Kickboxing pics

I took these last night:

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Well done. Very good action shots.

Thanks. The rest can be seen here: www.SnapLocally.com/53​008

mind if i ask what equipment and settings you used? I (try) shooting kickboxing quite often and mine all turn out very noisy and a lot of motion blur. I can't seem to nail it.

In a nutshell, fast glass and higher iso's.

The light in the upper right-hand corner is one the of four used to illuminate the event. I'm used to working with less than stellar lighting, though at first I had the same issues you did.

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Very nice action shots! Did you do any PP to reduce noise or are these as is(was?)?

Thanks. Generally speaking, the extent of "noise reduction" I do is to reduce achromatic noise ie. blue and red spotting. I don't try and reduce the grain, as it results in a softer image. Those images above are about as "noisy" as I'll allow. I often shoot MMA at the same iso, but I was forced to shoot a little faster this time around as it was 100% stand-up action.

Great Action Shots. I have an opportunity to do a match coming up and also would like to know what glass you were using? The ring I am shooting apparently also has a spot above for spectators too. Any tips you can offer? What glass gave you the best results? Thanks in advance.

I really like #4 & #5. The muscle definition in the boxers arm in #4 and the facial deformation from the punch in #5 are both great details!

jpyeast wrote in post #5946754
Great Action Shots. I have an opportunity to do a match coming up and also would like to know what glass you were using? The ring I am shooting apparently also has a spot above for spectators too. Any tips you can offer? What glass gave you the best results? Thanks in advance.

weird.......hahahahah. small world?