first attempt at sports photography tomoro. any advice?
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ok,
so, i went to the rugby, set myself up in a good position near the try line and then tried to fiddle about with settings to get decent pictures. its impossible!
how do you get any good pictures under flood lights? i found that even with ISO 1600 i was having to use a shutter speed of 1/50 just to get enough light in! it is so difficult to get any good action shots with that shutter speed. i think my lense severly limited things. when fully zoomed in, the widest aperture possible is f6
other problems:
a 300 lense isnt long enough to get you close into the action which means that you can only take reasonable pictures for 25% of the game when the players are close enough.
my hands went numb even before the game started, even though i was wearing 2 pairs of gloves! (i really regretted not having bought some heated gloves a few weeks ago).
in the end i gave up at half time, got a pastie and went to sit in the stand.
these were the best i could really get:
all just resized and "auto-contrasted" in PS.
so, i went to the rugby, set myself up in a good position near the try line and then tried to fiddle about with settings to get decent pictures. its impossible!
how do you get any good pictures under flood lights? i found that even with ISO 1600 i was having to use a shutter speed of 1/50 just to get enough light in! it is so difficult to get any good action shots with that shutter speed. i think my lense severly limited things. when fully zoomed in, the widest aperture possible is f6
other problems:
a 300 lense isnt long enough to get you close into the action which means that you can only take reasonable pictures for 25% of the game when the players are close enough.
my hands went numb even before the game started, even though i was wearing 2 pairs of gloves! (i really regretted not having bought some heated gloves a few weeks ago).
in the end i gave up at half time, got a pastie and went to sit in the stand.
these were the best i could really get:
all just resized and "auto-contrasted" in PS.
speedychrissie said:
set myself up in a good position near the try line and then tried to fiddle about with settings to get decent pictures. its impossible! how do you get any good pictures under flood lights? i found that even with ISO 1600 i was having to use a shutter speed of 1/50 just to get enough light in! it is so difficult to get any good action shots with that shutter speed. i think my lense severly limited things. when fully zoomed in, the widest aperture possible is f6
Pretty much an impossible situation; you did your best with what you had. I don't know what a VR lens would have done to the action but you can see why the pros need to use lenses the size of traffic cones. But don't be disheartened, have another go in good daylight and use what you've learned this time.
Well, you've been a bit shafted by the conditions, perfect example of why the pros do use the really big aperture lenses.
I like number 1 but the near flagpost is a bit offputting. However the actual image is a good idea I think, ones of a player just breaking through a tackle / avoiding a tackler and leaving them a few steps behind can be really great.
Number 2 is a nice composition of concentration in setting up the kick.
Well done, I think you coped well withthe conditions. Hope you had fun and keep practising and learning.
Chris
I like number 1 but the near flagpost is a bit offputting. However the actual image is a good idea I think, ones of a player just breaking through a tackle / avoiding a tackler and leaving them a few steps behind can be really great.
Number 2 is a nice composition of concentration in setting up the kick.
Well done, I think you coped well withthe conditions. Hope you had fun and keep practising and learning.
Chris
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