Laois vs Galway Allianz NFL Rd 2

[ctwomey]

February 12, 2007 at 10:19 am

Hi all,

Under the new floodlighting in O’Moore Park on Saturday night. Comments welcome.

FYI flood lighting gave 1/500 sec f2.8 ISO 1250

Regards,
Conor

[Sodafarl]

February 12, 2007 at 1:41 pm

Conor
Brilliant shot.
Soda

[HAPPI]

February 12, 2007 at 5:58 pm

cracker shot,

the canon cameras do realy well in low light

paul;

[ctwomey]

February 13, 2007 at 11:02 am

Thanks Paul and Soda,

It was the first time shooting under floodlighting. I was eager not to miss the opportunity. One of the Sportsfile photographers was telling me that in some of the soccer grounds the floodlighting is terrible and very uneven. The fact that Hurling needs to be played on the same pitch the quality of lighting needs to be very good. Unfortunately fast lens are almost a requirement inorder to try and freeze the action.

You never know Paul we might end up bumping into each other at the Laois vs Armagh match.

Regards,
Conor

[Fintan]

February 13, 2007 at 12:25 pm

Great shot of a great football team 8) I was wondering how the new floodlights would work out for photographers, thanks for posting the iso/exposure.

Your experience in the press probably makes you crop quite assertively, but I wonder for a general photograph if you cropped less severely would it work out better. I’m sorry I’ve little experience with sports so maybe I’m talking garbage.

[HAPPI]

February 13, 2007 at 6:05 pm

ctwomey wrote:

Thanks Paul and Soda,

It was the first time shooting under floodlighting. I was eager not to miss the opportunity. One of the Sportsfile photographers was telling me that in some of the soccer grounds the floodlighting is terrible and very uneven. The fact that Hurling needs to be played on the same pitch the quality of lighting needs to be very good. Unfortunately fast lens are almost a requirement inorder to try and freeze the action.

You never know Paul we might end up bumping into each other at the Laois vs Armagh match.

Regards,
Conor[/quot

some of the grounds up north have got realy dull floodlights and even a fast lens isnt good enough try shooting action at a 30th os a second on a 300mm

look forward to bumping into you, dont no if armagh are playing laois this year havnt seen fixtures yet

good luck

[Rodcunha]

February 13, 2007 at 6:16 pm

Another brilliant capture Conor,

Regards,

Rod

[ctwomey]

February 14, 2007 at 2:55 pm

Fintan,

Just checked my cropping and I took 15% off left and top. I was concerned that if I was going to do any cropping that evening I should try and minimise it as the ISO was high and I was at risk of making it very grainy.

Regards,
Conor