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« on: September 27, 2007, 7:27 pm »
Our local rugby team were hosting a 7s tournament recently.
This was my first sporting event shooting in full manual so any comments would be greatly appreciated. The only PP was crop and USM.
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2007, 7:44 pm »
Nice set of photos... love the action!!
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2007, 10:17 am »
Some great work!
Really like this one

Rugby does ballet! Grin

Great stuff, lets see some more! Thumb Up
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2007, 11:12 am »
Good clear images, plenty of action and color, well taken.
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2007, 11:49 am »
As ever, I put my hyper-critical hat on to look for faults. For the most part I can't find much wrong apart from two minor points which (to some extent) you had little control over:
There are white poles and power lines in the background which make a bit of distraction.
The one picture (which John picked out) has just a bit too much of the person's face blocked by the other player's head.

Other than that I can't fault the pictures. They are sharp, well exposed and cropped tight enough to make full impact of the action. A collection I'd be proud of.
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« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2007, 3:58 pm »
Thank you all for your comments, they are much appreciated.
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« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2007, 10:51 am »
Some great sharp shots. What kit (photographic of course) did you have/use for the session?.
Also you mentioned you were on manual, what was your preferred setting ?
Since your shots are not really near the posts how did you determine your focus, AF or MF.?

My favourite is the handoff one but I would have liked all the defender in the frame.

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« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2007, 11:35 am »
Quote from: chroberts39 on September 29, 2007, 10:51 am
Some great sharp shots. What kit (photographic of course) did you have/use for the session?.
Also you mentioned you were on manual, what was your preferred setting ?
Since your shots are not really near the posts how did you determine your focus, AF or MF.?

My favourite is the handoff one but I would have liked all the defender in the frame.

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300D with Sigma 70 - 300 (@ around 200mm), aperture wide open, AF, I was stood just behind the posts and I set my exposure off the pads on the posts at regular intervals keeping the shutter speed at 1/500 to 1/640 plus shot in burst mode.
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« Reply #8 on: October 1, 2007, 7:26 pm »
Very nice set up mate - very good action shots -Its never an easy task taking sports/action images, but here you have done a very good job, crisp clean and clear photographs - well done sir!
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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2007, 3:48 pm »
Excellent set of action shots here , well done Thumb Up
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« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2007, 10:52 pm »
I really like #4.  He has the "who me?" move down perfectly.

Arms low
Palms outward
Look of stunned disbelief

Well done.
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