67skylark27 Loc: Fort Atkinson, WI

Here's a few volleyball shots from this week.
I tried a new setup. D750 full frame with the
Tamron G2 70-200 f2.8. It did a great job, the
pics needed minimal editing. The ISO was really
up there vs the D7200 and the 85mm f1.8.
Sometime reaching into the 10k range. I mostly
focused on timing and player reactions this go
around. Very fun games!
Settings wise - Auto ISO, f2.8, 1/800th,AF-Continuous
with 9 point, fully wide metering (not spot),and
back button focus. Vibration compensation off.

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Well captured actions shots!!
Pat

PattyW60 Loc: Northwest Illinois

These are awesome shots, Skylark! Thank you for sharing your settings, also. That's very helpful to me! Your timing is excellent! These girls are playing a high level of volleyball; very exciting!! Love the emotion! Thank you for sharing!!
Patty

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Great set!!!

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

These shots are the best Skylark.

Jaackil Loc: Massachusetts

With all due respect to the great sports shooters that post here these might be the best shots I have seen posted!
Question, out of curiosity, what was your total shots to keepers ratio for this shoot?

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

Your the best here. In a couple of weeks I will shoot Volleyball playoffs. I only hope I can be as good as you. I have a tall order.

mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA

Great work!

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Some fun action & expressions captured in this set!

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

67skylark27 it is truly wonderful to see the work of a talent who has passion for their chosen sport... Your familiarity with volleyball is omnipresent in the lion's share of these brilliant renderings... Not only have you captured many superb dynamic moments but also the exuberant and sheer joy latent within this thrilling fast paced epic contest...

You have indeed mastered this genre to the nines!

And yes I'm totally in tune to the vast difference in image quality inherent within full frame over crop... while your D7200 is pretty much an even match for the D750 at basement ISO, however once it is pushed several stops above ISO 100 full frame's forte becomes a marked reality... besides as I'm certain you've noticed the viewfinder is so much brighter!

Thank you so much for sharing your settings.... they mean a lot to me (and I'm certain many others here) since I'm only an occasional sport shooter and shooting sports is so vastly different than studio... The only request I would like to make is that you might consider uploading the originals owing to the sad fact that UHH compression algorithms are not kind to IQ especially color balance...

Thanks again and please continue to post... you are a shining light leading others to follow in your footsteps... All the best on your amazing journey...

67skylark27 Loc: Fort Atkinson, WI

Thank you so much for the kind words! I will give it a go uploading the originals, I'll export them from Lightroom at a larger size also so it holds some details.

67skylark27 Loc: Fort Atkinson, WI

Holy cow, thank you so much! I have followed my daughter in this sport up to the college level
and my photography skills have grown right with her. Upgrading equipment as used
stuff comes available in my budget. I would say I shot about 600 shots on 8 total games.
I passed along 115 to the parents that I believe to be true keepers. I'd say 550 were
correctly in focus etc, but missing the ball, or have a body blocking the intended target
or were just common shots. The most challenging to get keepers of are digs and blocks,
as many attempts are made but few are successful. Thanks again for the kind words!

67skylark27 Loc: Fort Atkinson, WI

Thank you, very kind words from you-being an excellent sports shooter yourself. You will do great,
especially in the playoff games, the higher the stakes, the better they play,
and the better the photos!!

david vt Loc: Vermont

Really nice shots. You not only have the action, but the emotion in many of these

You might try just a touch more SS, maybe even only a half to 1 stop. A few of them, the ball is not frozen (players are perfect). Noise looks good, so it might be a worthwhile trade-off

I like the last the best, but your timing is impeccable on all

67skylark27 Loc: Fort Atkinson, WI

Thank you! Knowing that I can now push the ISO some more and still have reasonable noise, upping
that is a good idea. Previously I had to keep the noise in check with my D7200 and 85mm f1.8, and what suffered there was depth of field, and I had to crop more for some shots that were farther away also. The full frame and 200mm range at f2.8 has solved some issues. Looks like this will be my indoor sports setup
(as most others already have and know to be great) and the D7200 will be used with the long lens for birds and wildlife.

I also noticed that I can used 9 point focus on the D750 and with the D7200 I have to use single point or
I get too many out of focus shots.