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Forum: Photographic Technique 04-23-2015, 07:53 AM  
Sports photography - single images
Posted By Wojetek
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DA 50/1.8 is a nice lens to start. I've made many photos on basketball with my 50mm in a very poor light - you only have to be close enough the action. DA 55-300 is a bit slow for sports, AF isn't fast but 300mm sometimes even on F5.8 can be very useful

For most sports you should have in your bag:
Fisheye (manual Samyang 8mm or DA 10-17/Sigma 10mm fish i.e.)
Standard zoom (for crop Sigma 17-50/2.8/Tamron or 28-70/2.8 for FF)
Longer zoom (for crop Sigma 50-150/2.8 or Pentax 50-135 or 70-200/2.8)
Long prime (200/2.8 or 300/4 or even 300/2.8)

I'm using 28mm and 50mm primes instead of standard zoom but sometimes you have no time to change lens so standard zoom is more practical



You need both :) (I would prefer Sigma 17-50/2.8 - 17-70 is 4.5 on long end and that's not fast). Tamron is a not best choice for sports (Sigma 50-150 or 70-200 AFs are better) but it's better than nothing.

---------- Post added 04-23-15 at 05:01 PM ----------

It's a photos thread so 2 mine shots from April soccer matches (more on Groundhopping Wlkp.



Forum: Photographic Technique 04-21-2015, 11:39 AM  
Sports photography - single images
Posted By Wojetek
Replies: 798
Views: 132,645
1. If you are shooting indoors always shot in RAW. You can always postprocess photos and change white balance/colors. In my opinion WB is way off on yours photo (too much red/magenta IMO)

2. More about posted photo: In my opinion it would be better if you have made this photo from a lower perspective (not above kid, but from knee or even floor perspective). Cutting a foot wasn't also a good idea when you were framing ;). Background is very important too - on that photo it's a bit distracting.

3. In the sports photography you need fast and long lenses. Faster lens gives you a possibility to maintain adequate shutter speed (1/320-1/1000 ) even in low light situation to freeze the movement. Longer focal length and fast aperture lenses (like 300/4, 70-200/2.8, 135/2.8, 85/1.4 or even 50/1.7) mostly creates nice bokeh and separation between athlete and background. If you want shoot indoor sports (probably in poor light) stick with lenses with aperture number 2.8 or lower (2, 1.7 and so on).

4. Place from you're making photos is very important - like Robert Capa said "if your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough"



Settings were good, probably even with 1/200s you could have a frozen movement. Feel free to experiment with settings for panning i.e. BBF helps a lot in sports photography - of course always in AF.C mode.

Nice tips you can find here:














You Tube



- it's a long video but worth to watch :).
Forum: Photographic Technique 12-29-2014, 09:52 AM  
Sports photography - single images
Posted By Wojetek
Replies: 798
Views: 132,645
I guess it's a good topic to post few of my photos :) These below are from my last groundhopper trip (25.10.2014): local derby in the southern Greater Poland in 7th football (soccer) league. In Poland we have 9 football leagues, the 7th level is called "A klasa" and it's fully amateur (like all leagues from 4th and below).

All: K5II & F 70-210/4-5.6
Sarnowianka Sarnowa (hosts, white shirts) vs Awdaniec Pakosław (red shirts) 0:2 (0-1)

Dribble attempt ;)


The second goal


Sarnowianka Fans
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