new BB photos

this was our last home game and since im not able to follow our team out to south Carolina i tried a lot of new things last night mainly a higher shutter speed. i tried going up to 1/640 but i felt like with the noise it was producing and the images not being perfectly in focus every since time or very sharp at f2 i went down to 1/500 which is an upgrade from what i normally shot in the past which was 400

i was not as happy with the photos i got last night than i have got in the past. i think it was because there just was not as much action under the basket as the final score was 90-48.

some of these were accidentally shot at 1.8 because of the wheel on the back of the 7d i now realize that i can use the lock switch so i dont change fStop on accident while shooting. i intended to shoot them at f2

settings: f2 (sometimes f1.8) 1/500 ISO 2500

I think you have great captures!! They look a tad underexposed.

yea i didnt want to go any higher with the ISO because it just seemed like the noise was so much that i wouldnt be able to remove it (even though i dont know how ) because i was shooting jpeg. i didnt want to lose too much sharpness due to focus not being perfect with that 50/1.8 but im seriously looking into that 1.4 in hopes that it will be a little cleaner and just overall a better performing lens for shots like these as well as occasion portraits. also looking into the 135L but im not sure how i would use it for basketball as much as other sports and video work

im not 100% sure if the way im looking at what i have and what i want is right. not very advanced with photography since i havent been doing it for even a full year yet, but i have been doing video work for a long time

Brian_R wrote in post #11947904
.. because i was shooting jpeg

BURN HERETIC!

Just kidding. You should really shoot in RAW format, it preserves much more data so post processing is made much easier. You can then correct the exposure (and reduce noise)

I second what Avarus was saying in shooting in RAW. Also look into noise ninja to use with photoshop. I wasn't a believer until I finally gave it a shot and it works very nicely. Great captures though.