Long jumpers

[krann]

Just started doing some sports photography, I went to my local athletics club for a competition and shot the long jumpers, what does everybody think, critique very welcome!!

[Matt.Pauze]

Nice shots, but they look like they fall from the sky. it would have more impact shot from the side instead of facing the jumper, also if it had a bit of motion blur. just my opinion.

[cm_mtb]

Lens allowing, use a wider aperture; the background is kind of distracting.

[DGK*CRONE]

the second one makes me laugh.

[SmartWombat]

A good start, but you also need to think about the background as well as the foreground.
#2 has a post growing right out the top of her head, and she's impaled on it too !

The people in the background are distracting, you could move to your right and put them out of the background, and remove the pole from her head too.

I see you're using 70mm f/5.6, I would want to use longer lens and get further back.
If you have a f/2.8 or even faster lens then you could use the widest aperture to blur the background.


Did you notice we have a sports forum too ?
I think more of our sports shooters would comment there, plus others have shot athletics and you'll find some long jump examples there.