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gmen
14th of May 2005 (Sat), 16:19
Well, it was a day of track and field today - a first for me and a pleasant change. Here are some of the offerings from the high jump...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bm009.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bm004.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bm001.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bm007.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bm012.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bm008.jpg
PaCiFiSt
14th of May 2005 (Sat), 16:37
Nice job - What camera and settings?
GMosher
14th of May 2005 (Sat), 17:33
Excellent job stopping the action. The only thing I'd be interested to see is how they'd look from a very low angle looking upto the action to give asense of the height of the jump, but thats just me.

Great photos here!
gmen
14th of May 2005 (Sat), 17:49
The only thing I'd be interested to see is how they'd look from a very low angle looking upto the action to give asense of the height of the jump, but thats just me.
Fair point GMosher. Sadly the bar wasn't particularly high. I shot these images sitting on the ground so as to eliminate the dreadful cluttered backgrounds that seemed to be everywhere! To give you an idea of the bar height (or lack of it), here's another shot... the red thingmy at the bottom is the mat...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bn009.jpg
Incomplete Pete
14th of May 2005 (Sat), 18:12
Nice shots! Still getting to grips with my 1D MkII, just curious as to settings you have in camera, my shots seem to be washed out a bit, is it just saturation or other methods? I'm worryingly cluess when it comes to some areas of photography! lol
PhotosGuy
14th of May 2005 (Sat), 20:31
Very nice shots!
gmen
15th of May 2005 (Sun), 14:16
Nice shots! Still getting to grips with my 1D MkII, just curious as to settings you have in camera, my shots seem to be washed out a bit, is it just saturation or other methods? I'm worryingly cluess when it comes to some areas of photography! lol
Cheers Pete. Nothing special to say about settings really. These were shot as jpegs since I was on a deadline... with all the in-camera parameters at zero except for contrast which was set to -1.

As for post-production, I have resized, added a little contrast to some of the images where needed and sharpened for the web. No additional saturation was added.

I suppose the key factors were getting the exposure pretty much spot on for every shot and being able to shoot at very low ISO (100-200).
gmen
17th of May 2005 (Tue), 15:51
Nice job - What camera and settings?
Thanks PaCiFiSt.... in general these were shot at 420mm (300mm f/2.8L + 1.4x extender) at 1/1000s, f/4 or f/5.
R Schade
17th of May 2005 (Tue), 15:58
Great shots gmen, Your a very prolific poster today. All your shots have been great. Thanks for sharing your shots and your techniques with us.
RbrtPtikLeoSeny
18th of May 2005 (Wed), 06:03
The second one is crazy! Some of those guys are incredibly good at that! Good job!
Ian_H
18th of May 2005 (Wed), 13:50
Very nice shots :) very vibrant colours


Cheers
Ian
DigitDan
18th of May 2005 (Wed), 23:14
Excellent shots!! I love shooting track and field, especially high jump and pole vault.

Dan
gmen
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 04:59
Excellent shots!! I love shooting track and field, especially high jump and pole vault.

Dan
Thanks DigitDan! I have to say I now share your passion... looking forward to the next running, jumping and throwing frenzy!
Aggy
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 13:47
I like that 6th shot, the athletes contorted legs with his feet in opposing directions adds something for me
gmen
25th of May 2005 (Wed), 01:34
I like that 6th shot, the athletes contorted legs with his feet in opposing directions adds something for me
Thanks Aggy... I didn't shoot many from that particular angle... but that pic worked out reasonably well.