the goal is chasing the moment of impact, or at least getting close enough to it that you can feel the energy and tension of the moment. for me, that's when stuff is in the air, whether it's feet, dirt, bodies, and/or a ball.
nice shots skip, love the soccer one. THe guy in the yellow looks like he is turning back to his team and asking what he should do, all while in mid air. lol
"The harder I work, the luckier I get"
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Great shots Skip, Have to say my favourite is the golf bunker one - Love the way the ball is captured (almost like a planet surrounded by a nebulae of comets. Any chance of providing a few details re shutter speeds, apertures and ISO
Any chance of providing a few details re shutter speeds, apertures and ISO
f/4, 1/8000, iso400. shot with a 1.4TC on my 70-200
tour golf is extremely difficult to shoot. for starters, you will get thrown out if you pop a single frame before they connect with the ball. they also rope off the course, allowing media to come inside no further than an arm's distance from the rope. this makes it real work to get meaningful shots. a lot of it is being at the right place at the right time.
f/4, 1/400, iso800. shot with a 1.4TC on my 70-200
although soccer probably provide more shooting opportunities than most sports, you either have to have equipment that can reach across the field, or you have to be very patient while waiting for the action to come to you, or both. even though you can get pretty good shots throughout the game, you can't afford to turn away from the game for even a moment, or you can easily miss the best shot of the night. this was shot on an overcast evening.
f/2.8, 1/200, iso1000. shot with my 70-200
it's been mentioned elsewhere that getting a shot of a pitcher isn't that big of a deal because it's so easy to anticipate the action. that's true to an extent, but, all the same, just because you know what the action is going to be doesn't really make it an automatic shot.
Skip looking at the thumbnail of the pitcher it looks like she has a handgun lol. You look a bit closer u see a round ended object which computes more towards a glove but from a distance man its funny lookin.
f/4, 1/400, iso8000. shot with a 1.4TC on my 70-200
Is that a typo, or did you really use ISO 8000? Obviously that is not available on a digital camera, but I didn't realize that it was an available speed on film either.
Is that a type, or did you really use ISO 8000? Obviously that is not available on a digital camera, but I didn't realize that it was an available speed on film either.
Look at the image directly above it
"f/4, 1/8000, iso400. shot with a 1.4TC on my 70-200 "
Im pretty sure this is what he meant for both images and it was a typo......
Oh an BTW Olympus has ISO 10,000 on a point and shoot and im not kidding. (Probly cruddy as heck but oh well)
yes, that was a typo--should have read iso800. thanks for the comments, glad ya'll are enjoying this stuff. and sher, you rock, too!
jon, i'd love to shoot a real, English rugby match. i shot one here last year and had loads of fun, but really had no clue what i was doing or what was going on.
