Legacy vs Palo Verde: A lovely evening here in the valley. A little windy at times, game time temp 72. D500 and D4 300 2.8 auto iso hovering around 8-10,000 yikes auto white balance...

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

A lovely evening here in the valley. A little windy at times, game time temp 72.
D500 and D4
300 2.8
auto iso hovering around 8-10,000 yikes
auto white balance seems to work just fine.

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rickberns Loc: Conroe, Texas

Jules Karney wrote:

A lovely evening here in the valley. A little windy at times, game time temp 72.
D500 and D4
300 2.8
auto iso hovering around 8-10,000 yikes
auto white balance seems to work just fine.

Jules,

Would you stop moving the goal posts and the bar higher for me. damn it! another great set of pictures. Question, are you using a flash on those cameo pictures?

All the best,
Rick

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

rickberns wrote:

Jules,

Would you stop moving the goal posts and the bar higher for me. damn it! another great set of pictures. Question, are you using a flash on those cameo pictures?

All the best,
Rick

Hi Rick: Hope your day is going good, come to think of it the day is almost gone lol.
Yes I used a Nikon D4 with a Flashpoint flash on ttl Lens 24-70 2.8.
Shoot in manual 1/125 at 8 with an iso at 100 and other lady iso 450 same settings. The Flashpoint flash is so strong I have to cut the power in half at the distance from camera to the ladies.
I forgot the flash diff user that leads to a very bright flash instead of a softer light.
The group of girls 1/250 at 9 iso 400

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1/250 at 7.1 iso 400
1/250 at 7.1 iso 400...

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1/250 at 8 iso 320
1/250 at 8 iso 320...

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1/125 at 8 iso 180
1/125 at 8 iso 180...

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rickberns Loc: Conroe, Texas

Jules Karney wrote:

Hi Rick: Hope your day is going good, come to think of it the day is almost gone lol.
Yes I used a Nikon D4 with a Flashpoint flash on ttl Lens 24-70 2.8.
Shoot in manual 1/125 at 8 with an iso at 100 and other lady iso 450 same settings. The Flashpoint flash is so strong I have to cut the power in half at the distance from camera to the ladies.
I forgot the flash diff user that leads to a very bright flash instead of a softer light.
The group of girls 1/250 at 9 iso 400

Jules, thanks for the info. I've always left my flash at home for the sports stuff, I may have to break it out.

Rick

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

rickberns wrote:

Jules, thanks for the info. I've always left my flash at home for the sports stuff, I may have to break it out.

Rick

I only use the flash for maybe 15 shots a game pre game stuff

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

Jules Karney wrote:

I only use the flash for maybe 15 shots a game pre game stuff

Yes most places they don't want flashes anywhere near the fields. I agree with Rick you make me feel so inadequate. How do you always have super sharp photos at such a high ISO? I don't get any sharp photos above 800/1000. These photos are SUPER!!. Thanks BE SAFE and post more I love these.

Tom

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

Jules Karney wrote:

I only use the flash for maybe 15 shots a game pre game stuff

Oh yea one other thing. Are all your young ladies in Vegas as beautiful as these young ladies?? Thanks BE SAFE!

Tom

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

rickberns wrote:

Jules, thanks for the info. I've always left my flash at home for the sports stuff, I may have to break it out.

Rick

I just use it for like Senior Night, etc. or a couple of girlie stuff shots.

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Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

tshift wrote:

Yes most places they don't want flashes anywhere near the fields. I agree with Rick you make me feel so inadequate. How do you always have super sharp photos at such a high ISO? I don't get any sharp photos above 800/1000. These photos are SUPER!!. Thanks BE SAFE and post more I love these.

Tom

Sharpness? If you go in the backyard around dusk and shoot some practice shots close up filling the frame, what iso are you using what ss, what??? Take a look after downloading them to your computer then make a judgement. Maybe your cameras have a limit on how high your iso can go before yuck time. This info. is available on google. Ask google what iso is good on this camera or that camera. Look the camera up on Nikon website all info is there for you.

iso 10,000 with Topaz Denoise Ai filled the frame 1/1250 @ 2.8 no cropping at all.

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iso 4000 1/1250 at 2.8
iso 4000 1/1250 at 2.8...

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Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

tshift wrote:

Oh yea one other thing. Are all your young ladies in Vegas as beautiful as these young ladies?? Thanks BE SAFE!

Tom

Just the cheerleaders they all think they are showgirls.

pnittoly Loc: Mountainside, New Jersey

Jules - I agree with Rick and Tom again. I am amazed at the tack sharp images you capture under the lights. I don't think Ill ever get near the same results. I especially enjoyed #8 . Thanks again for sharing. Paul

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

pnittoly wrote:

Jules - I agree with Rick and Tom again. I am amazed at the tack sharp images you capture under the lights. I don't think Ill ever get near the same results. I especially enjoyed #8 . Thanks again for sharing. Paul

Hi Paul: Sometimes it may be the camera and the iso. Everyone has to do some research on say Nikon model number and iso and high iso. There are settings on Nikon and Canon camera:
Picture Control-under sharpening--set to one click back from max.
Shooting Menu-Long exposure NR to On.
High iso NR set to On
High iso set to On

These settings are for my Nikon cameras D500 and D4
You can't go wrong, your images will improve day or night. Never touch these settings no matter what you are shooting, sports, weddings, etc.

You won't be sorry.

Tom-Rick-Paul-Stephen make sure you set this up either with Nikon or Canon.

rickberns Loc: Conroe, Texas

Jules Karney wrote:

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Thanks Jules,

This article has been making its way around the Facebook sports photography groups, mostly for Canon but could be translated to Nikon

https://spark.adobe.com/page/2xTu2b7dl16Az/?w=1_9154&fbclid=IwAR2Bd6ZPpCAuWex0b98hnFWgwVYHKHxERsbotkHikuuhqmZm5up_c8Utdq8

I use the in camera noise reduction for jpegs and it makes a big difference.

Rick

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

rickberns wrote:

Thanks Jules,

This article has been making its way around the Facebook sports photography groups, mostly for Canon but could be translated to Nikon

https://spark.adobe.com/page/2xTu2b7dl16Az/?w=1_9154&fbclid=IwAR2Bd6ZPpCAuWex0b98hnFWgwVYHKHxERsbotkHikuuhqmZm5up_c8Utdq8

I use the in camera noise reduction for jpegs and it makes a big difference.

Rick

Thanks Rick

pnittoly Loc: Mountainside, New Jersey

Thanks again Jules. Will do and especially keep practicing !
BTW what do you mean by NR ? Pardon my ignorance. Paul