I was at the Cubs game on Easter and was able to practice sports shooting. I'm trying to improve so that I can get better photos of my daughter's poms team this fall.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks!
Mary
mraynie Member 82 posts Joined Nov 2009 Location: Chicago area More info | Apr 26, 2011 17:45 | #1 I was at the Cubs game on Easter and was able to practice sports shooting. I'm trying to improve so that I can get better photos of my daughter's poms team this fall. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Mary
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Cozmocha Senior Member  728 posts Likes: 5 Joined Oct 2010 More info | Apr 26, 2011 20:51 | #3 If you only got it a few miliseconds before! Broken bat shots are cool but this is not a good seat to shoot from. Behind the plate can be good but at field level mostly. It seems a little dark to me also. -Kurt
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Apr 27, 2011 05:40 | #4 Thanks, I'm still practicing with the camera and didn't realize I even had a broken bat view til I got home. As for view, the tickets were free.
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vcrampton Member  171 posts Joined Feb 2011 Location: Orlando, Florida More info | Apr 27, 2011 09:38 | #5 If you really want to hone your skills, go find some youth leagues or amateur adult leagues. Go somewhere where you have some freedom to walk around, stand up and crouch. Honestly, I don't think this type of situation helps hone skills. There is no freedom to compose. It might help timing, but that would be it. Sports Shooter Profile
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Apr 27, 2011 11:24 | #6 Agreed. You've got to get in close, and move around trying different angles. Portrait, landscape, different shutter speeds. Now get in there and keep shooting! My pictures: John Wilke Photography
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Apr 27, 2011 13:31 | #7 mraynie wrote in post #12298209  Let me know what you think. What you'll learn, with experience, is that useful images should concentrate more tightly on the subject.
Focal Length: 200.0mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 0.0003 s (1/4000) ISO equiv: 1000 Exposure Bias: none Metering Mode: Matrix Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto) White Balance: Auto Flash Fired: No (enforced) Orientation: Normal Color Space: sRGB This image hints at what is possible with a long lens and a more useful location, down the first base line at ground level. In general, the most intriguing sports images show the participants' faces and have the action traveling toward the camera. Those images draw the viewer into the action, even if they're shot from hundreds of feet away using a supertelephoto lens. Sometimes, new sports photographers unconsciously duplicate what they see on television, a medium that can get away with action that moves away from the viewer and images that are not tightly framed. There's an exceptional example of intense baseball action in the amazing 2003 photo, by Mike Longo of the Associated Press, of Sammy Sosa being beaned.
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DHMN Goldmember 1,207 posts Joined Sep 2008 Location: Cloquet Minnesota More info | Apr 27, 2011 14:40 | #8 To shoot your daughter's 'poms' team.. cheerleading I am guessing, you'll likely be indoors or in low light outdoors if it's football and need a F2.8 lens or faster. F5 as in the broken bat picture isn't going to do you any good without setting up strobes. Would at least go up to ISO 500 with seeing the results in the Soriano photo. EOS 7D Sigma 70-200 F2.8 (1.4 extender outdoors) are the workhorses. 50D for backup, EF 70-300MM USM f/4-5.6 IS, Freelance photographer for local newspapers and my website viewthroughmylens.net
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Apr 27, 2011 16:10 | #9 Thanks all! I like taking pictures but am just not that great so I read and try to duplicate settings on my camera of pictures that I like and hope I end up with something nice-ish. After all that, I try to fix stuff in PS but have to play around with it til I get it how I like the shot. It's just a long learning curve for me.
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Apr 27, 2011 16:30 | #10  Is something like this better?
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DHMN Goldmember 1,207 posts Joined Sep 2008 Location: Cloquet Minnesota More info | Apr 27, 2011 17:47 | #11 That's a real good picture of 'Z.' Might lighten the face a tiny bit because of shadows. One split-second later at the release point would be cool too. EOS 7D Sigma 70-200 F2.8 (1.4 extender outdoors) are the workhorses. 50D for backup, EF 70-300MM USM f/4-5.6 IS, Freelance photographer for local newspapers and my website viewthroughmylens.net
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Apr 27, 2011 19:00 | #12 [QUOTE=DHMN;12304208]To shoot your daughter's 'poms' team.. cheerleading I am guessing, you'll likely be indoors or in low light outdoors if it's football and need a F2.8 lens or faster.
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