Green glow uniforms on the NFL Seahawks: Any one see the Seahawks/Arizona game last night? The Green glow uniforms of the Seahawks is exactly what I am having a problem photographing...

canon Lee

Any one see the Seahawks/Arizona game last night? The Green glow uniforms of the Seahawks is exactly what I am having a problem photographing, when doing Youth sports teams that have glow shirts. The glow is bright and has hot spots, and look saturated. The green have yellow hot spots. I am looking to know how to photograph these glow shirts that come in different colors such as red, orange, & lime green.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I was hoping they'd have chosen something a bit closer to green screen color. That would have made it much more interesting to watch.
--Bob

canon Lee wrote:

Any one see the Seahawks/Arizona game last night? The Green glow uniforms of the Seahawks is exactly what I am having a problem photographing, when doing Youth sports teams that have glow shirts. The glow is bright and has hot spots, and look saturated. The green have yellow hot spots. I am looking to know how to photograph these glow shirts that come in different colors such as red, orange, & lime green.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

When shooting, reduce exposure just enough to keep the brightly colored jerseys from blowing out. Later in editing, compensate for the under-exposure as needed, but do so selectively- with special attention to the saturation of the jerseys.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

I'm watching them now playing the Arizona Cardinals in Arizona. At home they usually have a dark green uniform, and white jersey tops for away games. These light green uniforms top and bottom just don't look that great to me. They look like running Christmas lights to me.

Spectre Loc: Bothell, Washington

Sorry, not watching the NFL, but it will be interesting to see how Sports Illustrated handles the glow.📷

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Spectre wrote:

Sorry, not watching the NFL, but it will be interesting to see how Sports Illustrated handles the glow.📷

Pros have filters I'm sure to manage the glow. And on the other hand, why not let it glow. It's definitely different than any NFL uniforms I've ever seen.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

mas24 wrote:

Pros have filters I'm sure to manage the glow. And on the other hand, why not let it glow. It's definitely different than any NFL uniforms I've ever seen.

Certainly nothing wrong with showing glow and vividness, but when this turns into big blown-out color blotches, then it can look like very ugly, unprofessional camera work. As I mentioned, the solution will be the same as dealing with extremely bright highlights - countering the problem areas with exposure adaptation.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

rook2c4 wrote:

Certainly nothing wrong with showing glow and vividness, but when this turns into big blown-out color blotches, then it can look like very ugly, unprofessional camera work. As I mentioned, the solution will be the same as dealing with extremely bright highlights - countering the problem areas with exposure adaptation.

Your method appears to be one that will work. Agreed, blown out color blotches would indeed look unprofessional and ugly.

CO

I'm wondering if a polarizing filter would help. Polarizers help to eliminate glare. I've used them sometimes when doing landscape photography. They eliminated the glare on shiny foliage. Maybe it would help with the hot spots on the glow uniforms. It's speculation on my part. The only thing is that they take away around two stops of light. You would probably need to increase the ISO some to maintain the same shutter speed.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

I saw a bit of the game on TV. I wonder if shooting video at 4K and pulling stills out of the video would do... Perhaps nothing but the thought did stimulate my bump of curiosity this morning.

Best,
Todd Ferguson

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

if the video cameras the network used handled the colors, then there must be a way for our cameras to handle them.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

bull drink water wrote:

if the video cameras the network used handled the colors, then there must be a way for our cameras to handle them.

That may be true to some extent. Those High Definition Network Video Cameras cost $40,000+ each.

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Is it white balance?

jaybreeze Loc: North Carolina

Would using a "neutral or flat" in camera setting, under expose a bit and then bring back the color in PP work?

leftj Loc: Texas

Spectre wrote:

Sorry, not watching the NFL, but it will be interesting to see how Sports Illustrated handles the glow.📷

Except Sports Illustrated will not show how they handled the glow. They will only show the finished pic.