Close action is one of those times when I enjoyed using a rangefinder. You see things off-frame and during the shot. I know that doesn't help you right now but it does lend to my perspective on shooting action.
Action shooting in general requires something predictive. Generally you want to shoot just in advance of the apex of a movement to account for the camera/mirror/etc. But I think there is something more: Know the moves that are going to happen and plan to shoot at those points. Agnosticism -- going in not knowing -- is not a help. Be a photographic prognosticator. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
