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Went down to the Coffs Stadium this afternoon and shot some images in fading but beautiful light, Australia A versus Western Samoa, with the Canon 70-200 F2.8 IS.

Peter Hewatt kicks in general play


Ready to feed the scrum


Bit blurry, but Kurtley Beale scoooooores.....

Max,

love the second one, great focus, sharp, very nice comp. On the first one, I find the colours a bit flat but really like the action and the shadow of the kicker.

Looks like you are having fun with that lens

cheers,

André

Yeah, having lots of fun, bu footy games from the crowd are really hard, always someone walking front of you. As for the colour, this one is severely compressed for size sake, it's much better in the original.

Very nice max - a far cry from the days of the 300G

Second is great, though a little more background separation (smaller DOF) would really make it pop.

You could PP it in of course.

pippin88 wrote:Second is great, though a little more background separation (smaller DOF) would really make it pop.

You could PP it in of course.

She was wide open at 2.8 so I couldn't get any more out of her...

Max when shooting league , rugby etc use sport mode you will find heaps more keepers!
By the way these are damm fine images. These are keepers
Cheers
jethro

jethro wrote:Max when shooting league , rugby etc use sport mode you will find heaps more keepers!
By the way these are damm fine images. These are keepers
Cheers
jethro

For some strange reason Jethro I only ever use my camera in manual mode, must be a control thing....

Been There tried that which is what I normally shoot in Man mode. I definately have shot so many more good shots in Sport mode.
Good luck OZI
Cheers
Jethro

jethro wrote:Been There tried that which is what I normally shoot in Man mode. I definately have shot so many more good shots in Sport mode.
Good luck OZI
Cheers
Jethro

Might just give it a try Jethro.

There were several official photographers there tonight (all with white Canon lens) and they didn't seem to be getting much action at all, they either were using 500mm or 600mm prime lens and one had a 70-200 on a second body.

I would love a 400 which is more than ample for sport.
I shoot with the 70-200 with the 2x converter. Bit slow of the mark but when it tracks with focus it still gets a great result
Jethro

The shadow on the first one looks really good! Didn't notice it first time around

Yes, the shadow is quite funny I think, would make a good advertising logo or something...

Terrific stuff Max. I haven't tried my hand at sports togging (haven't got the lenses for it). Be interesting to see your results when you take Jethro's advice re Sports Mode.