Epic Photos – Football on the Beach at Leblon, Rio de Janeiro

Booting the ball around at Leblon

Everywhere you go up and down the beach in Rio city, people are playing ball games. Usually it’s football (soccer) but they also play a sort of hybrid volleyball-soccer which is like regular volleyball but with only the feet and head being used to propel the ball over the net. These kids kicked the ball around in front of us while we sat on the beach in the afternoon. The sun is setting in the west, casting the nice glow you see in the shot. I used a small enough aperture to capture the sand and coconut in the foreground, the boys in the mid ground and the waves and islands in the background, all in focus. I used a slow ISO to capture plenty of detail and sharpness in the image. I like the way the coconut and the islands give context while the coconut almost begs to be kicked.

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