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Forum: Photographic Technique
02-10-2011, 08:36 PM
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If you're on the sidelines, it's an excellent half-court lens! If you can, sit on the floor near one of the corners at your team's offensive end of the court: that's how I got the first one I posted (using that very lens.)
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Forum: Photographic Technique
02-03-2011, 10:13 AM
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Well, that's way better than my early attempts, HaWaIi50! You did a pretty nice job of panning but you're still getting motion blur in the arms & legs and I think you'd be better off with a much faster shutter speed, wider aperture and higher ISO. The color & contrast in the main subject isn't too bad: so I suspect the panning washed out the background to some extent. In any case, a little pp tweaking would do wonders.
Oh, and were you using the lens hood? If not, you certainly should.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
02-03-2011, 06:21 AM
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Amen to that! And they sometimes have mixed (tungsten/florescent/sodium and God only know what else) light which totally hoses WB.
The good news is that the K-x, K-r & K-5 are good tools for the job because of the high ISO performance.
I shoot my daughter's games in TAv (1/400s & f/3.5) and let the camera set the ISO.
Oh and keep in mind that technical flaws can be forgiven if you capture good action & intensity.
In badly lit venues, go...um...creative :lol:
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