I'm going to hazzard a guess that most of your sharpness issues come from taking photos when the subject is too far away and over-cropping them. Just guessing based upon the DOF I see here. With a 200mm lens, about 25 yards is the limit. Stay within that range and your photos will be sharper.
I'm going to hazzard a guess that most of your sharpness issues come from taking photos when the subject is too far away and over-cropping them. Just guessing based upon the DOF I see here. With a 200mm lens, about 25 yards is the limit. Stay within that range and your photos will be sharper.
I think that for the most part, that is the issue, that first game though, even though I had subject centered, my shots were lackluster in the focus area. I try to get action when the ball is near, but the really good action happens halfway down the field and I learned long ago to stop trying to chase up/down the sideline to catch up to the action. Most shots are at about 30-60 yards out and cropped which I thought might be the issue. Anyway, your thoughts on these?, minus the slight focus issues?
I think that for the most part, that is the issue, that first game though, even though I had subject centered, my shots were lackluster in the focus area. I try to get action when the ball is near, but the really good action happens halfway down the field and I learned long ago to stop trying to chase up/down the sideline to catch up to the action. Most shots are at about 30-60 yards out and cropped which I thought might be the issue. Anyway, your thoughts on these?, minus the slight focus issues?
Thanks,
Lee
These definitely seem to be better. Like you said there is still some softness, though hard to tell at this size and what some of the hosting sites do to lower the resolution.
These definitely seem to be better. Like you said there is still some softness, though hard to tell at this size and what some of the hosting sites do to lower the resolution.
Gene
Thanks Gene, I liked them better also. I noticed the softness when in LR2 during post. I have been using center spot AF, think I will try a 5 pt cross pattern on next game and see what comes of it. I think some also has to do with the distance I have on some shots and the heavy crops on some. I try to shoot as close as possible, but there are a lot of time the best action is 60-80 yards away. My lens is a 50-200mm on an Oly body (2x crop factor - so essentially I have a 400mm if we're talking FF) so my reach is good, but still not that good. I would love to get the 90-250mm 2.8 Super High Grade lens, but don't have the $6K that beast runs :cry
I will post what I get with the new 5pt AF attempt at next game and see what we come up with. Thanks for looking.
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I think that for the most part, that is the issue, that first game though, even though I had subject centered, my shots were lackluster in the focus area. I try to get action when the ball is near, but the really good action happens halfway down the field
Thanks,
Lee
These definitely seem to be better. Like you said there is still some softness, though hard to tell at this size and what some of the hosting sites do to lower the resolution.
Gene
Thanks Gene, I liked them better also. I noticed the softness when in LR2 during post. I have been using center spot AF, think I will try a 5 pt cross pattern on next game and see what comes of it. I think some also has to do with the distance I have on some shots and the heavy crops on some. I try to shoot as close as possible, but there are a lot of time the best action is 60-80 yards away. My lens is a 50-200mm on an Oly body (2x crop factor - so essentially I have a 400mm if we're talking FF) so my reach is good, but still not that good. I would love to get the 90-250mm 2.8 Super High Grade lens, but don't have the $6K that beast runs :cry
I will post what I get with the new 5pt AF attempt at next game and see what we come up with. Thanks for looking.
Lee