2005

Keep shooting and showing

I know I will clog the forums with Baseball pics come this spring.
Your pictures look very sharp.
Well done

Tim

Mitchell · February 24, 2005

Shakey wrote:

Keep shooting and showing I know I will clog the forums with Baseball pics come this spring.
Your pictures look very sharp.
Well done
Tim

I don't know how these came out in focus at all. I was hand holding a 210mm on the other side of the field. Better to be lucky than good. My next purchase is going to be a decent monopod.

mitch

Steve Cavigliano · February 24, 2005

Lookin good Mitch ^5
These are very good

As 4labs mentions, the girls definitely have their "game faces" on, in the first pic....lol The second one has the action coming towards the viewer. Very kewl

I agree with Tim (I also hope to give him a run for his money on posting baseball pics ;-). Keep shooting and posting your results here.

Thanks for sharing these,
Steve

winger · February 24, 2005

Two great images. I mean from a exposure, shot composition perpective, I wouldnt change much of anything. The first one has a nice tight crop, and there faces are great.
The 2nd on great action the only thing i would of done differently is I would just crop it tighter on the ball carrier since the 2nd person really doesnt add to much to the image. If she was closer or about to slide tackle or play D, but she is a good couple steps behind persuing...does that make sense.

Keep it up, and you already got the first thing i say...faces faces faces.

Mitchell · February 24, 2005

winger wrote:

Two great images. I mean from a exposure, shot composition perpective, I wouldnt change much of anything. The first one has a nice tight crop, and there faces are great.
The 2nd on great action the only thing i would of done differently is I would just crop it tighter on the ball carrier since the 2nd person really doesnt add to much to the image. If she was closer or about to slide tackle or play D, but she is a good couple steps behind persuing...does that make sense.

Keep it up, and you already got the first thing i say...faces faces faces.

Thanks for the encouragement! I left the opponent in the crop on the second shot for selfish reasons. I liked the contrast between my daughter's aggressive look and her opponent's look of resignation. Am I reading too much into this??

dawson · February 25, 2005

Equipment?

Good shots I would be very proud of them if they were mine. What is your setup?

Mitchell · February 25, 2005

dawson wrote:

Good shots I would be very proud of them if they were mine. What is your setup?

Thanks for the compliment.

I took these with a Nikon D70 and a 70-210mm zoom at 210mm.

mitch

winger · February 26, 2005

Mitchell wrote:

Thanks for the encouragement! I left the opponent in the crop on the second shot for selfish reasons. I liked the contrast between my daughter's aggressive look and her opponent's look of resignation. Am I reading too much into this??

Possibly, but i get attached to pictures too so i know how it is. But once I got over that, I crop like a mad woman ( I will evne crop appendages of now too!!!!)

I am so glad spring sprots are starting soon. Yeah to natual light!!!!!

wxwax · February 26, 2005

winger wrote:

Possibly, but i get attached to pictures too so i know how it is. But once I got over that, I crop like a mad woman ( I will evne crop appendages of now too!!!!)

Knowhatcha mean. Every sport shot I've ever kept has been cropped, often severely. I'm going through shots of my first boxing shoot - out come the scissors, snip, snip snip - they gotta fill the screen with action, IMHO.

I suppose that if I practice enough, have the right lens, and get the right spot, I'll be able get the moment and fill the frame - not there yet. :cry

Ann McRae · February 26, 2005

Advice from Canon soccer shooter Nill Toulme (canon lnes forum, dpreview)

Face, Action, Ball, Contact

Shoot tight, Crop tighter

I try to make that my mantra, but every once in a while do something goofy like include the crowd behind for context.

ann

wxwax · February 26, 2005

Good one, Ann. Of all of them face is the most important. Eyes open, if at all possible.

Mitchell · February 26, 2005

Ann McRae wrote:

Advice from Canon soccer shooter Nill Toulme (canon lnes forum, dpreview)

Face, Action, Ball, Contact

Shoot tight, Crop tighter

I try to make that my mantra, but every once in a while do something goofy like include the crowd behind for context.

ann

You mean like this?

Ann McRae · February 27, 2005

Mitchell wrote:

You mean like this?

Yep.

ann

Under 10 girls soccer

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