Wrestling Conference Championship: A few from yesterday's conference championship tournament. Canon 5D3 with EF 135 f2L, some with 1.4 EX Canon MKII Extender. Typically 1/500, f2.8...

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

A few from yesterday's conference championship tournament. Canon 5D3 with EF 135 f2L, some with 1.4 EX Canon MKII Extender. Typically 1/500, f2.8, ISO 6400-12,800.

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Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

TriX wrote:

A few from yesterday's conference championship tournament. Canon 5D3 with EF 135 f2L, some with 1.4 EX Canon MKII Extender

Thank you. It adds important continuity to the thread, with real world examples. Much appreciated!

Rhode Island Red Loc: Houston, TX

Thanks for posting your shots. Looks like some great wrestling action. You managed to capture it well in what looks like challenging lighting conditions.

Chris

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Thank you Peter and Chris for looking. Yes, indoor gym lighting is always challenging - no flash allowed and ISO 6,400 to 12,800 is the order of the day. Took about 400 exposures and editing them down to 20 took all afternoon - I have GOT to streamline my workflow before next season! Btw, my son’s comments were that I crop too tightly 😂 (and he may be right - just my style).

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

TriX wrote:

Thank you Peter and Chris for looking. Yes, indoor gym lighting is always challenging - no flash allowed and ISO 6,400 to 12,800 is the order of the day. Took about 400 exposures and editing them down to 20 took all afternoon - I have GOT to streamline my workflow before next season! Btw, my son’s comments were that I crop too tightly 😂 (and he may be right - just my style).

As to cropping, that is an aesthetic decision. The backgrounds are very busy and potentially distracting in most of the shots posted, so personally I prefer the tight crops.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

chuckrem Loc: Katy, Tx

Very nice shots! And, I like the tight cropping!

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

Peterff wrote:

As to cropping, that is an aesthetic decision. The backgrounds are very busy and potentially distracting in most of the shots posted, so personally I prefer the tight crops.

I can tell you that MaxPreps.com, the premier high school online site in the country only wants shots that are real tight in camera. After shooting that way for a while it does make a difference. Thanks

Tom

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

Very nice series.

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

TriX wrote:

A few from yesterday's conference championship tournament. Canon 5D3 with EF 135 f2L, some with 1.4 EX Canon MKII Extender. Typically 1/500, f2.8, ISO 6400-12,800.

Nice shots. If I might make a suggestions for next time. No backs and no butts. Good work.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Jules Karney wrote:

Nice shots. If I might make a suggestions for next time. No backs and no butts. Good work.

You’ve just identified the biggest challange with shooting wrestling 😫. I completely agree (and thanks), and that is to get faces in the shots - only about 5-10% of wrestling shots actually have faces - the other 90+% are “backs and butts”. No matter which side of the ring you shoot from, they’re looking the other way. I usually don’t include any that don’t show faces, but I did this time because I wanted to include some of the ”aerial shots”. Thanks for looking and useful comment.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

TriX wrote:

You’ve just identified the biggest challange with shooting wrestling 😫. I completely agree (and thanks), and that is to get faces in the shots - only about 5-10% of wrestling shots actually have faces - the other 90+% are “backs and butts”. No matter which side of the ring you shoot from, they’re looking the other way. I usually don’t include any that don’t show faces, but I did this time because I wanted to include some of the ”aerial shots”. Thanks for looking and useful comment.

This is an interesting discussion. Backs and butts may be useful in certain circumstances, especially showing motion, but faces show emotion better in my opinion as a simple observer.

What is the objective or the exercise?

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Excellent action captures!

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

raymondh wrote:

Excellent action captures!

Thank you so much!

SENSORLOUPE

TriX wrote:

A few from yesterday's conference championship tournament. Canon 5D3 with EF 135 f2L, some with 1.4 EX Canon MKII Extender. Typically 1/500, f2.8, ISO 6400-12,800.

Nice shots!! Maybe I should try shooting Wrestling instead of BB!!