dmwierz wrote in post #5213942
Good call and I agree 100% that this comment was harsh and unhelpful.
However, the light isn't that bad, and by not overshooting your lens (more on this below), I'm convinced you could have done better. Yeah, it's challenging, but that's why you're here, right? To learn how to handle the situations that will baffle the GWC's out there.
Honestly, these are all underexposed and soft. I've posted the histogram of your first shot (the best capture, action wise) and you can see you're quantitatively close to 2 stops underexposed. Qualitatively, the shadows have almost no detail.
At:
Exposure Time: 1/1600 sec
F-Number: f/2.8
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
ISO Speed Rating: 800
Metering Mode: Pattern
I would have shot somewhere around 1/400s and ISO800 ( do not take this as gospel - you need to evaluate the light at the time you are shooting and make you own exposure decision) and this would have still been OK since these little guys don't move very fast. Heck, I've shot night MLS games at 1/640s, and while this wasn't great, it was OK.
Since you were in Av mode, I wonder how you could have missed the exposure by this much? I would use evaluative metering, for one and would also consider learning to shoot in manual. Av can and will be fooled (though not usually by 2 stops).
Now, which AF mode were you in? AI Servo?
How many focus points? Which ones?
Some of the softness could be from you overshooting your lens. In other words, you're shooting the 200 and trying to make it behave like a 400 by capturing action that's too far away and cropping severely. As has been said above, and in the words of Rocket J. Squirrel : "That trick never works!"
Good call and I agree 100% that this comment was harsh and unhelpful.
However, the light isn't that bad, and by not overshooting your lens (more on this below), I'm convinced you could have done better. Yeah, it's challenging, but that's why you're here, right? To learn how to handle the situations that will baffle the GWC's out there.
Honestly, these are all underexposed and soft. I've posted the histogram of your first shot (the best capture, action wise) and you can see you're quantitatively close to 2 stops underexposed. Qualitatively, the shadows have almost no detail.
At:
Exposure Time: 1/1600 sec
F-Number: f/2.8
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
ISO Speed Rating: 800
Metering Mode: Pattern
I would have shot somewhere around 1/400s and ISO800 ( do not take this as gospel - you need to evaluate the light at the time you are shooting and make you own exposure decision) and this would have still been OK since these little guys don't move very fast. Heck, I've shot night MLS games at 1/640s, and while this wasn't great, it was OK.
Since you were in Av mode, I wonder how you could have missed the exposure by this much? I would use evaluative metering, for one and would also consider learning to shoot in manual. Av can and will be fooled (though not usually by 2 stops).
Now, which AF mode were you in? AI Servo?
How many focus points? Which ones?
Some of the softness could be from you overshooting your lens. In other words, you're shooting the 200 and trying to make it behave like a 400 by capturing action that's too far away and cropping severely. As has been said above, and in the words of Rocket J. Squirrel : "That trick never works!"
Now that's what I needed.........
As stated early on.... I was trying different settings and needed feedback. You gave me just that... I will work off of your suggestions and see wat developes... Thank you for your feedback.........
