There’s a lot of running in soccer. I don’t really play sports—not that I don’t want to but maybe no one would play with me because I am not very “athletic” so to speak.

What I liked was the pair of running between two teams in the foreground together with the pair of two teams in the background.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-28T19:44:15+0800

+ Dimensions: 5414 x 3046

+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.0

+ Focal Length: 210 mm

+ ISO: 6400

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'41" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130428.6D.03394.C169

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Photojournalism

“一起跑 Running together” / Sunday League: Hong Kong Falcon vs Paulista / 香港足球 Hong Kong Football (Soccer) / SML.20130428.6D.03394.C169

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Miroslav Olsak (Number 4) from the Hong Kong Falcon Football Club sitting by the sides of the soccer pitch for his turn to play. Originally from Zlín (Czech Republic), he is the winger for the team [1].

# Notes

1. Hong Kong Falcon Football Club: 4. Miroslav Olsak: Born in 1976 (age 36) from Zlin, Czech Republic.

www.hkfalconfc.com/?tb_player=miroslav-olsak

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-28T19:41:14+0800

+ Dimensions: 5325 x 3550

+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/4.5

+ Focal Length: 120 mm

+ ISO:1250

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'41" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130428.6D.03359

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Photojournalism

“HKF 4: Miroslav Olsak” / Sunday League: Hong Kong Falcon vs Paulista / 香港足球 Hong Kong Football (Soccer) / SML.20130428.6D.03596

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The one thing I noticed from photographing this game is that there really aren’t many captures which contain the ball and the guy. As soon as something of interest is happening, the ball is already fast gone. I feel that it is somewhat important to actually see the ball in the frame so I picked to process this.

This is Luca Marinelli (HKF Number 16). He is the defender for the team and is originally from Varese, Italy [1].

I photograph this across the width of a standard soccer pitch, so this lens is definitely a keeper for sports photography. I would have preferred to get the frame rate of the 7D but this was at night and only the 6D had the usable 12800 ISO, which this is shot at. No Noise Reduction is applied. Like I said, very usable.

# Notes

1. Hong Kong Falcon Football Club: 16. Luca Marinelli: Born in 1986 (age 27) from Varese, Italy. Defender. www.hkfalconfc.com/?tb_player=luca-marinelli

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-28T19:54:33+0800

+ Dimensions: 2962 x 4444

+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/4.5

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 12800

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'43" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130428.6D.03359

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Photojournalism

“HKF 16: Luca Marinelli” / Sunday League: Hong Kong Falcon vs Paulista / 香港足球 Hong Kong Football (Soccer) / SML.20130428.6D.03596

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Noting that there seems always a football (soccer) game going on at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground near me, I brought the 6D and the 100-400 with me to see if I can photograph live action sports as I have intended to. It was a lot harder than I thought originally. I shot most of these in ISO 12800 so you see that on the 6D they are quite usable, but the 6D lacks the fast frame rate which the 7D has—but the 7D is not fast enough. Compromises. I might have to think of saving money for a 1Dx at some point…

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-28T19:58:22+0800

+ Dimensions: 5244 x 3496

+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 12800

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'41" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130428.6D.03596

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Photojournalism

“Sunday League: Hong Kong Falcon vs Paulista” / 香港足球 Hong Kong Football (Soccer) / SML.20130428.6D.03596

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I have always wanted to photograph men in flight, and I considered photographing dancers—but it seems that even though football is played mostly on the ground, there are plenty of opportunities when the human forms is in mid air.

Pictured is Marti Rosell [1] (Hong Kong Falcon Football Club #3)’s soft landing after he has headed the ball.

You see why I don’t do studio photography? Try asking the model to pose like that—impossible. Some forms just need to be natural, and you can’t beat live action sports.

I couldn’t find Paulita’s information on the web so I cannot identify their players on the field.

# Notes

1. Hong Kong Falcon Football Club: 3. Marti Rosell: Born in 1988 (age 24) from Manresa, Barcelona. www.hkfalconfc.com/?tb_player=marti-rosell

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-28T19:58:17+0800

+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648

+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 10000

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'41" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130428.6D.03584

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Photojournalism

“半空著陸 Mid-air landing” / Sunday League: Hong Kong Falcon vs Paulista / 香港足球 Hong Kong Football (Soccer) / SML.20130428.6D.03596

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