Hurdles & a question

[JETA]

Here's a shot I got of an amazing athlete. This guy is going to be a junior next year and also plays football. This gal is hoping he steps up to the plate and gives the Seniors a run for their money. He's got natural talent and I'd sure like to see him shine.

My question. As I'm going through my track & field pics I'm confused on cropping.

Do you crop hurdle pics like this keeping the hurdle completely in, or crop even tighter taking out some of the bottom?

[BFiredup]

Can't answer that for you....but again...you rocked this shot.....Love it...

[Dylan8i]

id leave it in. other wise it feels like its not grounded.

[JETA]

id leave it in. other wise it feels like its not grounded.

Thanks Dylan. What do you think about long jump. Keep the ground in the shot?

[Dylan8i]

id say in general keep the ground, however if you could get low enough and get them over top of say a person, or car, it may be neat to jsut see sky or whatever.

[JSPhoto]

Here's a shot I got of an amazing athlete. This guy is going to be a junior next year and also plays football. This gal is hoping he steps up to the plate and gives the Seniors a run for their money. He's got natural talent and I'd sure like to see him shine.

My question. As I'm going through my track & field pics I'm confused on cropping.

Do you crop hurdle pics like this keeping the hurdle completely in, or crop even tighter taking out some of the bottom?

I'd keep the hurdle in as it gives the height aspect.... nice timing there JETA

JS

[KWEP]

A couple other option to consider:
Consider using a series of images. A series allow you to tell more of a story. The image you have included here, tells the big story. Now if you add a close up and a shot in the starting blocks or leaning into the finish line, we can learn a lot more about this race and this runner.

Another aspect of the cropping question today is vertical vs horizontal. I am of the belief that my images will be viewed on the computer. And not printed and put in a scrap book. So, I shoot everything horizontally. I want a "slide show" of full-screen images. I personally do not like to view vertical images on a computer screen. So, I would have cropped your image. We can see the bottom of the hurdle in the row behind.

KWEP
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Canond 30D
Canon 70-200mm USM IS f2.8

[JETA]

A couple other option to consider:
Consider using a series of images. A series allow you to tell more of a story. The image you have included here, tells the big story. Now if you add a close up and a shot in the starting blocks or leaning into the finish line, we can learn a lot more about this race and this runner.

Another aspect of the cropping question today is vertical vs horizontal. I am of the belief that my images will be viewed on the computer. And not printed and put in a scrap book. So, I shoot everything horizontally. I want a "slide show" of full-screen images. I personally do not like to view vertical images on a computer screen. So, I would have cropped your image. We can see the bottom of the hurdle in the row behind.

KWEP
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Canond 30D
Canon 70-200mm USM IS f2.8

Thanks for your input! I was wondering about vertical versus horizontal too. Especially on the high jump. I'm not sure I'd want to shoot horizontal in that arena.

I have quite a few pics from this series and always have close ups and such. But for the one shot. That's what I was wondering.

Thanks again for your input. If you have any photos to share I'd love to see!