Epic Fail at Softball pics

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You should post six to ten here. Probably no one is going to go through all of those photos.

I looked at a few photos and these were my first impressions:

Photos aren't tight enough, I don't know what lens you were using but you need a longer lens and you need to crop more.

Shutter speed is too low for most of the shots causing excessive blurring.

This would be a great spot for strobes/flashes if possible, the recycle time on the field lights are causing dark areas in your photos. This is the downside of shooting ambient at night.

Photos should be straightened

If you can't use strobes/flashes, I would attempt to take multiple shots in attempt to get one or two that have correct lighting, then toss the rest that can't be recovered.


I would try shooting during the day first to get most of this down, then work on getting good night shots.

geoff5093 wrote in post #13895546
This would be a great spot for strobes/flashes if possible, the recycle time on the field lights are causing dark areas in your photos.

For what it's worth, it's generally considered inappropriate to use a flash for softball/baseball games (at least here in my area).

I clicked on the link, and didn't see any softball pictures...

I dont know why it dont work
Yea I know I have straight issues
No flash at night
I dont have any strobes

I shot 1000 iso to cut on grain
between 1/250 and 1/500 for some
if they were standing still I went at higher ss

I did machine gun a lot
tossed a lot
yeah ambiant light sucks

thanks to all

burnet44 wrote in post #13896221
I dont know why it dont work
Yea I know I have straight issues
No flash at night
I dont have any strobes

I shot 1000 iso to cut on grain
between 1/250 and 1/500 for some
if they were standing still I went at higher ss

I did machine gun a lot
tossed a lot
yeah ambiant light sucks

thanks to all

I don't know what camera you're shooting with but shoot at the ISO that gives you the correct (or even slightly over) exposure. A noisy correctly exposed photo is better (and easier to fix) then a high ISO underexposed photos. Not to mention it will let you increase your shutter speed.

As far as noise at high ISO, if you're going to be shooting a lot of nighttime games then you should get some high ISO noise reduction software and really learn how to use it (like Noiseware Pro or equivalent).

Something else you should look at (if you didn't) is to shoot in M mode. With nighttime photos with little light it can be tricky for the camera to give you the same exposure over and over again, if if the lighting is even on the field then you can set it once and forget about it. If it isn't even figure out the correct settings for the different parts of the field and adjust on the fly.

burnet44 wrote in post #13896221
I dont know why it dont work
Yea I know I have straight issues
No flash at night
I dont have any strobes

I shot 1000 iso to cut on grain
between 1/250 and 1/500 for some
if they were standing still I went at higher ss

I did machine gun a lot
tossed a lot
yeah ambiant light sucks

thanks to all

How did you get 1/250 - 1/500 with ambient light and only on ISO 1000? It looks like the shutter speeds were below 1/160 for most of the shots.

It depends on your camera, but you should be able to shoot at a much higher ISO then then. When I shoot indoors with my 7D I typically use ISO3200 - ISO5000.