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Country Football

Postby Pauld on Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:57 pm

Hi all

With a few other sports shots being posted of late I thought I would share one from my first sports outing with the D70. It was taken at a under 14's football match in country Victoria.

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I spent most of the weekend wishing I had just a little more reach with my lens. As you can see the drought has taken its toll on the football ground with hardly a green blade of grass to be seen.

The young bloke in the middle is a family member, I don't think he kept his eye on the ball in this shot.

All comments welcome. :)
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Postby Geoff on Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:42 pm

Great shot Paul. Which lens did u shoot this with? Kit? Did you do any PP sharpening? I know he's kinda crouching in this shot, but is he a LOT smaller anyway than the other players? Has he seen the shot? I bet he likes it!?! :)
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Postby KerryPierce on Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:53 pm

The shot is sharp with good color and contrast, Paul. Nice stop action. :D
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:25 am

Paul - this is a superb shot - good action, focus and colour. The little fella with the giants is classic :D
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Postby Pauld on Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:31 am

Thanks for the comments guys.

It was shot with a 70-300 ED at F5.6 and 1/1250, it has had the saturation tweaked and a little bit of sharpening in PS. His mum and dad were quite happy when I gave them an A4 version of the shot.

In the under 14s you get quite a wide spread of ages playing, I believe he was one of the youngest and smallest on the team but it doesn't seem to stop him from getting in there.
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:43 am

Very well taken. great timing to get the ball and the little laddy together like that.
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