Free Kick
by kvartanov

Comment:
nice moment, bad crop. if you had cropped out all the wasted space at the bottom, top, and on the left, you'd have a much more dynamic shot. you can take a little league shot and put a big league crop on it and wind up with images that look tons better than what any of the other parents are taking. you might also want to lower your perspective down to the player's level, so that it doesn't look like you're shooting down on them.

Schoolmaster and student
by snaffles

Comment:
sorry, but the reason this isn't scoring well is that it looks like a photo anybody with a decent camera could take. the key to scoring better is to put that camera to work, trying to capture images that not just anybody could take.

Undecided
by BarbB

Comment:
great graphic image, but sorry, i can't buy it for sports action...

Catch me if you can!
by network45

Comment:
nice idea, but looks like it needs some real work in post-processing.

A helping hand
by hajeka

Comment:
excellent moment, but has too much wasted space. should have cropped down to the top of the girl reaching down and over to the feet of the girl on the ground. you could also possible benefit from shooting from a lower perspective.

THE PEACEFUL SPORT.
by yangblue

Comment:
sniff, sniff...what's that i smell? ah, an old SHOEHORN ;-)

yes, it's a nice documentary photo, but no, it's not going to pry open the minds of the typical dpc voter looking for an action photo...

League Night
by ltlmschrisss

Comment:
why? why didn't you take the camera up to the first seat and gone after the same type shot, but actually capture someone rolling the ball? as is, it's more of an environmental shot than an action shot. great idea, though.

Riding by
by bluecloud

Comment:
this would have been so much better with a panorama crop, coming down to just above the background people's heads. as is, there's too much distraction at the top. also, as much as i like the quirkiness of it, it is hard to tell exactly what you were after with the shot.

J'ai!
by spanishbeach

Comment:
not bad. good use of perspective, nice composition. probably won't do well scoring-wise, but at least you know how to take a better than average photo.

Header
by BeckyT

Comment:
nice moment! and great perspective! could have really benefited from a tighter crop, almost banner-tight. look at it cropped down to just below the top of the ball and up from the bottom to the middle of the three. that would take the viewer right into the action.