Stop motion indoors
Sep 28, 2012 08:39:35 #
Ok, so I went to watch my daughter play volleyball for college. I have been taking shots at the games over the years, but this is the first time to get anything worth looking at. There is still a little blur to the arm, but i am more concerned about the lighting. I had it on auto white balance (forgot to change it). I know the lens could be better, but why are the colors so drab? I didn't do any post, this is straight out of the camera. So is it the lens, the white balance, or my settings that make it look drab? I know that the pictures you see in the magazines are with much better lenses, but i thought with my new camera my indoor sports pictures would be better than this. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Sep 28, 2012 08:54:44 #
tayco wrote:
Ok, so I went to watch my daughter play volleyball... (show quote)
It would help to know what camera and lens, along with your iso, aperture, and shutter speed settings. Looks like you were in a low light setting and didn't have your camera setup correctly.
Sep 28, 2012 17:53:32 #
Great action shots..(I had a daughter play college volley ball also) Are these shots in Raw,if so you will ALMOST always have some PP to do,especially WB!
Sep 28, 2012 21:30:24 #
Hi Tayco,
Actually, I am surprised that your camera did so well under gym lights. Personally, I like some blur in the extremities. I think you got the shutter speed just right.
I don't know if this is what you had in mind but as shot (sooc) the exposure is shifted way to the left (underexposed) but not clipped very bad. Mostly by shifting the exposure to the right (and middle tones more to the right) and some adjustment to contrast (needed due to the exposure adjustment) I got the second exposure histogram. The final shot this way is the bottom picture.
Hope that helps.
Actually, I am surprised that your camera did so well under gym lights. Personally, I like some blur in the extremities. I think you got the shutter speed just right.
I don't know if this is what you had in mind but as shot (sooc) the exposure is shifted way to the left (underexposed) but not clipped very bad. Mostly by shifting the exposure to the right (and middle tones more to the right) and some adjustment to contrast (needed due to the exposure adjustment) I got the second exposure histogram. The final shot this way is the bottom picture.
Hope that helps.
SOOC histogram
Exposure adjusted histogram
Exposure adjusted image
Sep 28, 2012 21:39:39 #
Try cropping the photo where the lady in the black and white striped shirt is out. She seems to be a distraction from your supject. Your eye just seems to draw to that lady in the photo.
Sep 29, 2012 08:18:34 #
Agreed. Hard to miss someone that large, and wearing horizontal stripes.
Sep 29, 2012 17:28:42 #
johnb20 wrote:
I didn't want to say it but someone had to---lol. As someone mentioned your settings would be nice to know and I don't see anything that can't be fixed in PP...........Agreed. Hard to miss someone that large, and wearing horizontal stripes.
Sep 29, 2012 17:35:44 #
I did a little PP work and seemed to give it a bit more pop. you can only do so much with a thumbnail.........
Sep 29, 2012 21:31:48 #
gdwsr wrote:
Hi Tayco, br br Actually, I am surprised that you... (show quote)
Wow, That looks alot better! Thank you.
Sep 29, 2012 21:35:01 #
coco1964 wrote:
johnb20 wrote:
I didn't want to say it but someone had to---lol. As someone mentioned your settings would be nice to know and I don't see anything that can't be fixed in PP...........Agreed. Hard to miss someone that large, and wearing horizontal stripes.
Sorry, I always forget to post the details. It is with my D7000 ISO 1600 spot metering f /4.8 1/250
Sep 29, 2012 21:37:00 #
RonMos wrote:
Try cropping the photo where the lady in the black and white striped shirt is out. She seems to be a distraction from your supject. Your eye just seems to draw to that lady in the photo.
Thanks for looking RonMos, I guess i can see now that the lady is very distracting.
Sep 29, 2012 21:39:32 #
rlaugh wrote:
Great action shots..(I had a daughter play college volley ball also) Are these shots in Raw,if so you will ALMOST always have some PP to do,especially WB!
Thanks for looking rlaugh! I bet you enjoyed watching her play! Sadly no, they are not in Raw, I have not figured that out yet on the new camera.
Sep 29, 2012 21:41:09 #
coco1964 wrote:
I did a little PP work and seemed to give it a bit more pop. you can only do so much with a thumbnail.........
Thank you for looking coco1964. The colors definetly pop in this much better!
Sep 29, 2012 22:21:12 #
tayco wrote:
Sorry, I always forget to post the details. It is with my D7000 ISO 1600 spot metering f /4.8 1/250
coco1964 wrote:
johnb20 wrote:
I didn't want to say it but someone had to---lol. As someone mentioned your settings would be nice to know and I don't see anything that can't be fixed in PP...........Agreed. Hard to miss someone that large, and wearing horizontal stripes.
Sorry, I always forget to post the details. It is with my D7000 ISO 1600 spot metering f /4.8 1/250
I would raise the F-stop to around f/8, use partial metering and ISO 3200. If you have 50mm 1.8 It would help allot with the indoor shots.
Just 2 cents
Pappy
Sep 29, 2012 22:52:28 #
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