Little League Football Noon Time Exposure Failure

MileHighAkoMileHighAko Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
edited September 19, 2010 in Sports
Got some good shots form little league football, but also got some pretty crappy ones where the faces didn't get exposed correctly. Challenge for me was noon-time bright sun, with home team wearing black and visitor wearing white.

I had the camera on center-weighted exposure - and think I should have done spot exposure instead???

To make matters worse, the RAW image in Lightroom 3 actually looks pretty good, but when I exported to Smugmug I got the resulting shot. I think it's my bed time and tomorrow I'll be able to approach it with a clear head. I'm just disappointed that some of the possibly good shots suffer from exposure problems.

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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2010
    You could have went manual and metered off the grass. I recently did it that way at a soccer game. There were no clouds and the light never changed, exposure setting was good the entire time. Dark uni's and white uni's mess with the camera meter too much, imo.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2010
    You're probably destined to never get those shaded faces without a flash.
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  • Scott293Scott293 Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2010
    I think the biggest problem with this photo is it's to soft.
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  • MileHighAkoMileHighAko Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2010
    Scott293 wrote: »
    I think the biggest problem with this photo is it's to soft.

    Not sure I understand what that means. Can you please explain? I'm still a bit of a noob photog.

    Thanks!
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  • Scott293Scott293 Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2010
    MileHighAko wrote: »
    Not sure I understand what that means. Can you please explain? I'm still a bit of a noob photog.

    Thanks!

    Not in focus. Try and find a photo that is a bit more sharp Plus to get the faces you need to use the exposure compensation. Put up some photos you think are good when it wasn't noon.
    Scott Davis

    Nikon D70,D2H,D300,Nikkor 300mm f2.8,Nikkor 80-200 f2.8, Nikkor 24-70 AF-S f2.8,Nikkor 50 f1.8

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  • MileHighAkoMileHighAko Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2010
    Gotcha. Soft is not in focus :). Appreciate the feedback and patience.
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  • rockcanyonphotosrockcanyonphotos Registered Users Posts: 117 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2010
    If the faces looked good in RAW and changed when you exported them, it sounds like you somehow invoked the "auto" adjustment mode in LR. I have never had this happen when exporting but I do see it a lot when I first bring photos into LR after shooting football in bright sunlight where i have manually set my camera to overexpose the photo so I can bring out the faces. LR wants to "auto" correct for this in the rest of the photo, which results in dark faces. I know this isn't a solution to your problem but hopefully it will help you track down the issue in your workflow.

    Regards, Kevin
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  • johngjohng Registered Users Posts: 1,658 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2010
    exactly why you need to shoot with manual exposure. Yes you'll blow highlights on the visitor's jerseys. But at least you'll see faces:
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