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09-01-2009, 05:58 PM
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Football Photography.
I just got my first DSLR camera last thursday, so any tips on how I can improve, would be great! What do you think of the composition and would it be improved by cropping?
 Camera: Nikon D60 Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320) Aperture: f/5.0 Focal Length: 130 mm Focal Length: 130.7 mm ISO Speed: 800 Exposure Bias: 0 EV Flash: Off, Did not fire Last edited by JWJ; 09-01-2009 at 07:38 PM. 
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09-01-2009, 06:11 PM
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Hi JWJ, welcome to dPS. Please include your exif if you can; additionally, in the critique forum, please ask specifically what you would like critique on.
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09-01-2009, 09:11 PM
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What lens were you using? I suspect you had more zoom than you used, which is always better than cropping. The moment itself is good, though I'd be interested to see the frames immediately after this one (you were shooting continuous drive, yes?).
If this is the full, uncropped image, I'd say you have plenty of resolution to play with. At the very least bring it in on the top and left.
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09-01-2009, 09:47 PM
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crop for effect
When shooting sports, crop for effect. As JD mentioned it's better to use the zoom to crop tighter. The fans in the stands and sidelines are a distraction so use your lowest f-stop (aperture) to get the background event more out of focus. Other than that, it's a nice shot.
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09-01-2009, 10:15 PM
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Ok, thank you for the critique! I see what you mean about the sidelines/stands being distracting and I should have probably dropped the aperture even more. I think I was worried about the main subject becoming out of focus with the continuous shooting.
Believe it or not, this was actually zoomed in fully. The lens is a AF-S NIKKOR 55-200mm. This was the full 200mm. Here are the following 3 shots: Flickr
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09-02-2009, 02:50 AM
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09-02-2009, 12:21 PM
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09-04-2009, 05:56 AM
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Maybe just a little pp to make the image pop a bit more, and a better crop?
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