Running player

My first attempt at some sports shots. This shot is my favorite in

the folder.

An extreme crop. The first question that came to mind was, was it to eliminate unwanted stuff?

When I looked at the original on this again, I am wondering why I cropped it. I think it might have been to get rid of the buildings in the background, but I cut too much of the green as well. This is now the original photo - no cropping at all.

What aperture do you shoot at? I would try a bigger f stop to blur out that back ground. Trey a lower ISO setting if there is too much light for big f openings. I would try to move back just so I can use a higher focal length on your 75-300 zoom. That would help to blur the background too. Also try some slow flash synch, panning with the subject at slow shutter speeds etc. Might give some not-so-ordinary results. Because right now it has a 'snap shot from the side line' look. Hope this helps.

Quite good but in my opinion it would be better without the crop on the leg.