Sunday Soccer Action

[tadrscin]

Since the weather wasn't looking too promising this morning to make it worth the drive and admission price for the racing, I decided to stay close to home and shot just one soccer game. I actually caught the end of one game and then shot the complete next game. It was nice and overcast for most of the game which was nice as I could go back to shooting manual and I could also shoot from the North end of the field which gave me a lot of the field to shoot without any distracting background.
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[Homer]

Nice captures tadrscin. Their sharp, color looks good and the action is great. I really like the shot you got of the goalie, good timing.

Jim

[jorgemonkey]

You've got some good captures. The horizons look a little off on a few of the photos though. I have the same problem when I shoot

[JETA]

This is fantastic action! Do you shoot soccer a lot? If not looks like you do!

[tadrscin]

Thanks guys. Yeah the goalie blocked that shot but he couldn't hold on to the ball. The next shot got by him. That one is on my gallery. Now I see # 5 isn't straight. I don't know how I missed that since the first thing I do in Camera RAW is straighten and crop :blush2:

[tadrscin]

This is fantastic action! Do you shoot soccer a lot? If not looks like you do!

Thanks Jeta. Sorry I missed your post. It looks like I was working on my other reply when you posted this. Actually, as you've probably already figured out, this is my 3rd try at soccer. I do feel I got a lot more really good action shots than I did the day before.

[Old Timer]

These are some the best soccer pictures I've seen on PR since Gmen was posting pro British soccer a couple of years ago. Great action, cooperative weather and lighting, a winner all around.

[tadrscin]

Wow, that's quite a compliment OT. Thanks a lot. I see a lot of his stuff on a different forum and I don't think I'm up to his level, but I'm trying.

[JSPhoto]

Nice Tad, especially #3, great color, great timing, nice and sharp... good job!

JS

[tadrscin]

Thanks JS. #s 3 & 8 are my favorites. #3 is actually the first in a series of about 7 shots which turned out pretty good. It was one of the few times I just kept the shutter pressed to see what kind of sequence I would get. It was a nice series of the guy working his way down the field.

[Jimmy B]

Tad It's all been said above, Nice Job!!
JB

[JSPhoto]

Tad,
Personally I am beginning to hate soccer, my timming has been so bad this year with soccer. Football my catch timming has been great, but I just haven't done much with the soccer side of things. These two are from this week.

JS

[tadrscin]

Thanks Jimmy.

I don't know JS, but they look like well timed shots to me. Especially the first one.

[JSPhoto]

lol, thats 2 of 12 with good timing....out of 140

JS

[tadrscin]

OK, that would be frustrating. We could always compare our bad shots. I have plenty of those still in my trashcan