paintball practice

went to a teams practice, really nothing going on

but i got to decent snake runs that i thought turned out good
sorry, but i only uploaded the watermarked ones

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next run:

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nice,
Your abit underexposed though...
Post up some of a full game, i'm eager to see your work for a real game.

thanks, ya i figured that lol

ill have to post some stuff from almost a year ago lol this was the first time ive been out in months since ive been to school
take a look at my flickr if you get a chance
heres some stuff from actual games i have lol

Your still really dark on your shots... kick up your exposure abit...
What mode are you shooting in?

i think its just my processing ive been doing on a lot of them
im just tryin different things though
and i really shoot in Tv or M

plus i think a lot of these pics, the days were very cloud covered, with no sun, so that plays into the exposure

i find overcast makes for great photos... Mind you your f/ stop goes to 2.8, or atleast i do, since i don't like noise.
I shoot in Av mode, or if its always the same light i try for M.

drumebskater wrote in post #7599259
i think its just my processing ive been doing on a lot of them
im just tryin different things though
and i really shoot in Tv or M

plus i think a lot of these pics, the days were very cloud covered, with no sun, so that plays into the exposure

With paintball the lighting changes so frequently, I would HIGHLY recommend you shoot in AV mode.

dsul413 wrote in post #7604177
With paintball the lighting changes so frequently, I would HIGHLY recommend you shoot in AV mode.

Lighting changes frequently in paintball?...

Unless Im missing something, it looks like you just let the motor drive do some work for you and then posted it up here? Its just not interesting to me. Sorry.

All of the shots seem to be on the darker side of things, and Im not digging the batch vingette youve got going on.

As far as the match pictures, theyre really no different than the first ones. Just some people running and diving. No shooting (or rather no apparent shooting), nobody getting hit, nobody getting bunkered...

Just doesnt seem to be much there story-wise.

Theres one guy on here who does some really nice paintball photography. I cant remember his name exactly, but its something like "paintballphotography"​. Look up his stuff

Here, I did the legwork for you
https://photography-on-the.net …arch.php?search​id=7411223

AdamLewis wrote in post #7604999
Lighting changes frequently in paintball?...

Due to clouds and shadows when players move and how the sun/clouds are hitting the bunkers.

NotYourPsycho wrote in post #7605405
Due to clouds and shadows when players move and how the sun/clouds are hitting the bunkers.

So lighting changes a lot on partly cloudy days...Not just in paintball

AdamLewis wrote in post #7604999
Lighting changes frequently in paintball?...

I'm sorry, I didn't say outdoor sports...

It is still true though. Depending on where people are located on the field and the weather conditions the lighting can vary drastically.

The bunkers can cast nasty shadows. Who'd have thunk it. Throughout a day my settings change significantly, especially at tournaments where you have multiple locations. This happens without clouds too. Most paintball photographers also move quite a bit on the sides of the different fields to get shots.

THAT's why my advice is to shoot in Av.

dsul413 wrote in post #7605724
I'm sorry, I didn't say outdoor sports...

It is still true though. Depending on where people are located on the field and the weather conditions the lighting can vary drastically.

The bunkers can cast nasty shadows. Who'd have thunk it. Throughout a day my settings change significantly, especially at tournaments where you have multiple locations. Most paintball photographers also move quite a bit on the sides of the different fields to get shots.

Probably everyone would have thunk it, but if it is sunny youve really only got two lighting conditions you have to figure out. Sun and shade.

If its overcast, its pretty much only one.

If its partly cloudy, thats a different story but still not something too difficult to handle.

I guess what Im getting at is that Av mode is great but not something that is necessarily needed. Learning what light is there and adjusting accordingly will avoid erroneously metered shots and keep your exposure constant.

Im not saying you shouldnt shoot Av or that it makes you any less of a photographer if you choose to. Im just offering my two cents on it.

AdamLewis wrote in post #7605754
Probably everyone would have thunk it, but if it is sunny youve really only got two lighting conditions you have to figure out. Sun and shade.

If its overcast, its pretty much only one.

If its partly cloudy, thats a different story but still not something too difficult to handle.

I guess what Im getting at is that Av mode is great but not something that is necessarily needed. Learning what light is there and adjusting accordingly will avoid erroneously metered shots and keep your exposure constant.

Im not saying you shouldnt shoot Av or that it makes you any less of a photographer if you choose to. Im just offering my two cents on it.

I've shot manual as well - one of the problems is that the focus point in paintball varies considerably. In the leagues I shoot you have 7 people per team behind bunkers of various sizes on both sides of the field - with all due respect, you don't have two simple lighting conditions to handle in many cases, even in the sun, and due to the volume of shots I take, I find it easier at an event to shoot Av.

There is nothing wrong with manual, I shoot it many times when I'm at a local field having fun, but the volume of quality shots you get may be lower. The speed of the game combined with the varied lighting even on one side of the field makes it difficult to switch off a player to another player (when something exciting happens) and get anywhere close to a quality photo.

I also haven't seen any use for Tv in paintball, but that's my opinion. There really isn't a point to locking your shutter speed when you can maintain a shallow DOF and get nice high shutter speeds, or the highest possible given the lighting.

EDIT: Especially with the changes in color for teams that wear different colored jerseys (or teams that don't have a team jersey) or non-uniform colored bunkers you can get odd exposures if you have certain settings for shade and sun. That said, Av can also be off here.

I'll leave it as my preference for shooting paintball photography is Av due to many factors.

One thing to note is that the fields I shoot at have trees on one side or are surrounded by trees which cause some difficulties, so I may have some biases.