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Baseball shots tips
Hi,
I've got some good seats to see the Padres take on the Cardinals tomorrow night, so I'm hoping to take some shots with my new D50. I have the Nikon 18-70mm (f/3.5-4.5G) lens and also a Sigma 28-300 (f/3.5-6.3), and was hoping for some tips on settings etc for getting decent action shots, as well as some wider angle scenes of the ballpark. I'm very new to DSLRs so I won't be offended at what you may consider the most basic help! Shutter priority and keep it as fast as the light will allow? Sports mode? I won't be taking a tripod. Thanks for any help... -- -Take out Ron to reply- My games blog: http://bloggisgames.blogspot.com GT4 pics slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_bogg...s/162932/show/ |
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Baseball shots tips
Dr. Boggis wrote:
Hi, I've got some good seats to see the Padres take on the Cardinals tomorrow night, so I'm hoping to take some shots with my new D50. I have the Nikon 18-70mm (f/3.5-4.5G) lens and also a Sigma 28-300 (f/3.5-6.3), and was hoping for some tips on settings etc for getting decent action shots, as well as some wider angle scenes of the ballpark. I'm very new to DSLRs so I won't be offended at what you may consider the most basic help! Shutter priority and keep it as fast as the light will allow? Sports mode? I won't be taking a tripod. Probably will need to boost the ISO setting for action at 300mm f/6.3 and that'll be manual focus. |
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Dr. Boggis wrote:
Hi, I've got some good seats to see the Padres take on the Cardinals tomorrow night, so I'm hoping to take some shots with my new D50. I have the Nikon 18-70mm (f/3.5-4.5G) lens and also a Sigma 28-300 (f/3.5-6.3), and was hoping for some tips on settings etc for getting decent action shots, as well as some wider angle scenes of the ballpark. I'm very new to DSLRs so I won't be offended at what you may consider the most basic help! Shutter priority and keep it as fast as the light will allow? Sports mode? I won't be taking a tripod. Thanks for any help... My 2˘: Take your meter readings off of the green grass and use that for all shots...re-adjusting as lighting conditions change. This will prevent your meter from being fooled by white uniforms or dark uniforms/skin. Green grass makes for an excellent middle-tone, and is great for metering things like weddings and ball games--where attire is often extreme whites and darks. If you're shooting plays at the bases, you'll want to stay pointed at the base area rather than tracking the runner. Otherwise you'll get motion blur around the first baseman (and everything else in the frame) except for the runner...which makes for a rather weird rendition. Usually -better/more natureal to have the stationary player (the first baseman) still and sharp, leaving any motion blur to the moving runner...unless you are simply focusing ONLY on the runner's movement, etc. Just in case you hav REALLY close seats (like just of of first base) where you could use fill flash from a powerful shoe mount...make sure you switch to second curtain synch...so any ghosting shows up BEHIND the action, rather than weirdly showing up in front of the runner, etc. If you're shooting the batter, think about where his best movement will be when his position is most interesting. Are you after his stance? His swing? Ball-off-the-bat? Ball travel? Do you want to capture the entire scene (batter, catcher, ump and ball travel)? --Of course if you can't get close enough to frame tightly, none of these will matter so much...but its worth thinking about. Pitcher shots can be interesting with all the various arm movements and release angles. Many pitchers look quite contorted when their arm movement is frozen. Remember that you can crop later when trying to get quick action. This helps when you're trying to capture a play in the field, since it's very tricky to be fully zoomed on a playeras the ball gets there. Your telephoto zooms at a very slow f6.3. This means you'll have to really crank up the ISO, or you'll never get the shutter speeds you need (under the lights). -Better to have a little high-ISO noise in a sharp picture than to have excessive motion blur or camera-movement blur. Try to shoot at 1/250th or higher if you want to freeze the action (that isn't going to freeze the ball...) If you're taking shots of the pitcher, focus on where he'll be when he's in his motion toward the plate, and then stop AF if your camera lets you do that via a button, etc. and frame with some space in front of him so you catch ball movement on the release, rather than have him end up throwing his arm right into the hard edge of your picture. Remember that shots don't have to be close telephotos to tell the story. Sometimes giving some context (umpire and fielder) to the center of attention (batter) is a good thing. Here's an example in a shot I grabbed of Tony Gwynn's final big league hit (Qualcomm)...right toward his favorite 5.5 hole: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/50566039/original The best news is...with digital, you'll have an immediate indication of how its going--unlike film. Where are your seats at Petco? There are a lot of good angles from the seats in the new ballpark compared with Qualcomm...where everything seemed so far away. I'll likely be there the next night (Saturday)... -Mark˛ -- Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark˛ at: www.pbase.com/markuson |
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Do take a monopod if you can... f6.3 is a bit slow if light is poor.
Pump up the ISO to 400 or even 800. Use manual exposure - meter off something in scene like grass, flesh or other mid tones... this will stop player's white outfits from over-exposing. Check histogram... (Shoot RAW if you use this workflow). Look for 'peak of action' - a sports trigger finger needs practice ( the difference between a killer shot and an 'almost spot on' is timing). Shade light is much nicer than direct sunlight... Get close to the action - even a 300mm needs some help. Enjoy... :-) Guy "Dr. Boggis" wrote in message ... Hi, I've got some good seats to see the Padres take on the Cardinals tomorrow night, so I'm hoping to take some shots with my new D50. I have snipped Sports mode? I won't be taking a tripod. Thanks for any help... -- -Take out Ron to reply- My games blog: http://bloggisgames.blogspot.com GT4 pics slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_bogg...s/162932/show/ |
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In article ,
"Bigguy" wrote: Do take a monopod if you can... f6.3 is a bit slow if light is poor. Pump up the ISO to 400 or even 800. Use manual exposure - meter off something in scene like grass, flesh or other mid tones... this will stop player's white outfits from over-exposing. Check histogram... (Shoot RAW if you use this workflow). Look for 'peak of action' - a sports trigger finger needs practice ( the difference between a killer shot and an 'almost spot on' is timing). Shade light is much nicer than direct sunlight... Get close to the action - even a 300mm needs some help. Enjoy... :-) Oh, I'll be enjoying, even if my camerawork isn't up to scratch! Thanks for the tips. It gets dark here about 8.30pm these days, right in the middle of the game, so I'll have to keep an eye on the meter for the changing light conditions. Of course the stadium lights will be on for most of the time, but I'm also going to get there way early to catch some of BP and so on. -- -Take out Ron to reply- My games blog: http://bloggisgames.blogspot.com GT4 pics slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_bogg...s/162932/show/ |
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In article dgtdg.3945$rS6.2676@fed1read11,
"Mark˛" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote: [snip lots of great stuff] Remember that shots don't have to be close telephotos to tell the story. Sometimes giving some context (umpire and fielder) to the center of attention (batter) is a good thing. Here's an example in a shot I grabbed of Tony Gwynn's final big league hit (Qualcomm)...right toward his favorite 5.5 hole: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/50566039/original Nice! Captures the moment very nicely. I was at that game too :-) Where are your seats at Petco? There are a lot of good angles from the seats in the new ballpark compared with Qualcomm...where everything seemed so far away. Yep - we're in row 6 of field level 117, by the visitor's bullpen. So I'm hoping to get some good action shots of plays at first and second... Thanks for all the advice and things to think about! -- -Take out Ron to reply- My games blog: http://bloggisgames.blogspot.com GT4 pics slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_bogg...s/162932/show/ |
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Baseball shots tips
Dr. Boggis wrote:
Hi, I've got some good seats to see the Padres take on the Cardinals tomorrow night, so I'm hoping to take some shots with my new D50. I have the Nikon 18-70mm (f/3.5-4.5G) lens and also a Sigma 28-300 (f/3.5-6.3), and was hoping for some tips on settings etc for getting decent action shots, as well as some wider angle scenes of the ballpark. I'm very new to DSLRs so I won't be offended at what you may consider the most basic help! Shutter priority and keep it as fast as the light will allow? Sports mode? I won't be taking a tripod. Thanks for any help... So how did it go? Any pictures you can post? -- Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark˛ at: www.pbase.com/markuson |
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In article ,
"Dr. Boggis" wrote: In article pTneg.4816$rS6.2615@fed1read11, "Mark˛" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote: Dr. Boggis wrote: Hi, I've got some good seats to see the Padres take on the Cardinals tomorrow night, so I'm hoping to take some shots with my new D50. I have the Nikon 18-70mm (f/3.5-4.5G) lens and also a Sigma 28-300 (f/3.5-6.3), and was hoping for some tips on settings etc for getting decent action shots, as well as some wider angle scenes of the ballpark. I'm very new to DSLRs so I won't be offended at what you may consider the most basic help! Shutter priority and keep it as fast as the light will allow? Sports mode? I won't be taking a tripod. Thanks for any help... So how did it go? Any pictures you can post? The game was great, we won 7-1 .... but the seats weren't as good as I'd hoped for photography, a few too many heads in the way, and the first base umpire and coach obscured the pitcher. I've only just got back into work where I have a computer to handle them, but I'll put a link up if any of them are worth showing. OK, well here's a panorama I made from some shots before the game. http://static.flickr.com/78/15675654...fca3a0.jpg?v=0 It's a bit blown out on the left, and a bit dark on the right, but I'm not sure there's much I could do about that. I took meter readings across the whole scene and then shot with an "average" setting. Is there a better way to do it? Also just one of Mike Piazza blowing his gum before the game. Nothing that special about it, unless you're a fan! http://static.flickr.com/76/15678529...6af91a.jpg?v=0 -- -Take out Ron to reply- My games blog: http://bloggisgames.blogspot.com GT4 pics slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_bogg...s/162932/show/ |
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Nicely exposed...
Guy "Dr. Boggis" wrote in message ... In article , "Dr. Boggis" wrote: In article pTneg.4816$rS6.2615@fed1read11, "Mark˛" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote: Dr. Boggis wrote: Hi, I've got some good seats to see the Padres take on the Cardinals tomorrow night, so I'm hoping to take some shots with my new D50. I have the Nikon 18-70mm (f/3.5-4.5G) lens and also a Sigma 28-300 (f/3.5-6.3), and was hoping for some tips on settings etc for getting decent action shots, as well as some wider angle scenes of the ballpark. I'm very new to DSLRs so I won't be offended at what you may consider the most basic help! Shutter priority and keep it as fast as the light will allow? Sports mode? I won't be taking a tripod. Thanks for any help... So how did it go? Any pictures you can post? The game was great, we won 7-1 .... but the seats weren't as good as I'd hoped for photography, a few too many heads in the way, and the first base umpire and coach obscured the pitcher. I've only just got back into work where I have a computer to handle them, but I'll put a link up if any of them are worth showing. OK, well here's a panorama I made from some shots before the game. http://static.flickr.com/78/15675654...fca3a0.jpg?v=0 It's a bit blown out on the left, and a bit dark on the right, but I'm not sure there's much I could do about that. I took meter readings across the whole scene and then shot with an "average" setting. Is there a better way to do it? Also just one of Mike Piazza blowing his gum before the game. Nothing that special about it, unless you're a fan! http://static.flickr.com/76/15678529...6af91a.jpg?v=0 -- -Take out Ron to reply- My games blog: http://bloggisgames.blogspot.com GT4 pics slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_bogg...s/162932/show/ |
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Baseball shots tips
I went to the day game yesterday, in some great seats right behind the
plate. The screen/netting got in the way a little bit on the wider angle shots, but is less noticeable on the closeups. Here are the three I liked the most: http://static.flickr.com/76/15809526...g?v=1149183985 http://static.flickr.com/51/15809526...g?v=1149183930 http://static.flickr.com/54/15809526...g?v=1149184048 |
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