 G Beth Ory |
nighttime sports shots Hi everyone - I'm new here and have a big question. As you can tell by looking at my gallery, I like to take kids' sports pictures. My problem arises when they're playing at night. The fields are well lit, but I don't usually have my tripod with me and I run into alot of blur problems. What have you all done in low light settings? Should I be better about using the tripod to stabilize the camera? Thanks for all of the advice!
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Raymond H. Kemp |
These are night shots?? They look more like dusk to me. Anyhow, tell us about the equipement you are using (camera body, lens, etc.). Ray
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G Beth Ory |
Thanks for responding, Ray. No - these are dusk at the latest. I have added a couple more shots - they are not action shots - taken at night. I'm using a Canon Digital Rebel XT (EOS 350D). These shots were using the EFS 18 to 55 mm lens. My other lens is the Canon zoom lens EF 75 - 300 mm. I'm using the "night shot" icon setting and on these photos, covering the flash. I guess I don't have any night sport shots still on my computer (they're from last season). It seems that I can sometimes get a really good one - or I can get a big scene of blur. I definitely need to take a class helping me learn how to properly use the settings on my camera. Anyway, thank you for looking and the advice. Beth
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Raymond H. Kemp |
Judging from the amount of ambient light that your camera picked up (which is good in your case) it appears to be a fairly slow shutter speed and the “fuzziness” is the result of some camera shake. Try kicking up your ISO to a higher setting which should push your shutter speed up to compensate for the higher ISO. The higher shutter speed should reduce some of the camera shake currently being picked up in your images. If your shooting sports at night such as a high school football field, you will need to set your ISO to at least 1600 or higher. I’m not familiar with your Canon (I’m a Nikon man myself) so I do not know what your model’s ISO range is. One of my newspaper photog buddy’s shoots with a Canon 300mm 2.8 lens with the camera set at ISO 3200. Says he usually gets very good shots with that setting but also uses flash when the football action moves closer to him for an extra punch of light. Hope this helps. Ray
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G Beth Ory |
This helps hugely - thank you so much! Beth
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