Kid's Soccer

[MarkBarbieri]

My son started a new soccer season yesterday. We were expecting nice weather, but we got rain instead. It wasn't bad enough to cancel the game, but it was annoying.

Here are a few shots. They were all taken with a Canon 5DM2 and a Canon 300mm f/2.8.

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/833422330_auSMZ-XL.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/833409050_LU2cW-XL.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/833405147_Uhoq2-XL.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/833391234_4tY4V-XL.jpg

The gallery is here (http://photos.barbierifamily.org/Sports/FFPS-Soccer/2010-04-11-Rapids/11797536_ZQgCa#833404528_LMPcz) if you want to see the others. I was really impressed with how the 5D kept up with AF using the 300. It didn't perform nearly as well last year with the 70-200. It was OK, but my keeper rate was significantly lower. I brought along a 7D as well, but when you combined it with the 300, it was just too long for the short field. It would have helped if I had gone to one end and shot from a corner. Instead, I camped in my chair near midfield. My chair has a sun cover which worked well as a rain cover and I wasn't dressed for standing out in the rain on a cold, wet morning.

[Steve's Girl]

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/833422330_auSMZ-XL.jpg



OK, the photos are nice and all, but I'm most impressed with this "do". How on earth did he manage to keep that in the rain?

[MarkBarbieri]

Beats me. That one doesn't belong to me.

[Gdad]

These are nice- I like that you can see the rain falling in them. I looked at these at work earlier but that didn't show up on my crummy office monitor.

[disneyboy2003]

Beautiful photos! Nice and sharp. It must have been a joy to use that lens. :)