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08/19/2005 12:15:07 PM · #1 |
My daughter is on a swim team, and I am being asked to take some pictures of races of some of the swimmers. It's an indoor pool, and the lighting is poor, and many of the test pictures I have taken are very washed out.
Any tips on settings that will get the best results?
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08/19/2005 01:01:58 PM · #2 |
I've never shot swimmers but for sports action in poor lighting I use a fast aperture lens (85mm f1.8) and a high ISO setting, 400, 800 or even 1600.
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08/19/2005 07:44:18 PM · #3 |
Can you use a flash? If so, a gold colored Sto fen diffuser will give nice saturated images. You can also increase contrast and saturation in PP as well.
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08/19/2005 07:59:41 PM · #4 |
use strobes if you have access to some-
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08/19/2005 08:43:30 PM · #5 |
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08/20/2005 11:49:05 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by yido:
Can you use a flash? If so, a gold colored Sto fen diffuser will give nice saturated images. You can also increase contrast and saturation in PP as well. |
Be careful with this. If the pool is lit by fluorescent lights you will have a problem with the gold Stofen, you will probably have better luck with the green Stofen (or a CTG gel on your flash).
Try taking a shot with white balance set to flash (or daylight). If it looks greenish, the lights are probably fluorescent. Put a green filter on your flash and let AWB do its work. (And shoot RAW so you can fix it later.) Also be aware of how your camera handles Av, Tv, P and M modes, and consider the ratio between the ambient light and the flash.
I've used the gold Stofen in a room with fluorescent lighting. The subjects look ok, but the background looks very green. |
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08/20/2005 11:57:34 AM · #7 |
And you can't use a flash..I got in trouble because my flash went off. hehehe...
if the pictures are washed out, set your shutter speed a bit faster. If it is to dark, set the shutter speed at 160 and bump up your iso and open up your aperture as far as you can. |
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08/21/2005 07:59:47 PM · #8 |
thanks everyone. I have several settings I can try now, but flashes are generally frowned upon, especially at the race start. The starter signal has a strobe that flashes on the top for the timers, so I'll have to go at it with a few more custom settings.
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08/21/2005 08:15:56 PM · #9 |
if your using flash, get in touch with a store that sells rosco products, they have a free flash filter offer on
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