Busy week

oldtime

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aktse

:jawdrop

Don't know which one I love the most! Textbook wonderful sports photo (and then some!)

cmkultradome

Awesome photos!!! They are so crisp and clear. I too cannot decide which is my favorite. I think I like the football the best only because they are so sharp and I know how difficult it is to photograph under the lights. Great job!!

Stephanie

bobcool

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Agreed - the football shots are awesome! I know personally how freakin' hard it is to get great flashed football shots - this is how you do it right here, folks!

darkdragon

Great shots. I also love the football ones the best but the soccer #4 and #8 are wonderful too.

What time of day was your soccer games for those two shot, by the way? I see the shadows on the grass but not so much on the faces - how did you do that?

johng

Really nice stuff. That first shot is a great catch!

oldtime

aktse wrote:

:jawdrop

Don't know which one I love the most! Textbook wonderful sports photo (and then some!)

Thanks for looking and for the kind comments

oldtime

cmkultradome wrote:

Awesome photos!!! They are so crisp and clear. I too cannot decide which is my favorite. I think I like the football the best only because they are so sharp and I know how difficult it is to photograph under the lights. Great job!!

Stephanie

Thanks for the comments

oldtime

bobcool wrote:

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Agreed - the football shots are awesome! I know personally how freakin' hard it is to get great flashed football shots - this is how you do it right here, folks!

Thanks for the kind words

oldtime

darkdragon wrote:

Great shots. I also love the football ones the best but the soccer #4 and #8 are wonderful too.

What time of day was your soccer games for those two shot, by the way? I see the shadows on the grass but not so much on the faces - how did you do that?

#4 was shot at around 12:30 bright sunny NC day
#8 was shot at 5pm nice sunny afternoon in NC- you can control shadows by knowing your gear and fields you shoot at and adjusting both angles of shooting and exposure( histogram )watch the left-side for to much shadow- I would rather blow a few Highlights than have to much shadow

oldtime

johng wrote:

Really nice stuff. That first shot is a great catch!

Thanks John

KED

oldtime wrote:

Friday night lights
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Night football is SO hard -- some of the people who have responded above assume the use of flash, but is that in fact the answer on these? I haven't tried it yet, but the simple geometry tells me that from the sidelines flash will only help occasionally.

oldtime

KED wrote:

Night football is SO hard -- some of the people who have responded above assume the use of flash, but is that in fact the answer on these? I haven't tried it yet, but the simple geometry tells me that from the sidelines flash will only help occasionally.

Yes Flash was used- mounted on home made bracket 20 inches under lens
set - one stop below 1/2 power ISO 640 F3.2 SS 250
I used ISO and F stop changes to control exposures depending how far action was from me

gman33

AWESOME Shots...for your shots..do you shoot in Aperature or Shutter priority and for your daytime shots, do you use a lens hood? Was just curious because if the lens hood is long, does it effect your shutter speed if in AP mode?

Thanks
Ed

oldtime

gman33 wrote:

AWESOME Shots...for your shots..do you shoot in Aperature or Shutter priority and for your daytime shots, do you use a lens hood? Was just curious because if the lens hood is long, does it effect your shutter speed if in AP mode?

Thanks
Ed

I shoot in Manual / use a lens hood/ have not noticed any problem whil eshooting manual

Thanks for looking