I saw a football game on TV once...

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:31 pm

...but I'd never been to one before... so guess where my editor sent me Saturday!!! Click Here!!!

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:17 pm

Caption #25: "What interference?"

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:51 am

Those are some pretty good shots. Some could stand to be cropped a bit, but overall, they capture the action of the game very well.

I can't wait till the Gopers Stadium is done.. Football will bwe back on Campus in 2009! w00t!

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:42 am

I would add that the horizon needs to be leveled on a lot of those. Either when you take the shot or in post.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:20 pm

yep, yep, I know.

They're actually up there for my editor and I don't know what kind of crop he'll want so I put them up unedited. As far as crooked horizons, a number of them were shot "from the hip" because I was having difficulty following the action through the view finder. I'll have to better learn how the game flows. :-S

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:54 pm

Well, you did pretty well even so. There's some gems in there.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:26 pm

Yeah... too bad I can't sell 'em......

Now if only I had some "gems" in my art section... maybe I'll find some time to get some pics this Sunday.

XMENPorsche · Post by **XMENPorsche** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:29 am

Wow, BR - you're really getting good! Lots of nice work here. Of course, I'm jealous of your being able to shoot from the sidelines. What lens did you use?

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:04 pm

TY Porsche! I used my 70-200 2.8 w/ & w/o my 2x TC. (If the image is sharp... then w/o

) I rly want a 400 2.8, but there's no way I could afford it until a few years after I get out of college.

(And even that was too short for some, I saw a lot of 1.4x TCs on the 400mm's.)

I'm just happy my keeper ratio's going up for sports... I think I'm averaging nearly 12% now! (insert rly geeky emoticon here)