Footy Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

When I went to Marrakech it was to try and take some portraits of the locals. Well I have to say I found it very difficult to get anybody to let me take a photograph of them. Yet the young kids playing football in the old town were up for it. Makes you realise how good sports photographers are when you have a go at trying to capture something that is moving about so fast!

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snunney (33988) 2007-05-21 9:48

Hello Mark,
A very good daily life shot of these two lads kicking their ball about. I like the poses and the shadows. Very good rendering in black and white with good tones and clarity. I might have cropped slightly on the right to remove the 'half person' from the frame.

zig (2450) 2007-05-21 9:56

Hi Mark. I think you have captured a good moment of the two. Yea, like Mugnum soccer, you have caught a great moment in an ordinary moment that is great. I just thought it is a bit too bright, some might like it that way, but to me it stings in my eyes. Also I thought about cropping the man in right side. I did WS but I noticed WS feature on your gallery is not accepted. Uhmm, I hope that I explained well about my thought in my comments.

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ben4321 (9781) 2007-05-21 13:03

I like the poses and expressions you captured here Mark, but I think your choice of shutter speed was a bit too fast. A slower shutter speed would have allowed you to inject a bit of movement into the image, blurring the ball and their fast moving arms and legs; at the moment I find it a bit static.
Other than that, this is very good, and I think it works well in B&W.

Cheers,
Ben

cobbydale (1924) 2007-05-21 14:44

Good shot Mark, and works well in B&W. Agree about the crop, which also would make the main subjects less central, but the brightness levels looks fine on my monitor.
cheers, Leon

diguina (430) 2007-05-21 21:06

Bonsoir Mark
Bonne capture de mouvement des petits Marrakchis jouant au foot.
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Najib

pgorod (1122) 2007-05-23 11:50

Hi Mark,

you're right that shooting football games is a hard thing, I've tried it and the only thing that I found possible was shooting a lot of high-speed photos in sequence, and then select from those...

Anyway, I wouldn't say your result here is brilliant, but it is pretty good. It's the smiles on their faces that really make the photo...

pastadog (12821) 2007-05-31 16:09

Good choice of B&W emphasizing the action and their expressions, Mark, I add it to one of my soccer themes, thanks for sharing, Daniel

brevbrev14 (370) 2007-06-08 8:57

Hi Mark i like this composition!
you captured a good moment, and this is an image...full of life and energy!
a good shot of daily life!
well done!
ciao!
Valeria