First time 9A High School Baseball: Be nice!

[HuskiesD1]

I love shooting baseball now. Canon 20d with a 70-200 2.8

I should get a monopod.

A critique, if you could?

Some cropping, but no Photoshop.

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[ironbelle]

Your composition is great. You've really got some great action shots. Why did you have such as high exposure? I notice you used 1/2500. Some people like that exposure time, but it's a bit light for my taste. It makes the picture seem a bit too overexposed in my opinion. I would experient with a bit higher ISO and slower shutter speed than the present and see what you get during these day games. I've yet to use anything that fast and I shoot track cycling at a velodrome and don't go over 500. I also use AI Servo for action shots and that helps with making a sharper image. The images aren't as sharp as I would like them to be if they were my images. That is one thing I really work at - sharpness. I have the 70-200 and adore that lens on my 30D. That's my .02 from what I see and I'm sure someone will chime in with other info. Go out again and try the different suggestions you get here and see if the results are different.

[HuskiesD1]

Your composition is great. You've really got some great action shots. Why did you have such as high exposure? I notice you used 1/2500. Some people like that exposure time, but it's a bit light for my taste. It makes the picture seem a bit too overexposed in my opinion. I would experient with a bit higher ISO and slower shutter speed than the present and see what you get during these day games. I've yet to use anything that fast and I shoot track cycling at a velodrome and don't go over 500. I also use AI Servo for action shots and that helps with making a sharper image. The images aren't as sharp as I would like them to be if they were my images. That is one thing I really work at - sharpness. I have the 70-200 and adore that lens on my 30D. That's my .02 from what I see and I'm sure someone will chime in with other info. Go out again and try the different suggestions you get here and see if the results are different.


I actually overexposed by about 1/2 stop just to make sure.

I do use AI Servo, most of the time.

What shutter speed do you recommend for a sunny, bright day? I know the answer will depend!

[ironbelle]

I've seen some good action shots at 1/800. Alot of the shots I've seen that are great are under 1/1000. I did a shot at the local velodrome around 6:30 and used 1/320 with an ISO of 100 at f7.1. The image is good in my opinion but I was told that if had used an ISO of 400, I would have liked the results. The lens was the 70-300 f2.8. These bikes were moving also and I did pan to get this shot. I just wanted to show you an example of what I use and results I get. I'm going out again at the same time and hopefully the weather will be the same and I am going to try the new ISO setting and leave everything else the same. I'll see if there will be a difference in the image.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/472025176_845cd6635c.jpg

[RonnieA]

Your composition is great. You've really got some great action shots. Why did you have such as high exposure? I notice you used 1/2500. Some people like that exposure time, but it's a bit light for my taste. It makes the picture seem a bit too overexposed in my opinion. I would experient with a bit higher ISO and slower shutter speed than the present and see what you get during these day games. I've yet to use anything that fast and I shoot track cycling at a velodrome and don't go over 500. I also use AI Servo for action shots and that helps with making a sharper image. The images aren't as sharp as I would like them to be if they were my images. That is one thing I really work at - sharpness. I have the 70-200 and adore that lens on my 30D. That's my .02 from what I see and I'm sure someone will chime in with other info. Go out again and try the different suggestions you get here and see if the results are different.

Increasing ISO (from say 100-400) allows you to shoot with a faster shutter speed not slower. Cranking up the ISO and slowing down the shutter speed would only cause overexposure, correct? Am I missing something here? What you said seems backwards to me.

[RonnieA]

I've seen some good action shots at 1/800. Alot of the shots I've seen that are great are under 1/1000. I did a shot at the local velodrome around 6:30 and used 1/320 with an ISO of 100 at f7.1. The image is good in my opinion but I was told that if had used an ISO of 400, I would have liked the results. The lens was the 70-300 f2.8. These bikes were moving also and I did pan to get this shot. I just wanted to show you an example of what I use and results I get. I'm going out again at the same time and hopefully the weather will be the same and I am going to try the new ISO setting and leave everything else the same. I'll see if there will be a difference in the image.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/472025176_845cd6635c.jpg

Nice, sharp pic.

Increasing the ISO introduces grain and requires a faster shutter speed to get correct exposure. Considering you're after 'sharp' images and panning (using slower shutter speed to show motion), why mess with a good thing?

[ironbelle]

Increasing ISO (from say 100-400) allows you to shoot with a faster shutter speed not slower. Cranking up the ISO and slowing down the shutter speed would only cause overexposure, correct? Am I missing something here? What you said seems backwards to me.

I suggested that he experiment with a shutter speed not so high(perhaps not going over 1/1000 or a little lower) and bring up the ISO a little. Experimenting with different settings was my point I was making. Just as I said, I am going back and will experiment with a recommendation to see if it will make a difference. I won't shoot the entire event with the experimental settings, but I will take some frames.