First outing...

[slicendice]

My first trip out to the local water park with new 20D and Tamron 28-75 and as luck would have it, there were some water skiers out too!

I take my hat off to you high-speed sports shooters - man it is hard getting a decent image of a fast moving subject! This was the best of what was in all honesty a pretty mediocre bunch of pics!! :confused:

It was the first time I've really used the cam, so wan't too sure about what settings etc to use - but there is plenty of time to learn!

Comments, etc welcome...

[DavidEB]

That's a good shot. Same technique with a longer lens and you're there.

I haven't ever shot water skiing, but with action shots, these are things I find helpful...
-- single focus point at center
-- wide aperature, high ISO (800 or 1600), fastest possible shutter speed
-- find tree to lean against, use monopod, get good support
-- on my 20D (relatively new) I've been using Custom function 4 set to 1, very helpful

My sports shots got a lot better when I moved up from my old long lens (max f4-5.6) to a 70-200 f2.8


have fun improving, but you've got a good start

[PhotosGuy]

It was the first time I've really used the cam, so wan't too sure about what settings etc to use Try shooting RAW so there's room to play with the pic after. You probably won't even to need to go into PS.
RawShooter
http://www.outbackphoto.com/artofraw/raw_18/essay.html