Where is the sports thread

[Point and Shoot]

just coming back here and could not find the sports "fred" ....I moved to M4/3 for the lighter kit for when I am traipsing up and down the sidelines .... and suspected a lot of other would too. Are there many sports shooters out there?

From yesterday .. concerned to mono to remove as much distraction from the necessary evils of the sponsors banners.

[Bikie John]

I do - mostly rugby, occasional cricket (if it ever stops raining) and very occasional dabbles in other sports. From time to time I put up the odd pic that I am pleased with, but they don't seem to provoke much reaction. I don't think it is because they are rubbish. It's more that most people here are simply not interested in the subject and don't have any desire to comment. Which is fine - it's not compulsory!

For what it's worth, I think this is an excellent shot. See what you mean about the background though. Maybe the cure for that is to go back to full frame and sell the house so you can get a 400mm f/2.8

John

[rchammer]

I like it. With reference to the background I think mono is a good move but what aperture and focal length was this shot at?

[rchammer]

I'm new here so I may be missing something but there is a sub-forum for Motorsports but not for general sports. Is there anyone, an admin user, that can add a sub-forum or are these fixed?

[Ian]

I broke my arm playing school rugby!

Ian

[Phill D]

Try out the new features in Photoshop to blur out that background. I'm sure it would work a treat on that shot.

[Walti]

I broke my arm playing school rugby!

Ian

Is that why there isn't a rugby forum area?

[Walti]

I've been trying out the DoF adjustment in Lightroom with some success.... maybe give that a try?

[Walti]

PS, you'll notice it hasn't automatically blurred the logo in front of the taller guy to the left...

And great action shot!

[Point and Shoot]

Thanks Walti. Just goes to show AI is nothing compare to us humans. When I say, us humans, I distance myself from being alike any other. Unless they too look like a hyena, skulking around the back of a butchers shop.