skateboarding photography w/ canon 15mm fisheye

[kylejackson]

These are from the first day I got my fisheye. Tell me what you think and what I could work on. Thanks.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2992195236_3beed5d9b7_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2992195212_73e06bb4de_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2992195174_ac6a9867fa_b.jpg

Canon Rebel XT, built in flash, 1/125

[EdBray]

Number 1 is good, number 3 is great not so keen on number 2 though!

[usingthejohn]

All are great...
Number 2 would have been awesome if your subject wasn't blurry.

[kylejackson]

thank you. i need to work on auto focusing, i use ai servo but should i follow the subject or focus in mid-trick?

[Flo]

Skateboarding is so fats...i would just practice with the manual focus...while they are in air, rails etc.see what works the best.
I really like the last one, enough blur to get the motion.

[MilenaMN]

I think they are cool pictures and definitely a great start. I would play with aperture. Maybe try no flash, as wide as you can, ISO way up. And also remember blur is not always bad. Oh and I would definitely try and find a chance to shoot something like this outside.
All in all I think you should definitely keep at it. Have fun!

[kylejackson]

Thanks for your input and suggestions everyone. I'll try them out and post the results sometime.

[sleepo]

Nice shots (I like #1).

Might be worth trying some panning?

[kylejackson]

So I took your advice on panning and this was my favorite result:


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/3008543091_5067b952a7_b.jpg



1/13, f/7.1, 400 ISO

[altered_pixel]

Hmmm how low can you get the aperture? 7.1 seems high for the lighting. 1/13 is definitely too low and that's why your pictures are blurring.

You need to try some outdoor skate photography, and it will turn out amazing!

Indoor you need a lens that lens in more light....that's the bottom line.

[kylejackson]

read before you post.

[fr0natz]

Pretty cool shots. You need to compose them better though. Get more of the skate spot in the shot and find the interesting angles.