Nordic Cup

vt1122 · June 18, 2008

This was the girls last tournament before regionals. Went 4-0 in pool play and lost a heart breaker to our biggest rival in the final 1-0. They out possessed them and out shot them and still came up short. Sometimes the ball just won't go in the net. Five games in 3 days 85+ degrees is a lot for 12 year olds.

A few shots from the weekend. C&C always welcome.

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2whlrcr · June 18, 2008

It's a good thing, number 19 isn't a guy.:D

Frog Lady · June 19, 2008

Tough loss - it's hard being on the bottom end of a game like that - but good shots. #4 and 5 were my fav's

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vt1122 · June 20, 2008

Thanks Colleen and 2whlrcr for the comments. I was hoping to get some critique on these. All were shot in bright sun and up until this year I would have used a -.3 to -.7 exposure comp. Always worried about blowing the highlights on the white jerseys. From the advise I have gotten here I have started trusting the histogram and these were shot with a +.7 EC. #6 was shot at +1. The exposure looks good to me but wanted to know what others think.

jonh68 · June 20, 2008

You have some nice shots, but they could be cropped tighter, especially #5. You have their feet cut off, so might as well trim more. The shot might be better if it's cropped horizontally and make it a torso shot. That way, their facial expressions are more emphasized.

vt1122 · June 22, 2008

jonh68 wrote:

You have some nice shots, but they could be cropped tighter, especially #5. You have their feet cut off, so might as well trim more. The shot might be better if it's cropped horizontally and make it a torso shot. That way, their facial expressions are more emphasized.

Something like this.

HockeyFan · June 22, 2008

Outstanding photos. Great job. What equipment are you using?. Also, I'm curious if EXIF info is available. I'd like to compare notes for future shooting.

vt1122 · June 22, 2008

HockeyFan wrote:

Outstanding photos. Great job. What equipment are you using?. Also, I'm curious if EXIF info is available. I'd like to compare notes for future shooting.

Thank you for the compliment. I am shooting the Nikon D80 with the 70-200 2.8 vr and sometimes use a 1.7 converter. All of the galleries on my site have the EXIF info. (the link is in my signature) For some reason when I copy photos to another gallery the EXIF info doesn't carry over.

jonh68 · June 22, 2008

vt1122 wrote:

Something like this.

Nordic Cup

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