Some action from yesterdays local derby

[antc]

Went to the local football match yesterday. turns out it was a local derby! Both teams were well up for it and tempers did frey a little with 1 player being sent off as well as an assistant manager. All in all it was a really good game. Below is some of the action i managed to capture.

constructive comments and critique always welcome.

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http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/6210/img8105sw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9223/img8115wq4.jpg

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http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5872/img8120lr3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4467/img8122lh2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9201/img8128vc5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7493/img8140le3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/3046/img8147tb5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5113/img8149dr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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9.
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7536/img8151es7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/357/img8158eb6.jpg

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http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/536/img8160er5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[antc]

it has been bought to my attention on another forum that number 11 has a slight green cast to it. so i have editied this and i think it looks slightly better :)

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1972/img8160mk2cg8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Diabolos137]

Some good shots there mate :)

[Joe T]

Looking good, but as I said on MSN they are a little dull (only a little though!) :)

[Witch]

Good stuff there - you done much footy stuff?

I love the "incredible flying footballer" in no. 10!!! :)

[antc]

Good stuff there - you done much footy stuff?

I love the "incredible flying footballer" in no. 10!!! :)

Not really done a lot no, the first time was when i had my first zoom lens (70-300 sigma dg) not the apo version. This is the first time i have been back with my 100-400 L and boy what a difference. mainly noticed it in focusing speed which helped tremendously. i would love to get into footy photography a lot more. i really enjoyed it.

yeah if i had been a second quicker on the flying footballer i would have had the ball in the frame too!!

[Ally]

Nice shots, imo I though they were a bit dull to start off with and then they got better towards the end. 11 looks much better with the edit :thumbs:

[antc]

thanks for the comments so far. a couple of people have mentioned these look dull, i have checked them on my pc and laptop and they seem ok?? can anyone confirm the dullness?

cheers

[Iain MacIntosh]

Hi, the shots are fine but they are too loose, you need to crop most of them although number 11's colour is a bit weird.

cheers
Iain