1st Image post

[paragon7]

Hi,

This was my introduction to sports photography with an introduction to my new D70s.

Interested in any feedback (Kind)

I was using a 70-300G I can't remember the shutter speed.

Any ideas on how I can enhance this with photoshop would also be greatly appreciated.

[owen]

Hi Cameron. Nice action shot. How about blurring out the background so as to draw more attention to the kid

Maybe also converting to B&W would suit this shot too.

Cheers,
Owen.

[mudder]

G'day Cameron,
Welcome to the forum and your new toy That's a great first post too, well done...

Re: processing ideas, you could play with a few things if you like, if you're familiar with Post Processing, you could try:
Selecting your boy, feather the selection a few pixels, invert the selection (so the background is selected) and then blurring the background, then invert again (so the selection is your subject) and sharpen (USM?) your subject, maybe burn (slight darken) the path that's a bit bright and taking attention away from your subject. Couldn't get the EXIF, so not sure on those bits... Just ask if you need a hand with that sort of stuff, there's some real PP guru's on this forum...

That's a great catch though, assumedly high (or auto?) ISO, well done...

Cheers.

[nito]

Hi paragon, welcome to the most friendly forum on earth. This is the place where you can learn and grow as a photographer. They shot is of a child doing long jump. Something I always hated when you. The exposure was right and its a good shot.

Download a exif reader so you can view your shot details. A good free one is

http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/

Welcome and hope you enjoy the time spent at the forum!

[Willy wombat]

Gday Cameron.

Its a cute photo. You need to increase shutter speed here a little bit to reduce motion blur. Next time try shooting in shutter priority mode, say 1/500 or faster? Experiment around a little bit.

I played with your photo a bit, i have cropped it a little bit, used the "levels" adjustment tool to reduce glare (unfortunately the photo might be a little too dark now) and i used a the "curves" adjustment tool to add a little bit of contrast.

I have also used the "burn" tool to reduce hot spots in the picture.

Look forward to yuor next post - keep at it. The 70-300G is a good lense to learn with. I have it myself!

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[leek]

While there is a little motion blur - that's not necessarily a bad thing...

I love the way that one of the shoe laces is blowing freely in the wind...

Less depth of field (i.e. a wider aperture) may have helped to improve this shot... Now that you've taken it, you could correct that in Photoshop by selectively blurring the background.

[JordanP]

Nice action image Cameron! and well done for posting an image - looking forward to seeing some more.

I think the responses so far cover your questions pretty well. Another tip if you get the opportunity to take a shot like this again, could be to try and take it from a lower angle. A perspective from down on the ground with a shorter focal length (50mm or wider). You would need to position yourself closer to the action but I think the results would be dynamic.

Cheers,

[paragon7]

Thanks for the replies and the tips everyone.

I tried the background blur Owen and it did make the photo look a better. But having it all in B & W just didn't do it for me, so I blurred the background as suggested and made the background B & W with my son still in colour.