First Time Shooting Swimming... Comments?

[natephoto]

Some swimming shots... Comments much appreciated! Thoughts?
(Photos Below) This was my first time shooting swimming... Some of them seem a little bit noisy but I guess this is normal for the lighting conditions...

http://photos.supersnapshots.com/photos/234729113-M-1.jpg

http://photos.supersnapshots.com/photos/234729691-M-2.jpg

http://photos.supersnapshots.com/photos/235148288-M.jpg

http://photos.supersnapshots.com/photos/234742582-M.jpg

http://photos.supersnapshots.com/photos/234755561-M.jpg

http://photos.supersnapshots.com/photos/234765146-M.jpg

http://photos.supersnapshots.com/photos/234770493-M-1.jpg

http://photos.supersnapshots.com/photos/234756661-M.jpg

Thanks!
Nate
http://www.supersnapshots.com

[Dave Clee]

Man its really hard to look at these without the watermarks throwing me completely off..

Cheers

Dave

[johng]

I agree on the watermarks. No one here is going to steal sports photos. So put the photos you want to post on boards in a private gallery without watermarks.

Beyond that - it looks like most were underexposed. In several it looks like some corrections were attempted in post processing which brought out a lot of noise in the faces. In either case, the faces just don't look right. And it's the faces that matter. So it's critical to expose for faces. That often means for fly and breast you have a different exposure than back or free.

They seem reasonably sharp but the underexposure is really hurting them. But for a first time, not bad at all. With exposure adjustments next time you'll definitely have some really good shots.

[ian408]

Overall, these aren't bad shots. The first three could be a bit more toward
peak action. Maybe fill the frame more or crop them a bit tighter too.

I would keep #1, #5, #6 and #7.