Post your best shot of the season.

[Mr. Quiet]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/3721748488_52598b6b6a_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3643/3524687450_c00338dfcb_b.jpg

If there is going to be a vote, I vote for the first of the two here. That is the quality that I want for all of my shots, perfection! :clap

[KipCox]

'Locked On'

Taken during a Central Hockey League game in Rapid City, SD. Rapid City Rush goalie, Miguel Beaudry, was eventually pulled for another goalie, but not until after several spectacular saves and 3 goals.

http://www.coxwebs.com/rush/2009Oct23/2009Oct23_KCox-13.jpg

[IdahoMotomom]

http://i37.tinypic.com/evc6qe.jpg

[manbou]

Click to embiggen:

http://manbou.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/SLY-race-Oct-09/DSC1295-091025-860/694452585_kGYXw-L.jpg (http://manbou.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/SLY-race-Oct-09/DSC1295-091025-860/694452585_kGYXw-X3.jpg)

[jasonstone]

Click to embiggen:

http://manbou.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/SLY-race-Oct-09/DSC1295-091025-860/694452585_kGYXw-L.jpg (http://manbou.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/SLY-race-Oct-09/DSC1295-091025-860/694452585_kGYXw-X3.jpg)

just been checking out all your bike shots from Japan and some good ones in there!
obviously you live there - where are you based - middle of Tokyo?
mental note to self - MUST get back to Japan again - i love that place!

is yours the blue R1200GS now? and that X4 looks modded? longer rear swing arm and different rear wheel?

shiny side up!

cheers, Jase

[manbou]

just been checking out all your bike shots from Japan and some good ones in there!
obviously you live there - where are you based - middle of Tokyo?
mental note to self - MUST get back to Japan again - i love that place!

is yours the blue R1200GS now? and that X4 looks modded? longer rear swing arm and different rear wheel?

shiny side up!

cheers, Jase
Thanks a lot! I don't usually shoot motor sports, but it's something I want to do more of. (Also, bear in mind that all my photos from before mid-December 2008 were done with a point-and-shoot Canon.)

Yeah, I live in Tokyo. I borrowed the GS for a camping trip; the X4 is what I usually ride. I did mod it a lot, including a long swingarm, but switched back to a normal-length swingarm after I realized how much worse the handling was with the longer wheelbase.

Come on 'round to Japan. The Motegi Moto GP is in April, so that gives you enough time to plan a trip. :D

[jm94085]

http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/IMG0796a/691467168_qbKye-L-1.jpg (http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/10078493_vRi5d/1/#691467168_qbKye-A-LB)

[Digital Outlaw]

So I'll list my two Favs from this years FB

1.
http://tesweeney.smugmug.com/photos/677801205_aPz4b-L-3.jpg (http://tesweeney.smugmug.com/Photography/Personal/9008136_StbnC/1/#677801205_aPz4b-A-LB)


2.
http://tesweeney.smugmug.com/photos/696189418_5Gdv2-L-2.jpg (http://tesweeney.smugmug.com/Photography/Personal/9008136_StbnC/1/#696189418_5Gdv2-A-LB)

Kind of happy with these for my first year and not knowing what I'm doing. :barb

[TGphotos]

Here's one of my favorites from this season of racing...

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn156/mxracer184/Oatfield20683.jpg

[Gringriff]

http://andygriffin.smugmug.com/photos/684425478_yLaXJ-L-1.jpg

[travischance]

http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/IMG0796a/691467168_qbKye-L-1.jpg (http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/10078493_vRi5d/1/#691467168_qbKye-A-LB)
Great shot! Nice piece of glass too....

[Mr. Quiet]

http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/IMG0796a/691467168_qbKye-L-1.jpg (http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/10078493_vRi5d/1/#691467168_qbKye-A-LB)

What is that blue line below his waist level.....:scratch lens flare?

[jm94085]

Thanks Travis...only wish I owned that piece of glass, rented it for a few days from Borrowlenses.com :-)


Aaron...no lens flare...that's the rope line in the background and since I was shooting at 2.8 it's blurred as it should be. Keep in mind they run a rope with steaks in the ground up each fairway to keep fans and stray employees/volunteers from wandering in the middle of play.

Here's another one where you can see the rope at about elbow height...
http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/IMG0842/691468350_r82tC-M-1.jpg (http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/10078493_vRi5d/1/#691468350_r82tC-A-LB)

[travischance]

[quote=jm94085]Thanks Travis...only wish I owned that piece of glass, rented it for a few days from Borrowlenses.com :-)

John:

Nice! I've been contemplating renting a 300 2.8 to accompany my 7D...

[Mr. Quiet]

Thanks Travis...only wish I owned that piece of glass, rented it for a few days from Borrowlenses.com :-)


Aaron...no lens flare...that's the rope line in the background and since I was shooting at 2.8 it's blurred as it should be. Keep in mind they run a rope with steaks in the ground up each fairway to keep fans and stray employees/volunteers from wandering in the middle of play.

Here's another one where you can see the rope at about elbow height...
http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/IMG0842/691468350_r82tC-M-1.jpg (http://www.mccauley-photo.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/10078493_vRi5d/1/#691468350_r82tC-A-LB)

Thanks for the explanation.....

[StevenSzabo]

tough to choose one...this is one of my favorites from the last race round of the season here in calgary. D300, 300 2.8, 1.7 tc, 1/400, F5.6(shot with an ND8 filter to bring the shutter speeds down):

http://www.stevenszabophoto.com/photos/654958362_NwHdE-L-2.jpg

[Scott_TX]

This is my first season shooting sports seriously.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4097956975_7151088b56.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32502487@N00/4097956975/%22%20title=%22Contact%20by%20bflame84,%20on%20Fli ckr%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4097956975_7151088b56.jpg

[ErikAllas]

http://erikallas.smugmug.com/Sports/Rollerblading-Portfolio/KawikaJarminThroughthefenceKin/675261270_9ySSk-L.jpg

My favorite of the year.

[jamied]

Best from Football although not cropped to a usable/practical size.
29087

To the guy above me w/ the froot booter (rail slide), what's your strobe info ? Looks like one to the left of the stairs (left as your looking up the hill) anything at the bottom right/left?

[tensai-riot]

Hard to pick just one, but if I have to this would be it.
Suzuki "Daice" Daisuke killing in at the recent Go Big FMX comp here in Japan.

http://jason-halayko.smugmug.com/FMX/FMX-2009/GO-BIG-FMX-in-Shikok/6499-6511/658418441_yvJzz-XL.jpg

[Chasky]

Rainy shot, but I think it works well for the action.

[mountainpz]

http://www.zizka.ca/Portfolio/Best-of-Sports-Photography/Haffner-Creek-Feb/712851029_JPW9Q-L.jpg (http://www.zizka.ca/Portfolio/Best-of-Sports-Photography/6210418_4E5FK/1/#712851029_JPW9Q-A-LB)

[afmdmc]

http://i37.tinypic.com/evc6qe.jpg
man that looks like a really loooong way down if he makes a mistake.

[jasonstone]

beautiful!!! inspired me to attempt something this winter too :)

http://www.zizka.ca/Portfolio/Best-of-Sports-Photography/Haffner-Creek-Feb/712851029_JPW9Q-L.jpg (http://www.zizka.ca/Portfolio/Best-of-Sports-Photography/6210418_4E5FK/1/#712851029_JPW9Q-A-LB)

[JWORacing]

Young lady driving this truck Doesn't realise she has flat front left tire!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BLKAEc6tSHU/Sh4DuqS0ilI/AAAAAAAABTk/xIBaEaIizzc/s800/IMG_1877.JPG

[IdahoMotomom]

man that looks like a really loooong way down if he makes a mistake.

It is a really long way down and sometime those edges do fail!

[sportshound]

[IMG]http://www.photoseal.net/Cy-Ridge-Volleyball-2009-1/CRVB-District-09/Cy-Fair-090409/CFR1976/719585051_bkLzE-L.jpg (http://www.photoseal.net/Cy-Ridge-Volleyball-2009-1/CRVB-District-09/Cy-Fair-090409/10389792_SAJpb/1/#719585051_bkLzE-A-LB)

Unfortunately for my daughter (the one trying to block at the net), you can't teach height (she's about 5'11", the hitter is 6'4") or ups. She lost this one.

[cooperfoto]

Black Belt Final

[budman101]

I thought I had my best shot of the season a while ago....until yesterday. This is definitely my best, and last of the year.
http://joemallis.smugmug.com/Sports/Bicycle-Racing-Cyclocross-2009/Rockville-Bridge-Cyclocross/Rockville-Bridge-Cyclocross/732899527_m6PGk-M.jpg (http://joemallis.smugmug.com/Sports/Bicycle-Racing-Cyclocross-2009/Rockville-Bridge-Cyclocross/10546874_Y5XUZ/1/#732899527_m6PGk-A-LB)

[ian408]

I thought I had my best shot of the season a while ago....until yesterday. This is definitely my best, and last of the year.

Stick a bow on it and call it a Christmas card. That is beautiful!

[JBone80]

Little brother heading the ball.

[KipCox]

Rapid City Rush goalie, Miguel Beaudry, gets a toe save versus the Wichita Thunder in Central Hockey League (CHL) action on December 11, 2009, in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Rush won the game 5-4 to extend their league leading winning streak to nine games and ten out of their last eleven. The Rush's penalty kill is tops in the CHL at this point in the season.

http://www.coxwebs.com/rush/2009Dec12/2009Dec12_KCox-13.jpg

[rogerchester]

Here is one of my favorites of the year.
<a href="http://r-prescott.smugmug.com/World-Spirit-Federation-TN/prescotts-photography/7745006_GVumG/1/#500745245_yixco-A-LB"><img src="http://r-prescott.smugmug.com/World-Spirit-Federation-TN/prescotts-photography/IMG0150/500745245_yixco-L.jpg"></a>

[MJRPHOTO]

One from 12.20.09
http://mjrphoto.smugmug.com/photos/747020058_kcTTY-L.jpg

[MJRPHOTO]

A few from 01.01.10

1
http://mjrphoto.smugmug.com/photos/755302654_QBfmR-L.jpg

2
http://mjrphoto.smugmug.com/photos/754584380_HpcCj-L.jpg

[MJRPHOTO]

One from 10.17.09

http://mjrphoto.smugmug.com/photos/683887071_dcQR7-L.jpg

[vince71]

http://www.champlainphotos.com/Cavaliers/mbb/slamvan-20100114/0210098/765251055_it6Wh-XL-1.jpg
Taking it to the hoop...

[Vinnie33]

http://www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com/photos/719941671_ZZzPt-L.jpg (http://www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com/Business/Slideshow-Gallery/6755615_y5Nxa/1/#719941671_ZZzPt-A-LB)

Vinnie Craven
Malvern, Pa.
www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.net

[Vinnie33]

http://www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com/photos/563354373_NxdLV-L.jpg (http://www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com/Business/Slideshow-Gallery/6755615_y5Nxa/1/#563354373_NxdLV-A-LB)

Vinnie Craven
Malvern, Pa.
www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com

[Vinnie33]

http://www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com/photos/766269309_BkaHj-L.jpg (http://www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com/Business/Slideshow-Gallery/6755615_y5Nxa/1/#766269309_BkaHj-A-LB)

Vinnie Craven
Malvern, Pa.
www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com (http://www.gamedayphotosbyvinnie.com)

[ian408]

I'm going to un-stick this.

I thought the title would convey the intent of the thread, to post your best of the season. But it hasn't. Maybe the thread's outlived its usefulness?

What say you all?

Ian

[SweetNadia]

Here's my favorite! If he'd just open his eyes he might make the play!
http://www.facesinsports.com/Football/YMCA/10408-Purple-Dragons-vs-Blue/DSC0290/387384919_QbpwN-M-2.jpg

[SKnight]

I'd leave it, maybe change the title to "Best single shot of the season."