Brutal football tackle

[Oracheski]

High school level ball, he turned the kid upside down on the hit and left him crying. Opposing coach wanted a flag thrown, but the ref just told him 'what am I supposed to call - hitting too hard? It's football.'



Camera: Canon 1D Mark IIn
shutter: 1/800
aperture: f2.8
ISO 500

I like the wider crop to show the dust kicked up by the tackle, but what's your take on it? Wider crop keeps it from being 'everything in the center' as well, but going tighter would bring it all a little closer....

[RichardTaylor]

Beaut catch, in more ways than one. It all works for me.

[GadgetRick]

Nice capture. Crop tighter and bump your contrast. Other than that I like it.

[MrJones]

prefect just the way it is.

[zona5101]

Nice capture...

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[Jim Bryant]

Yup..........will tell ya the same thing that editors started telling me 30 years ago Crop Tighter!
you can still see dust a flyin and everything on the left hand side is wasted space that draws you away from the point of impact.

If it weren't for the zebra in the background I would have cropped down from the top to just above the helmet.

[Jensers]

I like the crop - certainly dont lose anything.

Great image. The black uni along with the blacked out shade makes him look even more menacing.

[johnree]

great action shot and the crop is well done. just the referee is very distracting

[pesawa]

Great shot. Give it a bit more contrast. I like the referee in the background, tells a good story.