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Limerick Junior Hurling Match
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I was at the Doon v Caherline Junior B match last night. Any thoughts on what was good/bad, what to try and improve on, etc would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for taking the time to look :D
like the last one.. has so many diff story possibilities..
… disappointed?
… knackered..:lol:
Harry Lime wrote:I was at the Doon v Caherline Junior B match last night. Any thoughts on what was good/bad, what to try and improve on, etc would be greatly appreciated.Generally, for ball sports, the best shots are close in, and they show both the competitors’ faces and the ball. and any background clutter should be out of focus, so the main subjects of the shot stand out.
Your second shot meets those criteria, though it could be cropped a bit tighter. In the first shot, the ball has gone, and the player in red in the background is very intrusive, as is the pole. The leg, the hurley and the arm on the right hand side should be cloned out.
The third shot needed to be much tighter on the three players for impact and the horizon needs to be levelled.
The fourth shot has neither the face nor the ball and, though the body language is eloquent, I feel that there is too little happening here. If there was more to that shot, I would definitely clone out the traffic cones.
Thanks for taking the time to comment Sean.
I definitely need to get more aggressive with my cropping. I always feel that I’m throwing something away by cropping too harshly, or that I’ll somehow loose quality – which I suppose I would for print – but not really for showing on the web.
I might revisit some of these if I get an hour spare before the big soccer match tonight :D
Love the first two the second two aren’t as tight a crop as i would like
Still though a nice setHi Harry
I see that you were using AV on the camera, try using Shutter Priority – it works better for faster sports like hurling. For evening photos up the ISO.
I love taking hurling pics, still improving. I now try and sit or kneel behind the endline at these games. You will get the forward running at you with full face / body facing you. Try to fill the frame in the camera and keep clicking that button for multiple photos. I bet you will get some super photos with good facial expressions as well.
Have you a monopod? If not it is an invaluable asset to have at a match.
Denis
I wouldn’t recommend shutter priority but in sports i think the best photos are the ones with clear backgrounds if you set it to shutter at 1/25 on a sunny day your camera will set the aperture to f/13 which will mean your eyes will be drawn off the subject in foucu.I think if you set it to av keep an eye on the shutter speed so you know it doesn’t go below your lowest speed you can shoot at and shoot away,You’ll get great photos with undiscrating backgrounds.
A Cork man and a Kerry man having a dispute about shooting a huling match? Whatever next!!! lol. I’ve been using the ‘Sports Mode’ on my Canon 40D for underage hurling matches. (Sons play). I found it very hard to get the balance between shutter speed and distracting background and opted for the fast speed for fear of loosing ‘that shot’.
Great to see others shots and to pick up on the advice!!
Thanks for the comments lads – really constructive stuff.
A great point that you’ve made Kenwood is the sideline v end-line dilemma. For this game, I was on the sideline (at around the 45) because I thought I’d be closer to more of the play.. however I think that an end-line position offers better quality shots. I’m hoping to get to a game tomorrow night and I’ll be giving the end-line another go.
WRT the Aperture v Shutter priority mode. I’m definitely in the Aperture priority camp for the simple reason that if you’re shooting at your widest aperture (f/2.8 for me) the camera will adjust the shutter speed accordingly – and it will always be the fastest possible shutter speed for the given light and ISO.
Hi Harry Lime
Have a look at these sites
http://photo.net/sports/overview?
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography/They does not mention GAA as they are american sites but the ground rules would be similiar. Tell us how you got on at the other game by being on the end line.
For sports photography you need the backround blurred nor clear. A clear of in focus backround will be “too busy” and take from the main purpose of the photo. The backround totally out of focus will bring the players and the ball as the main reason for the photo. Take a look at any of the photos on the daily papers involving sport and you will see most if not all of them with blurred backrounds.
RichardT have a look at the ones from the match yesteday – some win eh !!
Denis
Kenwood wrote:
RichardT have a look at the ones from the match yesteday – some win eh !!
Denis
haha it was a serious comeback but its happened before im sure kerry will come in the back door. :lol:
Hi Richard,
It’s a Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 on a Nikon D50.
I’ve only had it for a few weeks and have only had the chance to get to a couple of games because I’ve been away/busy :( I’m hoping to get out again tomorrow night and again at the weekend all going well :)
It’s a lovely lens to use. Quick AF and not too heavy.
IM saving for one of them lenses gonna try and find abit of work in photography over the summer so it pays for its self the canon version is abit to pricy so its either a sigma 70-200f/2.8 of a canon 70-200 f/4 :/
so im not to sure yetHi Harry
I’ve never shot a hurling match before, but having looked at these and having read the comments i’d be very interested in giving it ago… if you’r heading out in limerick during the week,mind if i tag along.. i’d imagine we are living not a million miles away from each other if you were shooting a Doon – Caherline match
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