peyton_williams

I disagree. I think the timing was perfect. Besides, 1/2 a second is a lifetime in sports photography; the guy would have landed on the ground by then. Too bad there is such a bad background.

Nice shot. Was this done with a filter? Keep up the creative ideas!

As a sports photographer, I have to say this is a great photo. Great job Michael! As for the others who don't like the photo: Give me a break! When a great sports picture comes along, you have less than a second to notice it, frame it, focus it, and finally shoot it. Forgive Michael for not taking the time to set a more appropriate aperture to blur the background, but I doubt he had the time to think of this. Beside, once you have the appropriate shutter speed, you want to stop down the lens a little to give you some "safety" when you're camera doesn't focus fast enough.

 

As for location, forgive Michael for not being able to move like the speed of light to a better location. As a sports photographer, you have no clue where the next action shoot will happen.

 

Again nice job and a very nice portfolio.