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01-31-2012, 12:38 AM   #466
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Nice shots! From the Exif these were shot with D700 Nikon. I notice the exposure time is like 1/100 for a 200mm FL, I would like to know from you guys how to get that kind of sharpess? Panning?

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Wow. they are tack sharp compared to my attempts! How are you doing that through the glass?
Nice to realize that I may be just a tad hard on myself in my quest for excellence ;D
I think it all starts with a fast lens, in this case the Tamron 70-200 f2.8. After that it's a battle between sensitivity and shutter speed - then again, when exactly that isn't the case in sports...
Anyways, my settings were mainly (full manual) ISO 2500 - 3200, 1/500 - 1/800, f/2.8 and a custom WB. Shot RAW and PP with Lightroom. I think the most important thing is to get things as close to perfect in camera. In my first attempts I under exposed too much and got the WB all wrong and that was impossible to fix in post. Green faces, noise, way less sharp than these ones, etc. Now I kept checking my settings all the time to make sure there's no under exposure and that the WB looked good. Also, I tried to shoot as directly through the glass as possible to minimize its effect on the sharpness and tone. And that's it basically.
In post I used a grad filter to darken the ice a bit and make its texture more visible, tweaked the WB only slightly and adjusted the exposure. No sharpening nor noise reduction.

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QuoteOriginally posted by lightbulb Quote
Nice shots! From the Exif these were shot with D700 Nikon. I notice the exposure time is like 1/100 for a 200mm FL, I would like to know from you guys how to get that kind of sharpess? Panning?
In order to pan properly, you should set your camera to continuous autofocus as well as burst mode. You want to use a slightly long shutter duration (1/60-1/125) to illustrate the motion of the vehicle and blur the background. You want to pan with the car as smoothly as you can. If the car is coming towards you, you will want to stop the motion of the vehicle or moving object. If your subject is moving across your sensor, you will want to use a longer shutter duration and pan with the subject.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Ex Finn. Quote
"Kiesel Ride", love the bugeye. Nice shots for a Nikon D700.
Thanks! Sorry it's not the K-5, though the results would have been the same with either camera.

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QuoteOriginally posted by jppp Quote
Nice to realize that I may be just a tad hard on myself in my quest for excellence ;D
I think it all starts with a fast lens, in this case the Tamron 70-200 f2.8. After that it's a battle between sensitivity and shutter speed - then again, when exactly that isn't the case in sports...
Anyways, my settings were mainly (full manual) ISO 2500 - 3200, 1/500 - 1/800, f/2.8 and a custom WB. Shot RAW and PP with Lightroom. I think the most important thing is to get things as close to perfect in camera. In my first attempts I under exposed too much and got the WB all wrong and that was impossible to fix in post. Green faces, noise, way less sharp than these ones, etc. Now I kept checking my settings all the time to make sure there's no under exposure and that the WB looked good. Also, I tried to shoot as directly through the glass as possible to minimize its effect on the sharpness and tone. And that's it basically.
In post I used a grad filter to darken the ice a bit and make its texture more visible, tweaked the WB only slightly and adjusted the exposure. No sharpening nor noise reduction.
Yeah, I think you're simply too hard on yourself and it can be both a curse and something good at the same time.
It sounds almost exactly the same as my settings with the K-7 (haven't tried my new K-5 yet at sports) but I get a shutter at between 1/450-1/640 despite ISO3200 to get an useful exposure. I guess that either my rink is darker or the plexi a bit different. I'll try a higher ISO next time with the K-5 to compensate for a faster shutter and I guess that the extended dynamic range of the camera will give me a better option in PP.
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I had the chance to shoot a couple of basketball games with the Tamron 70-200 f2.8 lens I bought from a user here last week. For the girls' game I shot without flash and the ISO was generally between 4000 and 8000 at times. Here are a few shots from that game.







For the boys' game I used a flash and the ISO was set at 3200 to 4000 most of the time.



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QuoteOriginally posted by GvilleRick Quote
I had the chance to shoot a couple of basketball games with the Tamron 70-200 f2.8 lens I bought from a user here last week. For the girls' game I shot without flash and the ISO was generally between 4000 and 8000 at times. Here are a few shots from that game.
Good action--I like the first one a lot!

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Very good, especially considering the high ISOs used.
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Thanks IIGQ4U! I hope to try that soon....
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QuoteOriginally posted by VisualDarkness Quote
It sounds almost exactly the same as my settings with the K-7
I haven't tried to shoot hockey with my K7 yet, but it might be interesting. You mentioned mushy pictures and that's - unfortunately - exactly what I'd expect to get with it. I'll have to try that next time.
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Wow, I love that last shot of the start.
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Darrenleow, the first pic is awesome!
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My first game wit the K-5 instead of K-7 and boy, what a difference to work with in PP! I haven't even applied NR in Lightroom and still they look great in ISO2000-6400.

Sadly the AF in my Sigma 70-200 broke down again, possibly for good, so I had to MF almost the whole game.










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A few from earlier today. I am just loving the K-5! Here's my first attempts at basketball. Exposure varied, but mostly around 1/500, f/7.1, ISO 3200








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