Too tall?

Ricky91t

Ok you'll have to bare with me on this
When shooting GAA i feel like i'm looking down on the players cause i'm quite tall and when looking at images i don't like the look of them due to this and alot of them are just pushed to one side.

If you're shooting local GAA do you take a monopod and kneel or stand up?Now i'm asking this question because i normally stay near the goals and not sure if kneeling there would be the best thing..Anyone care to help?

Cheers

Edit:Just to add it's when players jump that you can't see they're off the ground,I think it's a big issue but is it?

Paulw

For just about every sport I shoot, I sit, kneel.

Bring a little stool to sit on.

Ricky91t

Paulw wrote: »

For just about every sport I shoot, I sit, kneel.

Bring a little stool to sit on.

Thanks for the reply,Supose i'll give it a shot,Just wouldn't like to be in the way of a player running to catch a ball and going past the side line :eek:

samhail

sounds like my DSLR might have come in handy - fujifilm FinePix 9500.
It has a nice 2-point extendable LCD screen
so its range is 90deg faceing directly up so you can have your camera directly under you - or 45deg facing down

http://www.dphotojournal.com/wp-content/fujis9500.jpg

Ricky91t

samhail wrote: »

sounds like my DSLR might have come in handy - fujifilm FinePix 9500.
It has a nice 2-point extendable LCD screen
so its range is 90deg faceing directly up so you can have your camera directly under you - or 45deg facing down

http://www.dphotojournal.com/wp-content/fujis9500.jpg

No i don't mean that low!I'm shooting a canon body anyway at the moment and happy with it,See when i hold the camera to my eye it would be about 6 foot 4 up so if the players are 5 foot 7 i'd be leaning down and if one of them jumps they don't look like they're in the air

kensutz

Yep Ricky, get on your ass and shoot because you are a bloody tall fecker :pac::pac: Even pick up one of those cheap seats in Argos that they use for fishing. It will keep you off the wet grass when it rains too.

Ricky91t

kensutz wrote: »

Yep Ricky, get on your ass and shoot because you are a bloody tall fecker :pac::pac: Even pick up one of those cheap seats in Argos that they use for fishing. It will keep you off the wet grass when it rains too.

lol thanks,Will give it a shoot next time,Or i'll buy a 300mm f/2.8 on sit on the case :pac:

Tempting

padocon

I bring a rain poncho (plastic) then sit on it. Does the job, almost got run over by a player once though!

Ballyman

I use this and it does the job perfectly.

I used to use Padocons idea above with black bags but I kept getting a pain in my back so switched to the seat.

padocon

Ballyman wrote: »

I use this and it does the job perfectly.

I used to use Padocons idea above with black bags but I kept getting a pain in my back so switched to the seat.

Looks nice, light weight good price!

Mycroft H

Ballyman wrote: »

I use this and it does the job perfectly.

I used to use Padocons idea above with black bags but I kept getting a pain in my back so switched to the seat.

Thats exactly what i have, except i got mine in lidl.

I found when i was shootin sports particuarly with my little brother i'd had to kneel or else i was lookin down on them.

Fireman

I defiantly don't have that problem, in fact I make them look like they have jumped as high as the moon