K9Kirk
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Very nice set, keep'em coming!
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Scrimmage #2 for the middle school guys (7th & 8th Grade). As a Dad, I had to be there, so might as well get in a few shots so I can knock the rust off and be ready for the season next week. Besides the lighting is so much better her than it will be in the weeks to come as the sun sets earlier and earlier.
DAY game, nice.
I was told on Wednesday, that the Friday night game was moved to Saturday early afternoon.
A DAY game, and I am at a conference this week-end. ARGH
These images remind how much the talking heads on the likes of ESPN really do not understand sport. A good sports photo transcends the level of competition and and captures what sport represents: a reflection of the human spirit. Sure, they won't get ratings televising 8th grade football, but so often they miss the underlying story behind the game focusing way too much on fame and fortune.
Side question. What lens are you using? I have a 70-200 f2.8, 300 f4, and 100-400 f4.5-5.6. I also have the 1.4 and 2.0 TCs but normally avoid using them. But, for sports and wildlife I am debating getting a Mark I version of the 400 f2.8 or 500 f4. The R6 can go plenty high on the ISO and still produce quality images and the AF works up to f16, but the separation one gets with 2.8 versus 5.6, I think, is noticeable and makes an image pop.
Looking forward to seeing what you get with the R6. I am REALLY wanting to get an R3.
Do you ever under expose intentionally to get a higher shutter speed and/or lower ISO? I do this a lot in dim light (sounds counter intuitive) and then bring the shadows out a bit in the raw file. Also, I use DXO's software and their noise reduction algorithm is amazing. I see little to no reduction in sharpness and the noise is reduced dramatically.Did our first home and night game this past Fri.
Either the lights are dimmer or the SMOKE in the air dimmed the lights. I had to bump my exposure up about half to a full stop. And I was already on the the edge before, at 1/800, f/4, ISO 6400.
I had "the first game rusties." For some reason, I was having intermittent AF trouble, that I did not have before.
Going to fuss with the kit this weekend and see if I can figure it out.
Do you ever under expose intentionally to get a higher shutter speed and/or lower ISO? I do this a lot in dim light (sounds counter intuitive) and then bring the shadows out a bit in the raw file. Also, I use DXO's software and their noise reduction algorithm is amazing. I see little to no reduction in sharpness and the noise is reduced dramatically.
Unfortunately, I shoot in JPG, not RAW.
I do that simply because of the volume of pics that I shoot. RAW to JPG just adds another step and more time.
Although, I might consider shooting just the night game in RAW.