look ma, no strobes! wrestling in great light!

tjk60

<hr style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> These new T81 Flourescent lights should be REQUIRED in every high school and elementary school gym! They are 1/10 the cost to install and 1/4 the cost to operate (estimates - go easy guys!) and the light! No cycling, and very even. Even better when the gym is all white, walls and ceilings...

Shot with D700, auto ISO (ranged from 1800 to 6400 on some shots) 1/640-1/1000, 2.8 with the 70-200 and a few with the 300 2.8. I have even more respect for mike mac with his 300mm BB shots after trying to do wrestling with this lens!

1 This kid stayed bridged on his elbows for > 1 minute solid. impressive..

2 Coach? Any advice?

3 My son with the nose plug...

4 Man, I should played intramural basketball....

5

6 Hey you, photographer guy, wanna swap places?

7 Little blood...

8 On his way to a 38 sec pin...

9 I shaved my head for this?

10 Butts are ok, when it;s your son's and he's on his way to a win by pin. So fast that dad only got 5 pics of the whole match, and this was the best (the refs butt was in a few of the others!)

11 Just one because I enjoyed the even light in taking it!

MDalby

Tim,

Outstanding as usual. Nice!!!

tjk60

thx mark!

aktse

tjk60 wrote:

These new T81 Flourescent lights should be REQUIRED in every high school and elementary school gym! They are 1/10 the cost to install and 1/4 the cost to operate (estimates - go easy guys!) and the light! No cycling, and very even. Even better when the gym is all white, walls and ceilings...

Drool. I want those lights at my rink!

As always, good composition and exposure.

Question: Is the skin color on some of the wrestlers on the pink side?

I do know that people turn pink under exertion, but don't know if it's a color cast or the nature color of the skin, if, it's because they're holding on to each other and restricting oxygen. But the guy in the background is also on the red-color side of things...

tjk60

some of it is the reflective light (school colors are red and white) The pick come from exertion, and friction on the mat. Look at same pic and check out the leg skin color...

ASkip

tjk60 wrote:

<HR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" SIZE=1> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> These new T81 Flourescent lights should be REQUIRED in every high school and elementary school gym! They are 1/10 the cost to install and 1/4 the cost to operate (estimates - go easy guys!) and the light! No cycling, and very even. Even better when the gym is all white, walls and ceilings...

Shot with D700, auto ISO (ranged from 1800 to 6400 on some shots) 1/640-1/1000, 2.8 with the 70-200 and a few with the 300 2.8. I have even more respect for mike mac with his 300mm BB shots after trying to do wrestling with this lens!


6 Hey you, photographer guy, wanna swap places?

ooh, I love this one. So are you like lying on the floor with a 300mm lens? 50 ft away?

tjk60

Close, just sitting on floor using 300mm at the time...

clemensphoto's

It's just not fair that you get that great of lighting without a strobe. Great series!!

tjk60

clemensphoto's wrote:

It's just not fair that you get that great of lighting without a strobe. Great series!!

I agree, we should all have this light and a very sensitive sensor... I HAVE paid my dues tho

ajlipe

I'm duly impressed and jealous!
Tim - I wish gymnastics venues had these new T81 fluorescent lights since no flash is allowed.

cr8ingwaves

Love the shots.

Our HS is building a new gym and I will be sure to bring up the lighting to the school board. thanks for the suggestion:D

Congrats to your son on his pin!

VinnyC01

These are great. Did you use a noise ninjia or any PP on them?

At our HS, we turn off all the lights in the Gym and put one giant spot light over the mat. Last year was great. It gave off a "natural" 300 effect (the movie) ...

This year, the new light does not produce anything worth while, so I had to strobe all season and with all the outlets not working except one, it was up the ladder, down the ladder every match.

Nice job by you.

tjk60

I haven't run into the spotlight approach yet, thank God. No NN at all on these, just a crop and sharpen.

Thanks!