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try 15.04.2012
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without paying attention to crop, here is a try scored by alan cousins (coolmine’s 9) against barnhall in the metro cup semi-final
c&c welcome
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thanks for watching
Hi, Love you pictures look so sharp and clear. Just a quick question if you dont mind. I have a Canon D550 70-200 F4 non IS lens. I often struggle to get sharp pictures what kind of settings would you recommend to achieve optimal sharpness in sport pictures.
Thanks
Michael O Mearai don’t mind at all, learned few tricks myself from here, from other p.i. photographers.
when comes to sport (unless you’re not going for the artistic view) the most important thing is to freeze the action. so for that reason i’m using the TV mode on canon with a shutter speed from 1/500 sec up depending on the light (preferably is 1/800 if you can). another thing is to keep in focus just the player (or the action for that matter) ignoring the rest around. to achieve that, in your case, the best aperture is f/4. in order to make the set aperture working with the set shutter speed, you have to play around with the iso settings. pay attention to exposure (use exposure compensation if necessary) and that’s all.good luck!
Thanks Voicu, looking forward to trying out what you said. Also is there any particular picture style you use and when post processing would you adjust the sharpness then.
Thanks Mikenow that is up to your liking, everybody is different. personal i shoot in “neutral” and add sharpness/contrast/etc in post-processing but that’s just me. this depends on your work-flow, on how much time you have on your hands and so on.
all the best!
For me, personally, I would have only used images #5 and #7. And with those, I would have cropped down tight on the main group of players involved. The other players (left and right) don’t add to the image at all, and cropping in will focus more on the player with the ball.
It’s a decent burst of images.
With daylight, you really should be hoping for a shutter speed greater than 1/1000 sec. Open the aperture as much as you can, bump the ISO, select centre point only focus point, and set the camera on continuous burst.
I had to shoot the Skerries V Monivea game on Saturday, which was the first local rugby I’ve shot in years. Very different to shooting Leinster or international rugby.
Anyway, keep shooting and keep enjoying it.
paul wrote:
For me, personally, I would have only used images #5 and #7. And with those, I would have cropped down tight on the main group of players involved. The other players (left and right) don’t add to the image at all, and cropping in will focus more on the player with the ball.
It’s a decent burst of images.
With daylight, you really should be hoping for a shutter speed greater than 1/1000 sec. Open the aperture as much as you can, bump the ISO, select centre point only focus point, and set the camera on continuous burst.
I had to shoot the Skerries V Monivea game on Saturday, which was the first local rugby I’ve shot in years. Very different to shooting Leinster or international rugby.
Anyway, keep shooting and keep enjoying it.
Paul,
you’re presence on the side line at the big matches is well known so you’re advice is always welcome.
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