Outdoor Soccer Practice

b08rsa

Last night, I was able to shoot a little with my Sigma 70-200 f2.8 lens. After viewing other peoples photo's on this site, I come to the conclusion that my photo's lack color. I would like to make the color pop. I am using just a UV filter for now. Would a polarizer filter give me better color?
Here are a few shots, please give me your thoughts (Good or Bad).

Thanks, Ron

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photobanks

b08rsa wrote:

Last night, I was able to shoot a little with my Sigma 70-200 f2.8 lens. After viewing other peoples photo's on this site, I come to the conclusion that my photo's lack color. I would like to make the color pop. I am using just a UV filter for now. Would a polarizer filter give me better color?
Here are a few shots, please give me your thoughts (Good or Bad).

Thanks, Ron

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I think colour is a personal preferance, and personally I think the colours you have are fairly vibrant.

With regards to the shots themselves I would like to see some good action shots as well!!

Michael

b08rsa

Maybe I need to try shooting in vivid mode and boost the color up?????

Ron

T. Bombadil

b08rsa wrote:

Maybe I need to try shooting in vivid mode and boost the color up?????

You could do that, but I agree with the previous comment - the colors in these are very nice (viewed on my calibrated MacBookPro).

What camera are you using?

"Vivid" mode will have no effect if you shoot RAW, but you might like it if you shoot JPG. I generally shoot RAW, but have been happy with the results of outdoor sports shooting JPG in Nikon's equivalent of "Vivid" mode.

b08rsa

T. Bombadil wrote:

You could do that, but I agree with the previous comment - the colors in these are very nice (viewed on my calibrated MacBookPro).

What camera are you using?

"Vivid" mode will have no effect if you shoot RAW, but you might like it if you shoot JPG. I generally shoot RAW, but have been happy with the results of outdoor sports shooting JPG in Nikon's equivalent of "Vivid" mode.

I shoot jpeg format. I am using a OLY E-510 with a sigma 70-200mm f2.8 hsm in manual mode. ISO was set at 100. Maybe it is just me about lacking color. I have have not used RAW, due to it taking up so much data on the flash card. I use only a 2 gig compact flash card, and a 1 gig XD inthe camera (cheap, cheap).

T. Bombadil

b08rsa wrote:

I shoot jpeg format. I am using a OLY E-510 with a sigma 70-200mm f2.8 hsm in manual mode. ISO was set at 100. Maybe it is just me about lacking color. I have have not used RAW, due to it taking up so much data on the flash card. I use only a 2 gig compact flash card, and a 1 gig XD inthe camera (cheap, cheap).

Well I think the appropriate amount of color pop is a matter of personal taste. A lot of point & shoot cameras (and dslr "scene" modes) tend to increase color saturation, so maybe we come to expect a lot - but to my (amateur) eye what you have shown us is very nice.

I suppose they might not print quite so well as they look on screen, so maybe some experimentation is in order.

tjk60

From the cast of the shadows you were shooting a backlit scene which flattens the colors some. Try shooting from the other side of field to see if colors pop more. Also you can stay backlit and dial a bit of exposure compensation (+EV) to better expose the players. You may blow the background a bit just be careful not to blow the skin

rustic

I agree with Tim, try shooting with the sun behind you and see what you get.

Also, it looks like maybe the shutter speed was a little slow, keeping them from being as sharp as they could be? What speed were they shot at?