08-03-11 – Sports Photography

I think your first one’s best.

The third one’s nice, but you should ask Yzzie to adjust the hue so it’s less blue.

The equestrian shots in your stream are nice, and that ice boat one’s going to do really well.

I think your first one’s best.

The third one’s nice, but you should ask Yzzie to adjust the hue so it’s less blue.

The equestrian shots in your stream are nice, and that ice boat one’s going to do really well.

The too blue one is a direct result of not paying attention to the camera settings. It would be been a great photo if not for that. I also tend to no play around in photoshop with the pics, mostly due to ignorance of the process.

The plan is/was to have one baseball, one horse and the ice canoe.

hooray! pit babes are go!

The too blue one is a direct result of not paying attention to the camera settings. It would be been a great photo if not for that. I also tend to no play around in photoshop with the pics, mostly due to ignorance of the process.

I happen to know you’ve got a wife who’s darn good at that sort of thing and would (probably) be more than happy to help you at least do some minor recoloring.

If it wasn’t for Photoshop, I’d have even worse stats than I do. (I made the mistake the other day of looking at my Bibliostats profile… bleah!) I know better than to do heavy post-processing, but I like to bump the saturation and play a smidge with the levels prior to posting. Occasionally the contrast needs a bit of play. I haven’t had to do much in the way of adjusting the hue, but if I had a shot like you’ve got, I’d do it.

At least you’ve still got that first one to go with. I spent 2 days at Bills training camp. Shot over 500 pics, and wound up with a grand total of 10 to choose from, and even then the choice was pretty easy… I need a longer telephoto lens… (don’t tell my wife I said that… it’s gonna be a very long time before that happens).

Might be toeing the line here, but where would rockclimbing stand? Seems pretty sporty to me, but it’s not exactly competitive (except against yourself and the mountain). Wikipedia defines it as a sport, but don’t know where this contest would put it.

//8840–OMG!! Did he survive?
That last–**win**

Yes indeed, he did survive. Wasn’t even seriously hurt and was in for the next play. That’s the problem with 7-8th grade football – you’ve got a wiiiide range of physical maturity amongst the boys leading to a lot of size mismatches (like the one in 1225 – that’s my son on the right; the other kid looks to me like he’s thinking, “Are you serious?”). And thanks much for the kudos, rav, you’re very kind.

The last one Walter Iooss Jr. would be proud of. It should be in the front part of SI in the “Leading Off” gallery.

Wow, thanks very much! I’m also honored to have been the subject of your first post, so welcome to the forums, even though I see that you joined back in January. I didn’t find the username “stanleyd” in my stats – do you post your entries under another name? Either way, again, welcome!

Well, looks like I’ve got one selection narrowed down at least. Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

Rockclimbing is fine.

To Recap:

Okay

Any professional, minor league, student, school or recreational sport
Any objects relating to the above
Bicycling
Cheerleaders
Competitive dance
Croquet
Equine Competitions
Frisbee
Marching Band
Paintball
Racing
Rock-climbing
Spectators and venues clearly associated with these things

Not Okay

Board games such as chess or Twister
Casual dance situations like your high school prom or street dancers
Spectators where it is unclear what they are watching