flag football in october

[omhubbard]

Greatings form the south
I just made the step from a point and shoot to a nikon DSLR!!!! after 2 and half years i finaly got one, word to wise cosco has amazing camera packages. so the first time i was able to take pics with my new camera was a flag football game, these are some of the shoots i got. if i broke any rules sorry its been a long time.

WHAT DO YALL THINK?

[Marko]

Hi omhubbard,
I don't think these are what most sports shooters are normally going for. Normally they are going for crisp action shots which is hard for sure.

That said I sort of like shot one for its artistic quality and if that was its intended purpose i recommend you also try cropping about 3 inches in from the right side (to just before the white vertical fence posts).

I like the moment in shot two very much, but for me it's too compromised by the fact that both participants are way too soft.

Shot 3 should be much sharper for me.

In general you want a much faster shutter speed than what these were shot with (closer to 1/250 and faster) and this is one case where a program mode like shutter priority is ideal. Hope that helps - Marko

[Jason]

I agree with Marko in that these aren't quite what sports shots typically look like. I like that you were able to capture the quarterback's face pretty crisply in the last shot while everything else has the appearence of being in motion--I think it's a pretty cool effect.

Yesterday I tried getting some shots of dogs jumping off of a platform into a pool of water at an indoor dog show. I quickly learned the limits of my camera for shooting in this type of situation. I bumped the ISO up to 800 and I still couldn't get a decent shot. When I tried a shutter speed of 1/250 it froze the motion, but the photo was so dark it was basically unusable.

There's no doubt that trying to get action shots in a low-light situation is a challenge, but it sure is fun!

[kat]

I have to agree with the critques.

I try to shoot shots in the hockey arena and most never turn out good!! It's not an easy thing to do!

[jlabel]

Its a good start, but usually if you dont have a nice light situation for sports you also dont have a good picture. Some newer top of line dslr can make good light out of anything but I am sure you cant afford one so if you know the arena is too dark for at least 1/250 f/2.8 iso 800 then you will need flash. Unless you want some blurry sort of art