High School Wrestling Duo - 10 Jan 2007

Scott_Quier

I will shortly have an opportunity to shoot some low light action shots and thought I would practice at a local high school wrestling duo ('cause I understand this sport and don't many others). The practice was to get used to my new lens (EF 70-200 f/2.8 IS) and to test out high ISO - these were shot at either 800 or 1000, depending.

Anyway, I was simply amazed by the quality of the coaching I saw out there. It was just ... well, amazing!

Here is a small sampling of the many shots I thought were worth exposing to the light of day.

1. Stacked up


2. Does that hurt?


3. Driving into him


4. Shall we dance?


5. You're not stickin' me!


6. They held this position so long the ref declared a stalemate and re-set them. You know that's gotta hurt!


7. Now, that's a take-down! These two were a couple of the fasted moving athletes on the mat that night.


8. Watching for the shoulder-blades to make contact with the mat.


9. Believe it or not, they held position for quite a long time, but the bottom guy was able to keep his shoulders off the mat enough to avoid the slap on the mat. Later, he did eventually loose the match but the winner sure did have to fight for it.


If you didn't get your fill from looking at these, the rest of them can be found here.

saurora

I don't know much about wrestling except that it looks very painful!!! Boy, I feel for the guy in #6 if he held that position for a long time! The pics look great, it looks like kind of a tough sport to capture. How do you like the new lens? It's the one lens I keep thinking I need....

Frog Lady

hey Scott, you got some nice action there Over all, I'd say you did real good for a "practice" session w/ HS lighting and high ISO. Nice job.

C.

Scott_Quier

saurora wrote:

I don't know much about wrestling except that it looks very painful!!! Boy, I feel for the guy in #6 if he held that position for a long time! The pics look great, it looks like kind of a tough sport to capture. How do you like the new lens? It's the one lens I keep thinking I need....

The lens is absolutly wonderful! I'm glad I figured out a way to convince my wife that getting it was the right thing to do (I just went into photographic business and wrote it off as a business expense and now I'm working two full time jobs). But, if you need that focal range, the 2.8 is the only way to go. At the shutter speeds I was working (1/60 to 1/200), I still was able to make use of the IS - it's great!.

Scott_Quier

Frog Lady wrote:

hey Scott, you got some nice action there Over all, I'd say you did real good for a "practice" session w/ HS lighting and high ISO. Nice job.

C.

Thanks for looking and writing the the kind words - I appreciate it.

Rene`

Great shots!

Scott_Quier wrote:

Thanks for looking and writing the the kind words - I appreciate it.

You got some great shots!!

Rene`

Scott_Quier

Rene` wrote:

You got some great shots!!

Rene`

Thanks. Yeah, I'm kinda happy with them. There were so many that I had real trouble limiting the list. The first cut at the post had something like 15 images linked in. That's too many so I cut it down to 9 and I still forgot to mention that in the thread title.

ian408

You've got the action part down. But these look a tad OE.

Seneca

Wow this looks like it hurts...! Good shots tho.

System

Hey scott,
great stuff.. i love the sport of wrestling. i really like shooting it . trying to get good shots without the dang ref. getting in the way is my toughest challenge.. your look good . .
curtis

aktse

You did a great job, especially in a difficutl lighting situation!

Scott_Quier

Thanks all. The OE is a direct result of trying one of David Jay's techniques for "quick" processing of RAW files. I'll have to find another way to do this. Either I goofed something in the translation or ACR is not up to the task of determining a decent exposure.

willaibach

I'm coveting your lens. I've been looking at one myself, but can't afford it right now. I do a lot of wrestling pics (2 of my boys are wrestlers) and really need a better lens for the low light/high action. I have trouble with the high ISOs coming out a little grainy. Any suggestions?