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DJExile posted:Also the band's uniforms are great Haha poor marching band... it was raining all weekend, and they paraded around in their uniforms earlier in the day and were just doused in mud, so I guess somebody made the decision to change them out before the game. And yeah, I was struggling with how to crop that photo more than most. I've been on a horizontal kick with everything lately, so I was trying to make that work even though I'm not convinced that moment really lends itself to that. Mostly I just wanted to avoid a square. azathosk, your stuff is getting better, keep shooting and posting! You're learning to look for faces and moments, although you could still crop tighter on some (specifically 2 and 4).
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BobTheCow posted:azathosk, your stuff is getting better, keep shooting and posting! You're learning to look for faces and moments, although you could still crop tighter on some (specifically 2 and 4). Thanks! It's really fun shooting sports. I'm going to have a go at shooting icehockey this winter. The team I support wants me to take pictures for the supportergroup. I agree with you at #2, but the reason I didn't to more crop at #4 was (after what I remember) because the goalpost and the ball.
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azathosk posted:I agree with you at #2, but the reason I didn't to more crop at #4 was (after what I remember) because the goalpost and the ball. If it were me, I'd clean it up this way:  And good luck with hockey! I'm looking to shoot my first hockey in the next week or two as well, I'm expecting a trainwreck.
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I thought about it, but I don't know if I like the goalpost. Never done hockey before and I haven't watched it so much either so I guess I'll join you at the trainwreck.
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Oh you guys are going to love it.  If you have any glass at f/4 or slower, don't bother taking it.
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Which focal lengths do you guys use for shooting icehockey?
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Speaking of hockey, the Blue Jackets practiced Monday and Tuesday in Oxford. First time I've shot hockey since last year, so good opportunity to shake some rust off. This is not how you score fellas.  Even pros are scared of the puck!  Wish he was a righty, but oh well. Was chatting with people during the practice, not necessarily putting myself in all the right places.  All of these taken with a D700 w/ 70-200 2.8. Aperture for these is around F4 for most of them I think. Nothing too great. Regular season starts for Miami this weekend, looking forward to all of that!
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Second photo post in the same day? I'm on fire! Making interesting photos of kids running can be tough, but rain and mud help. Some selects:         Full post here.
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azathosk posted:Which focal lengths do you guys use for shooting icehockey? I have a 50-200 that almost never comes off for a hockey game. Or most of my sports for that matter. I have a 30mm f/1.4 that works pretty well to get coaches and players if I'm on the bench with them. Cow, that shot of #462 owns. Miamikid I still hate you for getting access to goddamn Nationwide and Cady 
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DJExile posted:I have a 50-200 that almost never comes off for a hockey game. Or most of my sports for that matter. I have a 30mm f/1.4 that works pretty well to get coaches and players if I'm on the bench with them. I have a 55-200 that never comes off during the hockey games, and it frustrates me enough that I am upgrading to a 70-200 because of it lol.
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European hockey jerseys are  as gently caress and I love them. Your first and 4th ones are great.
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I really like the second one. That look in the goalie's eyes when he sees the puck crammed in the roof of the net...good stuff. Haha yeah having access at Cady is great, I've never shot at Nationwide before though. Hell I've never even been to a Jackets game, trying to rectify that this season.
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This is a great set of photos! The mud and the rain make them, but I love the exposure balance and the colours, but then again all of your pcitures are fantastic. Are you using a 1D or a D3 or similar? A few panning shots taken at Castle Combe, UK last year...  zDSC_8506 by R-W-P, on Flickr  zDSC_8530 by R-W-P, on Flickr  zDSC_8534 by R-W-P, on Flickr  zDSC_8406 by R-W-P, on Flickr  zDSC_8516 by R-W-P, on Flickr  zDSC_8524 by R-W-P, on Flickr  Mazda RX-7 by R-W-P, on Flickr JuanChai fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Oct 7, 2011 |
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JuanChai posted:This is a great set of photos! The mud and the rain make them, but I love the exposure balance and the colours, but then again all of your pcitures are fantastic. Are you using a 1D or a D3 or similar? Thanks! Occasionally I use a borrowed 1DmkIII, but the majority of the photos I post are from my 7D or 40D. All those cross country photos were from the 7D, the football ones were a mix (and in desperate need of longer glass, my longest is only a 70-200). I come from the journalism world, so the only post-processing I do for the most part is crop, levels, sharpen.
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DJExile posted:European hockey jerseys are Haha thanks. Well, those white jerseys (my team) are certainly "unique". The ads, not so much. @MiamiKid: thanks
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I got sideline access to the hottest athletic event in the country. That's right, bitches. CYO 4th grade soccer  A coworker asked me to get some of her son, hey why not?   Are those second ones above and below too green? My W/B was having a bitch of a time on a few of these.   
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Today I shot the most boring wedding I've ever been to, but it was bookended by the most exciting volleyball game I've ever shot last night and one of the most exciting football games I've ever shot tonight. This weekend was basically the perfect example of doing what you have to do for work in order to do what you want for fun. Sports pay poo poo but they're so fun!
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These are awesome. Especially the viper shots.
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Some photos from the aforementioned awesome volleyball match on Friday.       Full post here.
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Second go shooting tennis. Criticism welcomed. suddenlymax by beazty327, on Flickr  readyposition by beazty327, on Flickr  intothelight by beazty327, on Flickr
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willroc7, in the first photo, you missed focus. The people and house in the background are sharp, the subject is not. That's also a really busy background to fight, so I would have opened up the aperture to separate the subject some. In the second, you opened up the aperture, but the action is happening to the out of focus player. That was obviously done inentionally with the way you framed and focused, but I'm not sure what your intention was. The third is missing the ball.  I hope that doesn't sound too harsh... in order to shoot sports more effectively, you first need to recognize what makes a good sports photograph. The main things I'd recommend watching out for while you start out are good action moments and clean backgrounds. Meanwhile, I've finally dealt with my football photos from the weekend. Definitely not one of my best, but I'm trying to force myself to share work after every assignment. Some selects:     Full post here.
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BobTheCow posted:[..] in order to shoot sports more effectively, you first need to recognize what makes a good sports photograph. The main things I'd recommend watching out for while you start out are good action moments and clean backgrounds. A few selected shots:      More here.
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BobTheCow posted:I hope that doesn't sound too harsh... in order to shoot sports more effectively, you first need to recognize what makes a good sports photograph. The main things I'd recommend watching out for while you start out are good action moments and clean backgrounds. For the first photo, I know it would have been better had I nailed the focus, but I still thought it was a cool effect that highlighted the movement of the player into the frame (too fast to focus on?). The second photo I did focus on the net player intentionally. I have other shots with the opposite focus. I was trying to represent the feeling of being at the net and waiting for your partner to serve behind you, not really knowing what is going on back there while you are focused in your ready position. Does that make any sense? For the third one, I really do wish I had gotten the ball in the frame. Here are a couple others from the same shoot that hopefully suck slightly less.  cornershot by beazty327, on Flickr Here I just wish I hadn't missed the rest of the player's foot:  stretch volley by beazty327, on Flickr
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willroc7 posted:Here are a couple others from the same shoot that hopefully suck slightly less. The top one is very nice. 2nd one is a good moment but it can do with a very generous crop from the top and bottom.
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DJExile posted:The top one is very nice. 2nd one is a good moment but it can do with a very generous crop from the top and bottom. After a quick crop, I agree with you completely!  stretch volley crop by beazty327, on Flickr
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willroc7 posted:
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azathosk posted:This one is great. I love the action (even though you don't see any faces).
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willroc7 posted:Thanks. The lighting and angle from that position was perfect. I ended up using it to take some video of myself playing for analysis as well. I really like your second and fourth hockey shots. In the second one is the one guy smiling at his teammate being rocked face first into the barrier? Thank you! For my first try at shooting icehockey I thought it went pretty well myself. The guy smiling is actually another photographer. You can see the 70-200 just below his squirming face.
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We cant let this thread drop to second page of Dorkroom. Game two of the season  IMG_5461 by Kerrigan11, on Flickr  IMG_5317 by Kerrigan11, on Flickr  IMG_5383 by Kerrigan11, on Flickr
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Kerrow posted:We cant let this thread drop to second page of Dorkroom. Sevn posted:I shot a hockey game also. Definitely loving my 80-200.
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azathosk posted:Absolutely loving those hockeyshots. Thanks, couple more from that game.  IMG_5402 by Kerrigan11, on Flickr  IMG_5456 by Kerrigan11, on Flickr he scored from this   IMG_5368 by Kerrigan11, on Flickr  IMG_5509 by Kerrigan11, on Flickr Do they look strangely blue-ish or is just this LCD in work?
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azathosk posted:Absolutely loving those hockeyshots. I did think about cropping the first picture, but I can't crop it without leaving cut off body parts in the frame. I also thought the guys around the goalie added a little bit to the scene. Still getting used to shooting hockey though. I grew up in Texas and never saw an ice-rink the whole time I was growing up, much less actually play hockey haha.
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I wrote a substantial report that contains about 150 pictures. I'd appreciate it if you guys could check it out and give me your thoughts: http://www.driftworks.com/2011/10/bdc-final-2011-nissan-washington-reportgallery/ IMG_2429s by AshBurrows, on Flickr  IMG_2380s by AshBurrows, on Flickr  IMG_2717s by AshBurrows, on Flickr  IMG_2835s by AshBurrows, on Flickr
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A5H posted:I wrote a substantial report that contains about 150 pictures. I'd appreciate it if you guys could check it out and give me your thoughts: http://www.driftworks.com/2011/10/bdc-final-2011-nissan-washington-reportgallery/ I'm not up on motorsports at all, but here are my thoughts from a photography/design perspective. I want to see all the photos processed in the same style. It's jarring to see "normal" color, B+W, and that desaturated look all included together willy nilly. There are so many interesting color combinations to play with, I'm not convinced removing that aspect adds anything at all. Also, your cleaner shots are SO much stronger than the ones where you can see the barrier you're shooting over. More isn't always better. I'd much prefer to see a handful of strong, clean images than 100+ mediocre shots with real gold interspersed throughout (of which you do have some, don't get me wrong). Now I know the guys involved in the racing probably love seeing every shot that's up there, but from a strictly photography perspective, I'd consider maybe making a personal blog post with just the strongest standalone images. At least that's how I'd separate the two audiences.
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