HSFB Contest 2010 - Week 5

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Westside's Sam Stilley #32 pushes Westburys Dominique Carter #34 as he tries to deflect pass on Saturday,Sept 25. 2010 @ Butler Stadium.
D3 300mm f/2.8 @1/640 iso 6400.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Congratulations to John for the win and an amazing shot!

I know we'd all like to get one like this at some point. This week was a runaway and deservedly so!

Nice job everyone,

Joe

[Comanche]

Yeah - it is a great shot, John. Well deserved win.

I wonder if some of our newer shooters might like to know more about this shot. We tend to see a shot and forget that good cropping is almost (I say almost) as important as the camera work.

[John Godwin]

Thanks for the votes folk's. I was pressing the shutter and focus buttons the whole time this play was unfolding before me. The problem I had was picking just one photo out of the sequence.

Doug I would be more than happy to show the crops that were made to the photos in the sequence and the sequence itself...if any one is truly interested!!!

[MT Stringer]

Congrats, John. That's a great shot.

[LSCSN.com]

Nice job old man :-). The bearded wonder rules week 5!

[mdurisseau]

Congrats, Mr. Godwin on your win this week. As most have said, well deserved, and here's why: Face, good crop, good action, in focus. Doug's shot should have been a close second in my book, if not an outright tie. Again, good crop, good focus, faces seen good action. I would have been happy to publish either one.

[mdurisseau]

Originally Posted by Comanche

Yeah - it is a great shot, John. Well deserved win.

I wonder if some of our newer shooters might like to know more about this shot. We tend to see a shot and forget that good cropping is almost (I say almost) as important as the camera work.

Doug, spot on about the cropping, but as most of us realize, most cropping should be done in-camera, but if you don't get exactly what you want, and you can't, crop in your photo editor. Watch cutting your main subjects' hands/arms/head.

[Comanche]

Originally Posted by mdurisseau

Doug, spot on about the cropping, but as most of us realize, most cropping should be done in-camera, but if you don't get exactly what you want, and you can't, crop in your photo editor. Watch cutting your main subjects' hands/arms/head.

Michael - that's what I was talking about. John - totally up to you - I was thinking there are some folks who are just starting shooting sports and they might benefit from your expertise.

In my case, I had a good head-to-toe shot that would have been just fine right out of the camera, but I cropped it tighter to get the action, ball and face to stand out more. One of the shots I submitted to the newspaper was the one I entered, but uncropped. Sure enough, the editor cropped it - just not quite as tight as I did.

We've been asked to post our EXIF data (and that's a nice help for newbies) - I'm just suggesting we talk a little more in depth about what makes a great sports photo, and cropping is one of those art/skills that goes into making a good shot.

Thanx to Michael for your kudos - I appreciate it. However, IMHO John's shot was the best of the bunch this week - a clear winner.

[mdurisseau]

Cropping sometimes makes a good shot great. It's knowing when, and being ruthless when you crop..

[Bobinga1]

Definitely a nice shot John.

What I think when I see a good shot like that is: "Is this worthy of making a print?" And your shot would get a big Y E S.......

Aaron