Sports Photography

alanpartridge47

Hey took some photos of the game between bohs v drogheda on the 09/10/09 and just wanted some feedback on these images and any tips on gear i can get or just how i can improve my work...have a canon 400D and was using a 300mm f/2.8 lens! beware this was only my second game. cheers!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/con_con87/

AnimalRights

Great name/programme your named after!

Interesting you use a very very expensive lens and a very basic Camera....

Pics need to be embedded here for a better C&C tbh...
I hate Flickr.

Paulw

Some nice photos there.

But, they're very dark. You should be able to adjust that in your PP. Shooting raw will give you some more scope with that rather than just shooting jpg.

Paulw

Some picts from the game I was at last night.

Crowded out





Free Kick





Goal





Celebrate





Taken down

AnimalRights

Love 3 and 5 Paul, 4 wins the Bronze.

whyulittle

My pics from last night may never see the light of day. 6-0, for the love of God.

Anouilh

I found this helpful:

http://www.p45.net/boards/showthread.php?t=77609

Paulw

Anouilh wrote: »

I found this helpful:

http://www.p45.net/boards/showthread.php?t=77609

You'll find much better advice here on boards.

Saint_Mel

whyulittle wrote: »

My pics from last night may never see the light of day. 6-0, for the love of God.

At least we were the opposite end to get any photographic evidence of the goals

LeoB

alanpartridge47 wrote: »

Hey took some photos of the game between bohs v drogheda on the 09/10/09 and just wanted some feedback on these images and any tips on gear i can get or just how i can improve my work...have a canon 400D and was using a 300mm f/2.8 lens! beware this was only my second game. cheers!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/con_con87/

You were not in the stadium of light. Agree with PaulW they are a bit dark but some nice photos therr. Keep going to matchs and keep practising and the results will improve.

alanpartridge47

Paulw wrote: »

Some nice photos there.

But, they're very dark. You should be able to adjust that in your PP. Shooting raw will give you some more scope with that rather than just shooting jpg.

Thanks for the comment Paul!:) I was shooting on 1/400 at f/2.8 on iso 1600. would setting the shutter speed lower help make them brighter or even the iso???

Paulw

alanpartridge47 wrote: »

Thanks for the comment Paul!:) I was shooting on 1/400 at f/2.8 on iso 1600. would setting the shutter speed lower help make them brighter or even the iso???

If you set your shutter speed lower you may end up with motion blur. Upping your ISO may give much more noise (depending on the camera).

It's a compromise and a trade off.

Trial and error, and knowing your camera is the only way to go.

But yes, either (lower shutter speed and/or higher ISO) will make the images brighter.

Or, you can add brightness in whatever software you use to process your images (Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom, etc).

alanpartridge47

Paulw wrote: »

If you set your shutter speed lower you may end up with motion blur. Upping your ISO may give much more noise (depending on the camera).

It's a compromise and a trade off.

Trial and error, and knowing your camera is the only way to go.

But yes, either (lower shutter speed and/or higher ISO) will make the images brighter.

Or, you can add brightness in whatever software you use to process your images (Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom, etc).

Thanx a mill Paul! Best photography advice I've ever been given! Cheers mate.