Skim Boarding

7D, 70-200 F2.8

1) 1/1000, f8, iso 250

Good action.
What Camera and settings ??

great action shots, very well done

EL_PIC wrote in post #14549249
Good action.
What Camera and settings ??

i add the info, thanks

rick_reno wrote in post #14549789
great action shots, very well done

thanks

JeffCanon wrote in post #14550725
i add the info, thanks

I guessed the info you put.
Was more interested in focus shoot modes ... you seem to capture the action well.
Did you have any soft focus shoots in serries ??

Why such small apertures ? where you shooting in Tv mode ? Why not M ? with smaller aperture such as f/2.8 the subject would be better isolated when background is busy.

The loose backgrounds really don't add anything to these shots, I'd like to see them cropped tighter and take shots with faces in view, like the other guy in #3.

rick_reno wrote in post #14549789
great action shots, very well done

Thanks

EL_PIC wrote in post #14550841
Was more interested in focus shoot modes ... you seem to capture the action well.
Did you have any soft focus shoots in serries ??

Used AI focus, center cluster, and RAW; Shaped all in Bridge

These are from a local competition back in May, I have a ton of shots from the event and yes some were soft or out of focus

silvex wrote in post #14555159
Why such small apertures ? where you shooting in Tv mode ? Why not M ? with smaller aperture such as f/2.8 the subject would be better isolated when background is busy.

Yes I was using Tv, I perfume to control shutter speed to help maintain the sharpness, small F-stop are for a wider depth of field

ChunkyDA wrote in post #14558109
The loose backgrounds really don't add anything to these shots, I'd like to see them cropped tighter and take shots with faces in view, like the other guy in #3.

The photog in #3 is one reason I like the shot; I belive wide crops or framing is the popular trend in action sport

At f/2.8 ISO100 you would have gotten over 1/3200 easy. Also having small apertures F11 and beyond it will soften the image due to diffraction.

http://www.cambridgein​colour.com …ffraction-photography.htm

In sports subject isolation is king...

Only reason to shoot wide is to include something like huge waves or random crowd to show how the participant is threading the needle. Take a look at sports illustrated or another popular outlet, all cropped tight unless there is some other reason to show context...cheering crowd, yardline marker to illustrate position on the field, coach yelling, etc. In these, tight crop will help unless (like #3) there is some other reason to include extra bits.

2 is my favorite of the set, cleanest background
Try to avoid thos cluttered BG's, they can be very distracting
as said earlier, open up the lens to isolate the subject further, and allow you to shoot at a higher hutter speed to avoid motion blur