Goal Keeper Shot

Hello everyone,

I've been really busy shooting sports almost everyday that I have not had time to process or post anything. This is one that caught my eye as I was doing a back up of the pics. Comments critiques welcome.



--William

William, great catch.

You made her famly's day.

Was this with the 300 2.8 or the 70-200?

Do you ever change lenses or is that the one lens you use.

Asher

BTW, suggest putting the lenses in your "Interests" in your profile so the inventory is not availble for thieves. We don't allow unregistered to view your profile.

Asher Kelman said:

William, great catch.

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Thanks!

You made her famly's day.

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They have not seen the pic yet but I'm sure they'll like it, I hope.

Was this with the 300 2.8 or the 70-200?

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This was shot with 300 F2.8 wide open.

Do you ever change lenses or is that the one lens you use.

Asher

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Well, I borrowed a friend's 20D so I'm using two bodies. One with the 300mm F2.8 and one with the 70-200mm F2.8 and switch back and forth as I need to. This was my first game shooting with both bodies so I'm stll trying to figure out when to switch cameras etc. And I think that eventually I'll buy a second body, maybe when Canon releases the new models, I'll probably go for a Mark II.

BTW, suggest putting the lenses in your "Interests" in your profile so the inventory is not availble for thieves. We don't allow unregistered to view your profile.

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Thanks for the heads up.

--William

Nice shot William.

I shoot soccer with two bodies only very rarely. About the only time I do is for the playoffs when I want to catch more of the "action" on the sideline and in the stands. For ordinary matches I haven't found it necessary or even useful; in fact it tends more to just get it the way.

Nill
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nice shot William! love the hair flying out behind

Nill Toulme said:

Nice shot William.

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Thanks!

I shoot soccer with two bodies only very rarely. About the only time I do is for the playoffs when I want to catch more of the "action" on the sideline and in the stands. For ordinary matches I haven't found it necessary or even useful; in fact it tends more to just get it the way.

Nill
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www.toulme.net

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Nill, I was just going for a test drive using two bodies, it was fun!

Marian Howell said:

nice shot William! love the hair flying out behind

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Thanks for your comments. I too like the hair flying out!
Thanks for looking.

William,

With the 1.6 factor and a 300mm lens that shot is pretty wide, maybe ~8ft! Where were you?

Asher

Asher Kelman said:

William,

With the 1.6 factor and a 300mm lens that shot is pretty wide, maybe ~8ft! Where were you?

Asher

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Asher,

I'm not exactly sure how many feet I was but I was as close as the 300mm lens allowed me to be to get the action of the keeper with minimum cropping.

--William

William,

Great shot. You certainly captured the moment. Even her arm is not blocking her face. Did you crop at all in pp?

Warren