'A' Div Water Polo Semis and Finals

[saltandlight]

comments appreciated. (: taken with Canon 350D.

Finals - HC against RJ

1. The Team Gets Ready


2. All set and ready to go


3. All smiles for the supporters


4. Hwa Chong Roars!


5. Councillors getting the supporters hyped up

[saltandlight]

6. Trash em!


7. School Spirit Spotted!


8. and the lack of it.


9. Brilliant save


10. and Hwa Chong scores! Bagging the victory

[saltandlight]

11. Basking in the Glory


12. Erm, am i supposed to be here?


Semis - HC against AC

13. C'mon let's cheer em on!


14. Way to go

[photo_kbc]

Which pool is it??

Anymore games coming up?

[saltandlight]

Originally Posted by photo_kbc Which pool is it?? Anymore games coming up?

finals was at CCAB. semis was at ACS(I). nope, that was the end of their season.

[londonray]

no shots of the "action"? was looking forward to some fantastic shots and saves... missed the time when i was actually in the pool... too bad RJC lost... haha...

[TrIjAm]

?? from the title of this post, I was expecting zoomed it action shots of water polo... but instead there's only pics of supporters... time to invest in a telephoto lens?

[saltandlight]

sigh no telefoto. i had a few action shot but they were not very interesting.

[laughingstation]

Are you from hwa chong?

[saltandlight]

yup i am

[Stoned]

Dear G, I must say you're putting SJ's camera to good use. I actually like #3 a lot. As I have repeatedly told SJ, you have a good eye for photography. Do continue to develop this! Hasn't he gotten you your own DSLR yet? Pester him! Get yourself a telephoto too, it will be useful for sports. Perhaps you might like to pester him to also invest in the 70-300 Sigma he's been looking at. It's a good starting point. The action shots are not bad, not great, but ok. I can't say much because my sports shots are terrible. You might be heading somewhere though, pursue it if you like the genre.

[actionman]

i agree with Stoned, i feel that a great reportage and story means more than just time stopping action shot. the crowds, surrounding and atmosphere bring the story-telling to a greater extent. I find myself too superfacial most of the time, only wanting to zoom into the action...
this thread is a good learning experience for me.

[saltandlight]

stoned: hah thanks. i think i still have a looonnngg way to go. been randomly playing around quite a lot and still getting stuff wrong half the time. xP pity the sports season is almost over. but yup, i do hope to get my own dslr some time! and thanks for the encouragement (:

actionman: glad that its been of some use

[laughingstation]

hi saltandlight, you've got some presentable shoots for crowd. Will be v useful for the sch mag... but the actions... i think getting a tele wont really solve e prob cos ur timing is a bit out... may i know which dslr model are you using? u frm council?

[csisfun]

Tack sharp! What lens was used may I ask?

[saltandlight]

LS: hey thanks. yea from council. are you from hc too? i actually got the chance to take such shots cos being councillors we pretty much get to stand in front and lead the cheers. thus i also became a pseudo photojournalist. i was using the Canon 350D, borrowed from my friend. not confident enough to purchase one of my own yet

csisfun: its the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 SPXR DI LD. yup belongs to my friend.

[Isaiahfortythirtyone]

Originally Posted by Stoned Dear G, I must say you're putting SJ's camera to good use. I actually like #3 a lot. As I have repeatedly told SJ, you have a good eye for photography. Do continue to develop this! Hasn't he gotten you your own DSLR yet? Pester him! Get yourself a telephoto too, it will be useful for sports. Perhaps you might like to pester him to also invest in the 70-300 Sigma he's been looking at. It's a good starting point. The action shots are not bad, not great, but ok. I can't say much because my sports shots are terrible. You might be heading somewhere though, pursue it if you like the genre.

aiyarh....i hardly use 70-300mm leh. if i find more use for it in future i'll bite the bullet and get one, maybe a 70-200/4L but for now, ill stick with the tammy and try to find a 85/1.8.

agree, great shots of the crowd.

csis: the tamron is a solid lens and #14 was taken by the tokina 19-35mm at f/4.5 22mm

[csisfun]

19-35!!! Real sharp. I like it.

[Isaiahfortythirtyone]

yeap i like it too. great el cheapo lens that is not cheap on performance. sharp corner to corner at f/8 19mm and f/11 35mm. get one to try. BBB!!

[laughingstation]

hi saltandlight, yeah i'm frm hc. But not from council. I was in photog la... hmmm yah 350d is a gd cam, but you might wanna wait awhile n increase ur budget to get 30d or 20d they wont dissapoint u keep posting more gd photos