Lacrosse Player ready to shoot.

Here is a lacrosse player winding up to shoot the ball at the goal. Several factors contributed to this photo being a nice lacrosse image. First, the player is isolated from any other players, which is unusual during the game. Second, the player's uniform contrasts nicely with the background so he stands out very well. Third, his stance indicates great action. Last, the ball is visible.

I have not photographed many lacrosse games and still have difficulty following the ball as it gets passed back and forth. The action is very fast and the distance to subject changes rapidly. I was quite pleased, then, to get a shot like this.

100-400 lens at 380mm, 1/800 second at f5.6, ISO 1000.