Big West Volleyball

tony.ibarra

Here's to all the volleyball shooters out there.... This sport is ridiculous. I'm finally starting to get the hang of it (i think, you tell me), but my hats off to all the volleyball guys who do this week in and week out. So, on to why we're really here... this was my 3rd game to shoot, and I'm finally starting to catch the action, starting to see where the ball is going, and finally starting to get some real keepers, or so I think. Where do you guys think I am after 3 trys?

donek

You've done quite well. Your exposure and white balance look pretty good. There are a couple other issues though. It's helpful if you number things, but I'll see if I can call them out in order.

1st. focus is soft on the girls whos face you can see. She is your subject.
2nd. ditto
3rd. good, but a little tactical usm would really help.
4th. usm here too. You're severly tilted. Rotate those images to get the background/forground verticles verticle.
5th. nice capture. a little usm and noise reduction.
6th. good emotion, but you want to get the clearly visible face in focus rather than the back of someones head.
7th. straighten and usm

Photosbychuck

Good Shots

You are doing much better than me so far. I shot my second game last friday. I used my 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 VR lens with most shots
around 50-70mm. I am going to rent a 2.8 lens for the week of 10/20 and should be able to catch at least two game while I have it rented.
What lens did you use?

Thanks for posting,
Charles

rovowen

Nice action, on the first two through the net.
On your third photo, I noticed that the setter's face on her left side is blown out just a tad.
I found when I am wanting to capture the setter, I tend to up my shutter speed. Since this is the easiest for me to do and return back to the original setting. Reason being, she looks directly up into the lights where most of the
other players don't.
For me in post processing, it is easier to correct exposure with the curve tool instead of using the clone tool to bring back part of the face.

tony.ibarra

Photosbychuck wrote:

Good Shots

You are doing much better than me so far. I shot my second game last friday. I used my 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 VR lens with most shots
around 50-70mm. I am going to rent a 2.8 lens for the week of 10/20 and should be able to catch at least two game while I have it rented.
What lens did you use?

Thanks for posting,
Charles

These were all shot with the Canon 85 f/1.8. ISO was 800 and SS @ 1250.