5th Grade Basketball

[ladyups]

Ok, here are the only three that were worth showing. I did use my external flash and it helped a lot but my shutter speed was still a bit too slow for hand holding and I already had my ISO up to 800. The Sony has a ton of noise in the higher ISO's and I didn't want to go any higher. Neat Image did a fairly good job of removing most of it.

All comments are welcome..I want to learn!

[jerryph]

Hey Mary, the pics that you showed did come out well. ISO 800 cleaned up looks VERY good and your last pic looks really well exposed. I wished I could see the EXIF data, to see what the shutter speeds were.

Love the paw print on the cheek! :D (the little hot spot on the head gives away the fact that you were using on camera flash... lol)

[Snappers]

Very nice Mary. I too love the 2nd and last shot. Really well composed in the last shot.

[ladyups]

Yes, I used my flash and she was only about a foot from me. I should have aimed it up higher but forgot until after I took it and then she was gone.

Here's the exif on the other two. I'm thinking this might have been a good time to have a monopod. I didn't try upping the ISO to 1600 but maybe if I had, I could have got a higher shutter speed. I did have to up to 5.6 aperture so I could get it this high.

[coffee]

Nice Shots. I love schooll sport shots. Looks great!!

[jerryph]

Here's the exif on the other two. I'm thinking this might have been a good time to have a monopod. I didn't try upping the ISO to 1600 but maybe if I had, I could have got a higher shutter speed. I did have to up to 5.6 aperture so I could get it this high.



Aha, I was thinking it was under 1/100th. Do you know what the flash sync speed of your camera is? Is it 1/200th or 1/250th?

You could have gone up to your maximum sync speed easily, and lost nothing more than a little light ambient from the background... your foreground would have still been properly exposed and much reduced motion blur.

Give it a try! :)

As for me, I am going to take an afternoon off sometime this week and go back to that indoor ice rink with a few different lenses and play some more. I was learning and enjoying it a lot, but needed a little more practice.

[dkippen]

Mary - I like the action of the last one. I think for going in with your doubts, you did a fine job.

[ladyups]

Aha, I was thinking it was under 1/100th. Do you know what the flash sync speed of your camera is? Is it 1/200th or 1/250th?

You could have gone up to your maximum sync speed easily, and lost nothing more than a little light ambient from the background... your foreground would have still been properly exposed and much reduced motion blur.

Give it a try! :)

As for me, I am going to take an afternoon off sometime this week and go back to that indoor ice rink with a few different lenses and play some more. I was learning and enjoying it a lot, but needed a little more practice.

Yes, Jerry, I knew it was too slow of a shutter speed but I really know nothing about my flash. Like I said, I'm real knew to external flashes and still don't have a clue how to work them. I'll do some reading up on it and see what the sync speed is. :confused: Right now, all I do is put it on the camera and turn it on...:) I have a ton to learn and its starting to overwhelm this old brain.

[ladyups]

Mary - I like the action of the last one. I think for going in with your doubts, you did a fine job.

Thanks, Debbie...I'll get it someday...maybe by basketball season next year, I'll know what I'm doing.

[jerryph]

You are doing fine!

[LensBaby]

Mary I these turned out good. Sport photography that is indoors is not the easiest thing to do.