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GvilleRick · 08-23-2014, 03:59 PM

First football game of the season and first chance to use the K3. All with a Sigma 70-200 f/2.8.

Looked like an interception:

But ended up a TD for the other team.

mariakruse · 08-23-2014, 04:48 PM

Wow, nice shots. Can you handhold that lens?
maria

normhead · 08-23-2014, 05:46 PM

Awesome shots.

GvilleRick · 08-23-2014, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by mariakruse

Wow, nice shots. Can you handhold that lens?
maria

Thanks. I do handhold it most of the time. I have a monopod that I will use as well at times. I'm pretty tired at the end of the night.

**Miguel** · 08-23-2014, 08:23 PM

Those are quite nice, especially the last one, the second, and the third one. It's all about faces really. Also nice to have shutter speed at least 1/750 for crispness which is not easy at dusk.

M

mariakruse · 08-24-2014, 05:26 AM

Originally posted by GvilleRick

Thanks. I do handhold it most of the time. I have a monopod that I will use as well at times. I'm pretty tired at the end of the night.

I thought you might but wanted to be sure. Those are really well taken photos. Nice capture on the expressions.
maria

**mattb123** · 09-01-2014, 09:27 AM

A little more cycling
K-3 & DA* 16-50/2.8

**dadipentak** · 09-01-2014, 03:44 PM

Originally posted by mattb123

A little more cycling

Do I detect a touch of flash? If so, it's effective but very subtle.

johnmflores · 09-01-2014, 04:03 PM

Originally posted by dadipentak

Do I detect a touch of flash? If so, it's effective but very subtle.

I think so. Graham Watson popularized the use of flash in cycling photography many moons ago.

**mattb123** · 09-01-2014, 08:46 PM

Yes, forgot to list the Metz 58 AF-2. I've been running it in Auto mode with the camera in X-Sync and it can work pretty well (but not always).

bats · 09-03-2014, 11:26 AM

America's Pastime. Buster Posey smacks a line drive the other day in AT&T park. The Giants won, 4-1.

Taken with the Sigma 18-250, f8, 1/1000th of a second.
Shooting through a backstop from right behind home plate makes for some interesting challenges, both focus-wise and compositionally.

richardwong · 09-03-2014, 01:20 PM

All nice shots in here. I wish I could get my focus as good, more practice

rfg · 09-04-2014, 12:24 AM

Originally posted by bats

Shooting through a backstop from right behind home plate makes for some interesting challenges, both focus-wise and compositionally.

Nice, I like them both!

**Canada_Rockies** · 09-04-2014, 08:54 AM

Originally posted by bats

Shooting through a backstop from right behind home plate makes for some interesting challenges, both focus-wise and compositionally.

I found the same thing with soccer through the goal. At the time I was manual focus and manual exposure only. The way I got around it (and still do to shoot sports) is to prefocus and wait for the action to get there. I was issued two 36 exposure rolls of Tri-X for a game, so every shot had to be as close to a winner as I could get them. Exposure was no problem; the little piece of paper in the film cannister took care of that, and with Tri-X there was certainly some slack. The focus came down to knowing to the fraction of a fraction of a second what the shutter lag was when I pushed the release. That lag, by the way, is a heck of a lot longer and much less predictable when you allow your camera to set the exposure and focus after you press the button.

ml320x5 · 09-05-2014, 07:53 PM

Here are mine with K3, Pentax 60-250 & 55-300

08-23-2014, 08:15 PM	#199
GvilleRick Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,690	Sports Images with the K-3 Originally posted by mariakruse Wow, nice shots. Can you handhold that lens? maria Thanks. I do handhold it most of the time. I have a monopod that I will use as well at times. I'm pretty tired at the end of the night.

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08-23-2014, 03:59 PM	#196
GvilleRick Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,690	First football game of the season and first chance to use the K3. All with a Sigma 70-200 f/2.8. Looked like an interception: But ended up a TD for the other team.

08-23-2014, 04:48 PM	#197
mariakruse Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 199	Wow, nice shots. Can you handhold that lens? maria

08-23-2014, 05:46 PM	#198
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Awesome shots.

08-23-2014, 08:23 PM	#200
Miguel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near Seattle Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,743	Those are quite nice, especially the last one, the second, and the third one. It's all about faces really. Also nice to have shutter speed at least 1/750 for crispness which is not easy at dusk. M

08-24-2014, 05:26 AM	#201
mariakruse Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 199	Originally posted by GvilleRick Thanks. I do handhold it most of the time. I have a monopod that I will use as well at times. I'm pretty tired at the end of the night. I thought you might but wanted to be sure. Those are really well taken photos. Nice capture on the expressions. maria

09-01-2014, 09:27 AM	#202
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,874	A little more cycling K-3 & DA* 16-50/2.8

09-01-2014, 03:44 PM	#203
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by mattb123 A little more cycling Do I detect a touch of flash? If so, it's effective but very subtle.

09-01-2014, 04:03 PM	#204
johnmflores Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somerville, NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,361	Originally posted by dadipentak Do I detect a touch of flash? If so, it's effective but very subtle. I think so. Graham Watson popularized the use of flash in cycling photography many moons ago.

09-01-2014, 08:46 PM	#205
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,874	Yes, forgot to list the Metz 58 AF-2. I've been running it in Auto mode with the camera in X-Sync and it can work pretty well (but not always).

09-03-2014, 11:26 AM	#206
bats Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Francisco Photos: Gallery Posts: 102	America's Pastime. Buster Posey smacks a line drive the other day in AT&T park. The Giants won, 4-1. Taken with the Sigma 18-250, f8, 1/1000th of a second. Shooting through a backstop from right behind home plate makes for some interesting challenges, both focus-wise and compositionally.

09-03-2014, 01:20 PM	#207
richardwong Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Vancouver, BC Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 671	All nice shots in here. I wish I could get my focus as good, more practice

09-04-2014, 12:24 AM	#208
rfg Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sydney Posts: 139	Originally posted by bats Shooting through a backstop from right behind home plate makes for some interesting challenges, both focus-wise and compositionally. Nice, I like them both!

09-04-2014, 08:54 AM	#209
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Originally posted by bats Shooting through a backstop from right behind home plate makes for some interesting challenges, both focus-wise and compositionally. I found the same thing with soccer through the goal. At the time I was manual focus and manual exposure only. The way I got around it (and still do to shoot sports) is to prefocus and wait for the action to get there. I was issued two 36 exposure rolls of Tri-X for a game, so every shot had to be as close to a winner as I could get them. Exposure was no problem; the little piece of paper in the film cannister took care of that, and with Tri-X there was certainly some slack. The focus came down to knowing to the fraction of a fraction of a second what the shutter lag was when I pushed the release. That lag, by the way, is a heck of a lot longer and much less predictable when you allow your camera to set the exposure and focus after you press the button.

Sports Images with the K-3

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