It's in the eye of...
As a photographer, I look at these shots of high school volleyball and think "ugh - noise, blur, no contrast... I hate these!"
The girls' parents look at them and say "those are great pictures!"
*sigh*
from http://miltonsports.smugmug.com/gallery/824731/1/36831591
Sarah
The girls' parents look at them and say "those are great pictures!"
*sigh*
from http://miltonsports.smugmug.com/gallery/824731/1/36831591
Sarah
-Steven
my words, my "pro"pictures, my "fun" pictures, my videos.
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Steven,
I shoot alot at the drag strip, the pictures and composition that I like in no way reflect what the car owners like and are purchasing. Go figure, but based on talking to a few of them I have learned what they like. And talking to some of the parents of the junior racers, they are just thrilled to have shots of the kids racing.
So, keep shooting.
It really is all in the eye of the beholder.
Steve Gould
www.gouldphoto.com
my words, my "pro"pictures, my "fun" pictures, my videos.
By any chance to you have PSP9? That program has been wonderful in the noise/low light situations. I hit Brightness/Contrast, choose Clarify once, go to the noise reduction effect, and click once, and it pretty much turns a decent picture into an awesome one. It has some great tools for photos, and for as little as $80 you can't beat it. I have an old version of Photoshop and never use it anymore. If you want me to try your photo in it I will.
Gosh I miss the Vball, and yes, I wish I knew then what I know now about photos! ;~)
to this
(the size difference is just in my cut/paste for this post)
(I've not yet updated the images on my smugmug site)
Thanks for the offer. If you've got time, I wouldn't mind seeing what PSP does with it.
my words, my "pro"pictures, my "fun" pictures, my videos.
Do you mind enabling EXIF in that gallery?
My youngest plays volleyball, too, so I'm kinda curious to compare results.
Although even without EXIF it looks like you very using much longer tele (I was using 18-55 kit), and your gym was much better lit than our Teen Center..:-)
Thanks!
Ah, looking at the deatils (both online directly and locally via Exifer, it looks like there's nothing there. I must have done something wrong when I saved from Photoshop (these were shot in RAW).
Here's a representative of the settings I used that day, and this is with a Canon 10D and a Sigma 70-200/2.8:
http://miltonsports.smugmug.com/gallery/824731/1/36831960
http://miltonsports.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=36831960
shutter: 1/180
aperature: 2.8
ISO: 1600
Focal Length: 200
Flash: did not fire
Does that help?
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Canon 1D MkIIN, Canon 50D, Canon 300 f/2.8L, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L, Canon 24-70 f/2.8L, Canon 85 f/1.8, Canon 1.4 Extender,
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Alien Bee 800, Other misc stuff
I've not seen that problem myself, just read about it (as you say, it was here, sportsshooter.com or dpreview.com but I don't remember which).
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