Today grandson Billy’s soccer team Mexico played team Brazil in the Zia Youth Soccer League “Under 11” age bracket. Team Mexico won the match 4-2 and thus earned bragging rights at Billy’s elementary school where the 2 teams are rivals. Whenever my schedule permits, I take action photos of the games and post the edited photos to my website for the parents and coaches to see. Today was such a day, and I chose my equipment accordingly – my trusty Nikon D7100 outfitted with the superb lens for sports action – the Nikon f/2.8 70-200mm VR2 telephoto lens. To my surprise after the game, I was asked to take a team photo because all 15 of the kids and both coaches were present – a rarity. Normally I would bring at least one off camera flash to properly light a group shot, so I was unprepared for the task. The team was lined up and waiting, so I hurried over and took the shot (photo 1). During editing I did the best I could to minimize the “raccoon eyes” that typically result from lack of flash fill, but I was unhappy with the distracting background. So using some Photoshop magic, I very carefully selected the team from the background and moved it to a more suitable background – a photo that I took at last week’s game. If the parents and coaches like the photo, I’d like to think that it’s an example of how to make lemonade out of lemons. 🙂
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