Not sure if anyone here shoots sports. Sports is my favorite subject in photography and my goal is to become a decent sport photographer, LOL! ill start this thread, i hope some of you will join.
These photos were shot yesterday for my sons soccer game.
I try and place myself 200-300ft from center of field to get full body shots. On those photos i shot at 2.8 @ iso800, most were 1/2000sec. I probably and should have stopped it down to about f/4. @ f4 i still could have been at about 1/1250sec.
It was very cloudy yesterday, and since it was an early game there was still some fog around the field.
I found a lightroom preset that i liked that really adjust the highlights and shadows, almost gives it that HDR look but it brings out more detail.
I really like the shots. I was about to ask what post processing you had done in order to achieve the HDR look; Which preset did you use?
Also, I'm shooting a "Soccer" Cup Final in a couple of weeks for my college. It's going to be at dusk which will give me a huge task in terms of setting my exposure so that I can get a fast shutter speed whilst keeping that noise at bay. I'll probably shoot wide open as I don't have any DOF concerns. Have you any tips?
I am a beginner myself at sports photo, but what i do is first meter my lighting in "Aperture Priority" mode. once i figure out the settings i want with the aperture i want to use, i then switch to full manual mode and set my settings there. I would rather not allow the camera to constantly change exposures while im shooting. Also, shoot in AF-C mode, it makes it much easier to track the quick moving subject. I try not to worry too much about the noise. if i have to i will pump up the ISO to gain the faster shutter speed. I prefer to shoot at or above 1/1000sec. The images you see above were shot at ISO800, enlarged you will be able to see the noise. I prefer to get THE SHOT rather than worrying about noise quality.
I found the lightroom preset randomly by google searching "lightroom presets". if you PM me your email, i will send you the preset.
That's exactly what I do when doing events photography for my college. M is by far the best way to go if you want total control over your images. Although, I'd probably start of in S mode, just as a preference.
On my a65 I reckon I could push it to 3200; and that's really pushing it. Even though I can go up to ISO 16000.
Another great series of images. I am going to an UFC fight on Saturday my friends son is fighting.I hope I can get some shots.
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