Playing around with some pics

[Blackeyed_peas]

I have never done any action shots but I'm ready and willing to try anything and learn any new things I can so I went to a soccer game that a friends son was playing in. I liked some of the shots but wanted to get creative. These are my efforts, what do ya'll think??

It's obvious what I did to this one but I also added a motion blur to the background.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31420281@N08/3019409666/" title="DSC01402blurweb by Swamphummer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3019409666_4e0965637c_o.jpg" width="664" height="472" alt="DSC01402blurweb" /></a>

I hated the background here but giving it a motion blur helped(I think)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31420281@N08/3019409668/" title="DSC01431blur2web by Swamphummer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/3019409668_6b5953ed6a_o.jpg" width="478" height="670" alt="DSC01431blur2web" /></a>

Here I wanted Madison to be the focus of the shot but I liked the kids in the back so I just desaturated the background and left him as the star of the show.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31420281@N08/3019409690/" title="DSC01436colorizedweb by Swamphummer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3019409690_76691cc0e6_o.jpg" width="461" height="648" alt="DSC01436colorizedweb" /></a>

[Lee Woodie]

Wish I could learn to do that Great job

[Lorri]

I have never done any action shots but I'm ready and willing to try anything and learn any new things I can so I went to a soccer game that a friends son was playing in. I liked some of the shots but wanted to get creative. These are my efforts, what do ya'll think??

It's obvious what I did to this one but I also added a motion blur to the background.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31420281@N08/3019409666/" title="DSC01402blurweb by Swamphummer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3019409666_4e0965637c_o.jpg" width="664" height="472" alt="DSC01402blurweb" /></a>

I hated the background here but giving it a motion blur helped(I think)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31420281@N08/3019409668/" title="DSC01431blur2web by Swamphummer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/3019409668_6b5953ed6a_o.jpg" width="478" height="670" alt="DSC01431blur2web" /></a>

Here I wanted Madison to be the focus of the shot but I liked the kids in the back so I just desaturated the background and left him as the star of the show.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31420281@N08/3019409690/" title="DSC01436colorizedweb by Swamphummer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3019409690_76691cc0e6_o.jpg" width="461" height="648" alt="DSC01436colorizedweb" /></a>


What kind of camera are you using - our girls play Lacrosse and we are looking for a camera that takes good action shots.

These are great pictures of your star in each picture.

[Hoss]

Good job. I like the effects you used. Made some neat photos.

Hoss

[leo]

Nice action shots, thanks for posting them:cool:

[Blackeyed_peas]

Wish I could learn to do that Great job
You can!! Believe me if I can do it anybody can.
Somebody(I'd love to give credit but I can't remember who it was :confused:) posted this link on here last week, check it out.
http://previews.watchandlearnphotoshop.com/previews/pstipsandtricks/6/Color_Cutout/Color_Cutout.html

[Blackeyed_peas]

What kind of camera are you using - our girls play Lacrosse and we are looking for a camera that takes good action shots.

These are great pictures of your star in each picture.

Thanks! I have a Sony A300 DSLR I used the kit lens 70-300mm to take these. There are better and faster lenses though.

[Blackeyed_peas]

Hoss and Leo,
Thanks for your very nice comments :) I just love the atmosphere around here, I think I'll stick around! A little bit of encouragement goes a long way for me ;)

[DRB1313]

Great work! Two of my favorite techniques. I did some motion blur a while back on some
motorcross shots. One turned out really nice.
Hang around for sure. A great place with good people.

[rip18]

Yep, you sure did a good job on those! Well done!