First time shooting (American) HS Football - C&C please

davidmigl · 2nd of September 2006 (Sat)

First game of the year for Grace Prep. Went out and rented a 300mm f/2.8L lens for the weekend - wow! I'm feeling a few symptoms of L sickness. I definitely needed the 2.8 - wide open, ISO 1600, and still marginal shutter speeds of ~1/240-500 when the sun went down. Anyway...

GPA takes the field...

Thud...

Backup QB warming up...

#45 runs away with the ball for a touchdown...

Don't know if the EXIF is intact or not - I haven't had much experience with it.
Thanks for looking!
David Migl

Servo'd · 2nd of September 2006 (Sat)

Nice..., but where are the cheerleader shots

?

Stanley Krute · 2nd of September 2006 (Sat)

Hi David

Nice shots. HS night football is TOUGH.

One item: your colors are too bluish. You need to fix the
color temperature in post-processing.

-- stan

Croasdail · 2nd of September 2006 (Sat)

well done for a first try at it. I am guessing you didn't do much to make these look their best on the web since they look a tad soft... but I am sure they would pop up very nicely.

davidmigl · 4th of September 2006 (Mon)

Thanks - I haven't gone much in the way of post-processing as I'm not very knowledgeable in that - any tutorials you can point me to?
Talk about tough, especially the lighting all around and in the end zone. One shot I got of an endzone celebration was at f/2.8, ISO 1600, and still needed to be at 1/125.
I tried to rent a 70-200mm L but the camera shop was out of them. The 300mm was the only other 2.8 telephoto they had. It was way too tight for cheearleader shots - there's an excuse to buy another camera body and lens........

If you want to try to edit, have at it (how do I turn that option on, BTW?). I'll try adjusting the color temp. Thanks for all the comments.

cbock · 4th of September 2006 (Mon)

GREAT timing on the 'thud' shot!

2nd of September 2006 (Sat)	#1
davidmigl Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 189 IMAGE EDITING OK	First time shooting (American) HS Football - C&C please First game of the year for Grace Prep. Went out and rented a 300mm f/2.8L lens for the weekend - wow! I'm feeling a few symptoms of L sickness. I definitely needed the 2.8 - wide open, ISO 1600, and still marginal shutter speeds of ~1/240-500 when the sun went down. Anyway... GPA takes the field... Thud... Backup QB warming up... #45 runs away with the ball for a touchdown... Don't know if the EXIF is intact or not - I haven't had much experience with it. Thanks for looking! David Migl __________________ Canon Digital Rebel XT (Silver) \| 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Kit lens \| 70-300mm f/4-5.6 \| 85mm f/1.8 USM Last edited by davidmigl : 2nd of September 2006 (Sat) at 15:11.

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Servo'd Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 337 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: First time shooting (American) HS Football - C&C please Nice..., but where are the cheerleader shots ? __________________ [Canon EOS 5D] [Canon EOS 350D] \| Canon 50mm f/1.8 \| Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 \| Front lens cap \| Rear lens cap \| Manfrotto Camera bag\| B+W 67mm filter \| Box for filter \| B+W warranty\| Shutter cap \| Box for 50mm \| Box for 350D \| Canon EOS neckstrap \| 350D Manual \| 350D Warranty \| CD w/ Drivers \| Bubble wrap \| CF card case \| Battery charger \| USB transfer wire \| Power cable

2nd of September 2006 (Sat)	#3
Stanley Krute Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1	Re: First time shooting (American) HS Football - C&C please Hi David Nice shots. HS night football is TOUGH. One item: your colors are too bluish. You need to fix the color temperature in post-processing. -- stan

4th of September 2006 (Mon)	#5
davidmigl Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 189 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: First time shooting (American) HS Football - C&C please Thanks - I haven't gone much in the way of post-processing as I'm not very knowledgeable in that - any tutorials you can point me to? Talk about tough, especially the lighting all around and in the end zone. One shot I got of an endzone celebration was at f/2.8, ISO 1600, and still needed to be at 1/125. I tried to rent a 70-200mm L but the camera shop was out of them. The 300mm was the only other 2.8 telephoto they had. It was way too tight for cheearleader shots - there's an excuse to buy another camera body and lens........ If you want to try to edit, have at it (how do I turn that option on, BTW?). I'll try adjusting the color temp. Thanks for all the comments. __________________ Canon Digital Rebel XT (Silver) \| 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Kit lens \| 70-300mm f/4-5.6 \| 85mm f/1.8 USM

4th of September 2006 (Mon)	#6
cbock Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: La Mesa, CA Posts: 917 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: First time shooting (American) HS Football - C&C please GREAT timing on the 'thud' shot! __________________ Body: 1DIIn Canon Glass: 16 - 35 II F2.8L \| 24 - 70 F2.8L \| 50 II F1.8 \| 70 - 200 F2.8L IS \| 300 F4L IS Sigma Glass: 24-60 F2.8 EX DG \| 70-200 F2.8 EX DG HSM APO \| 30 F1.4 EX DC HSM Other Stuff: Canon 580 EX II \| Vivitar 285HV \| Manfrotto 679B & 488RC0 \| StarFlash 650 & 300

2nd of September 2006 (Sat)	#4
Croasdail Cream of the Crop Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 6,588 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: First time shooting (American) HS Football - C&C please well done for a first try at it. I am guessing you didn't do much to make these look their best on the web since they look a tad soft... but I am sure they would pop up very nicely. __________________ Mark Its by knowing and mastering all the rules that you learn which ones you can break.

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