IMHO, I think your a little too close to ambient with your exposure. I see some ghosting in #1 at the ball, #2 players hands. #3 I would crop out the player on the right, he doesnt add to the shot.
I noticed the ghosting as well, especially on #2. EXIF shows a shutterspeed of 1/250th which is too slow for the action when your flash exposure is so close to the ambient light levels.
IMHO, I think your a little too close to ambient with your exposure. I see some ghosting in #1 at the ball, #2 players hands. #3 I would crop out the player on the right, he doesnt add to the shot.
Explain more please, cause Jim also said I was too under exposed, so I brightened these up a bit. And I agree about the crop, but that was using their goofy (2.166x1.6) crop size. Maybe the net doesn't add much? Guess if not, then the crop would still probably work.
I noticed the ghosting as well, especially on #2. EXIF shows a shutterspeed of 1/250th which is too slow for the action when your flash exposure is so close to the ambient light levels.
Ah, so more flash? My shutter doesnt go any faster.
But this is part of the fun with shooting sports, learning from you guys and the challenge and limitations of the equipment. Thanks again for the words and help!
Maxpreps does. They like F11-F16 work. F2.8/F4, not so much.
Which is why I told them to take a long walk off a short pier. If they want to come setup lights that are going to give me F16, then let them. But NOBODY in their right mind shoots with that much flash... Holy crap. I'm getting 1/250 @ 3.5, ISO 320 and about 4.5 stops over ambient with strobes at 1/4 power. I'm just going to make that F4 so I don't have to deal with 1/3 stops. 1/2 power gives me f8, full power gives me F11, 2 flashes at full power give me f16. That is insane. Or you need to go out there with Einsteins or something along those lines.
Friends don't let friends work for MaxPreps. They are seriously screwy.. and that cropping that stupid size put me over the edge with Jim and crew.
Which is why I told them to take a long walk off a short pier. If they want to come setup lights that are going to give me F16, then let them. But NOBODY in their right mind shoots with that much flash... Holy crap. I'm getting 1/250 @ 3.5, ISO 320 and about 4.5 stops over ambient with strobes at 1/4 power. I'm just going to make that F4 so I don't have to deal with 1/3 stops. 1/2 power gives me f8, full power gives me F11, 2 flashes at full power give me f16. That is insane. Or you need to go out there with Einsteins or something along those lines.
Friends don't let friends work for MaxPreps. They are seriously screwy.. and that cropping that stupid size put me over the edge with Jim and crew.
Ah, so more flash? My shutter doesnt go any faster.
I was thinking faster shutter and HSS (high speed synch). But maybe there's no way to do that with the equipment you're using? Otherwise, yeah more flash I guess.
Shutter speed controls ambient and aperture controls flash. So if you've got too much ambient and you can't increase your shutter speed because of your sync speed, what do you do?
Shutter speed controls ambient and aperture controls flash. So if you've got too much ambient and you can't increase your shutter speed because of your sync speed, what do you do?
Blast them with a nuclear powered fusion flash.... F64 anyone? at ISO 50????
At the point if there is too much ambient you really do need to keep adding flash power until it seriously overtakes ambient....
I think the shots are very successful Why should anyone but the players be "sharp." This is an action shot: what is the obsession with sharpness? If you'd corrected depth of field to make everybody and everything "sharp" the shot would be too busy.
I think the shots are very successful Why should anyone but the players be "sharp." This is an action shot: what is the obsession with sharpness? If you'd corrected depth of field to make everybody and everything "sharp" the shot would be too busy.
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Who cares about the cheerleaders!
Explain more please, cause Jim also said I was too under exposed, so I brightened these up a bit. And I agree about the crop, but that was using their goofy (2.166x1.6) crop size. Maybe the net doesn't add much? Guess if not, then the crop would still probably work.
Ah, so more flash? My shutter doesnt go any faster.
But this is part of the fun with shooting sports, learning from you guys and the challenge and limitations of the equipment. Thanks again for the words and help!
Maxpreps does. They like F11-F16 work. F2.8/F4, not so much.
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Which is why I told them to take a long walk off a short pier. If they want to come setup lights that are going to give me F16, then let them. But NOBODY in their right mind shoots with that much flash... Holy crap. I'm getting 1/250 @ 3.5, ISO 320 and about 4.5 stops over ambient with strobes at 1/4 power. I'm just going to make that F4 so I don't have to deal with 1/3 stops. 1/2 power gives me f8, full power gives me F11, 2 flashes at full power give me f16. That is insane. Or you need to go out there with Einsteins or something along those lines.
Friends don't let friends work for MaxPreps. They are seriously screwy.. and that cropping that stupid size put me over the edge with Jim and crew.
Well, do they seem sharp enough?
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Blast them with a nuclear powered fusion flash.... F64 anyone? at ISO 50????
At the point if there is too much ambient you really do need to keep adding flash power until it seriously overtakes ambient....
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
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Ugh, Link isn't working, using a "free" host... Lets see.. this??
Or a direct link
Sorry, I just had to do it. That's Topaz Detail run at Max II. Watch, they'd be happy with that... smh.
Thanks, I just use an SB800, and an SB910, one on each side of the court, pointing toward the freethrow line, and hoped for the best.
I did this time, upped the flashes, and still got a little ghosting.
Why should anyone but the players be "sharp?"