Friday nights in the fall bring high school football action to the community. Tonight's assignment for me was the Blue Devils of Maiden High School hosting the Tigers of Fred T. Foard High School. I am enjoying the opportunity to shoot from the sidelines as a "stringer" for my local newspaper... I'm no sports shooter. This is only my second real attempt at it. Hopefully I'll get better at it in time.
Post Processing Info:
I rotated the original image and then took a square crop to add some off-balance visual impact to the photo. I made some minor curve adjustments for color enhancement as well.
EXIF:
File: IMG_8962.JPG
File size: 2,596KB
Image Serial Number: 189-8962
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 1020300016
Firmware: Firmware Version 2.0.0
Date/Time: 2004:09:10 19:48:19
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: 2.8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync
Flash EF guide number: 2047.97
Flash exposure compensation: -1
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
ISO: 800
Lens: 70 to 200mm
Focal length: 155mm
Subject distance: 655 m
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Image size: 3072 x 2048
Rotation: none
Image quality: Fine
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 2: Shutter release w/o CF card: Not possible
CFn 6: Tv/Av and exposure level: 1/3 stop
CFn 7: AF point registration: all
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Congrats on the greeny John! This is a rather untypical photo from you, I never thought you would delve into the world of sport photography!
I agree. It is way out of my normal mode. It's been a good learning experience so far. I don't intend to pursue it seriously, but since I have the opportunity to learn it, I plan to get as much out of it as I can...
Hello John, Did you ever determine if that 655 m subject distance comes from using a lens setting of infinity? Is it a Cannon lens & does it give you accurate readings at subject distance less than Infinity? Ref: Our comments on 'Gaia'
Tim
Congrats Setz, your not so dead after all =). Well done with the tilted horizon, looks good in color. Background seems a bit noisy and there is a tiny bit of glare in his eye (hardly noticable, and basic editing). The emotion is really captured well in this sharp action packed photo. Way to go!
This is a really nice photo. Friday night football sucks to shoot and this is lit very well, especially the darker skin. Looks like the stadium has nice lights!
Cool. Two teams in blue and white uniforms so that you can get good color and contrast against the night sky. The way the shot was taken, with the ground sloping at a sharp angle to the right and the play in motion to that direction, is really effective. Nice focus and stop action on the center of the play. Nice visual balance between the bodies of the opposing players. Congratulations. Good luck in the challenge.
good capture, I would have rotated to make the field level. It makes it look like they are playing on a hill. I like the vivid colors. Now I won't make too much of a fuss over placement of the running back's hand or the blocker's holding foul on the mask of his opponent. 6
I recognize the face mask violation, but what do they call the other one?? :-)
Nice shot, it's good to see the front of the action instead of chasing after it.
Nice and sharp too.
Above average score. Don't care for the tilt. Just my opinion, but it makes me dizzy. I do like how the (on the qb) how the head and body are in focus, while the feet and the legs are blurred, showing the motion.
There's something about this picture that I really like yet I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it is the tilted horizon? I don't know but I like the shot. Good work and good luck in the challenge.
Great shot! Nothing beats Friday night high school football. You captured it all right down to the muscles on the players. Intresting angle as well. Good Luck!
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