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04/27/2004 03:14:46 PM · #1 |
Any comments for improvement would be greatly appreciated.
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04/27/2004 03:29:33 PM · #2 |
| Overall they seem very good... my biggest suggestion would be to try to get in a little closer to the subjects. It seems like there's a lot of extra real estate in some of those shots that could be cropped out, or zoomed in closer to begin with. |
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04/27/2004 03:31:18 PM · #3 |
I viewed a few.. seem decent.. but hard to tell because of the way you have your gallery set up.
I don't like having to scroll down to see the photo, and, esp. with the vertical shots, not being able to see their entirity anyway.
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04/27/2004 03:34:05 PM · #4 |
Great captures. Only one thing really stands out as being negative - most pictures seem to be slightly over-exposed; notice how bright and washed out the white uniforms look. But this should be an easy fix in Photoshop or in your RAW conversion program.
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04/27/2004 03:36:15 PM · #5 |
Looking at those makes me want to go watch a Colorado Rockies game. What fun. They turned out pretty good.
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04/27/2004 03:53:23 PM · #6 |
Thanks for all the comments. I appreciate the help.
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04/27/2004 03:54:49 PM · #7 |
Good job getting the ball in most of the photos... thats a big part of sports photography... however places that could be improved are...
- zooming in, or at least some major cropping, as alansfreed said, there is a LOT of extra stuff in those photos that really doesn't need to be there... I want to see where the action is... I don't care whats happening around it, where the setting is... you can get that along with crowd photos and what not if you decide to. Also... one of the big things that make sports photos truly effectual are faces, their reactions, intense looks, looks of pain, concentration... all of that, but you don't get that in these photos.
- You should be using as low number an F-stop as possible... (2.8 is optimal if you have it, and go from there) WHY? This will clean up your background, seperate what you are focusing on from the rest of the stuff... make your person pop out, and bring your eye to the action. Otherwise, you get the busyiness of the background distracting you... if you can't manage to get the background blurry, then pay EXTREME attention to your background...
- Your uniforms are definitely too bright and washed out... you can try and fix that in photoshop or raw, but if there is nothing to work with in the first place, you won't be able to do anything about it. You should go for the best photo possible straight from the camera...
- I noticed that a lot of your shots are of the backs of the players... really pay attention to the game, and say, to your pitcher... if possible, especially when there are nine innings, try to shoot the pitcher from the other side if you continuously get their back.
Thats all I can think of right now... hope these help... please don't take them negatively... definitely a good first try.. sports are difficult (and I definitely find baseball extra difficult) goodluck!
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04/27/2004 03:57:14 PM · #8 |
| need a shallow depth of feild , nice and sharp thou |
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04/27/2004 03:58:23 PM · #9 |
Overall, they look pretty good. You got some good action shots. Just a few suggestions:
1) Zoom in a little tighter to the player.
2) might want to stop down 1 or 2 stops when the jersey is white and the sun is on it.
good job. |
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04/27/2004 04:04:20 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by RiderGal:
Thats all I can think of right now... hope these help... please don't take them negatively... definitely a good first try.. sports are difficult (and I definitely find baseball extra difficult) goodluck! |
I didnt take your comments as negative at all... very helpful as a matter of fact. Thanks for all your suggestions.
I do shoot in Av mode with the f-stop set to the lowest number possible, but unfortunatly when I'm zoomed in, the lowest number is typically 4.0
As far as the white uniforms being overexposed and washed out... should I underexpose in the camera to adjust this? And just curious, but I use my camera to meter, so how would I know when to apply an under or over exposure? Does it depend on the colors I'm shooting?
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04/27/2004 05:16:59 PM · #11 |
Lose that blue bar at the bottom that has the thumbs. Set it up so that one click on the next button is all you need to see another complete image, no scrolling please.
A lot of them are cropped strangely to get long, low rectangles; that's great for landscapes but not sports action. |
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04/27/2004 05:55:58 PM · #12 |
ridergal and alansfreed are the professionals here, and left great tips for ya ,,,
Heres what I think ,I liked seeing the shots without the cars and fences or stop sign in them.........
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