Posts for: PaulR01
Oct 22, 2019 21:03:36 #
Shot these in Pittsburgh a few months back.
Oct 22, 2019 13:04:35 #
Brutally Honest Caricatures of ‘Typical’ Male and Female Photographers
https://petapixel.com/2019/10/22/brutally-honest-caricatures-of-typical-male-and-female-photographers/?fbclid=IwAR0E_ME1-tI3lE5gZi4qtSAIKC21EdzKBAwrzTBirJryacUS4LI3MLhAuL4
https://petapixel.com/2019/10/22/brutally-honest-caricatures-of-typical-male-and-female-photographers/?fbclid=IwAR0E_ME1-tI3lE5gZi4qtSAIKC21EdzKBAwrzTBirJryacUS4LI3MLhAuL4
Oct 14, 2019 17:05:40 #
davidrb wrote:
Quality equipment knows few limitations. 10 years... (show quote)
Sounds like fun. I'll be lucky to be able shoot sports for another 10 years. I'm just 56 and getting up and down is already getting a bit ruff. My next lens is a 400 f 2.8 then hope to add a 500 two years after that. I hope you had someone to drag that older 500 up the mountain for you.
Oct 13, 2019 12:34:47 #
tshift wrote:
WOW!!! Shot at 20,000 ISO. Amazing is all I can say. I wish my D800 or D810 could do that well at higher ISO. Did you have to do much post work on these. Please post more. Thanks
Tom
Tom
Tom here is one of the original shots straight out of the camera. If you push the exposure up a bit so you have to bring it down in post. You will bring out alot of the detail without adding noise. And second get as tight of a shot as you can so you won't have to make a big crop. The 1DX is a beast for sure. I have learned some settings in camera with my 5Diii that helps reduce noise and a good sharp prime lens makes a difference. They go against the ways everyone preaches. Transferred to the 1DX it really makes a difference.
Oct 12, 2019 20:46:36 #
TriX wrote:
Excellent work! According to the EXIF, that was a Canon 1Dx doing what it does best, and I’m guessing maybe a 300 f2.8L?
Yep, 1DX and an older 300 Non IS F 2.8. It is built like a tank. I have been shooting this field for years with a 5Diii and a 1D mark iv. The 1DX really cuts down on my post processing.
Oct 12, 2019 20:35:20 #
If you boys and girls haven't heard. Apple has a new operating software macOS Catalina. There's alot of software that will not run on this platform. Adobe was talking about this weeks ago. Photo Mechanic is another one if you are a credentialed shooter. I would hold off upgrading for a while till everyone else catches up with Apple.
Oct 12, 2019 20:25:56 #
First 4 shots are at 20,000 ISO. The last is in ideal conditions. If you shoot sports enough you will see conditions that can exceed your gear's abilities. I have been trading up every year with my main body to get where I am right now. Having the right tool for the job is only half of the equation. I started sports on this ridiculously dark football field 10 years ago. I thrive in low light conditions. Day games are a blessing.
Last week I took a hit on the sidelines of a college game. I thought it was minor. But my 300 needed micro focusing for the first time in 10 years this week. +4 off, I am close. Might tweak it some this week.
Last week I took a hit on the sidelines of a college game. I thought it was minor. But my 300 needed micro focusing for the first time in 10 years this week. +4 off, I am close. Might tweak it some this week.
Oct 11, 2019 17:41:03 #
Oct 11, 2019 15:52:27 #
Use the hood if you have over head lighting. Shutter priority or manual is fine. Shutter speed 1/1000 isn't set in stone. But every time you lower it below it. You take a chance of the extremities blurring. At night you need to be around f 2.8 (didn't see you mention what your lens was) Helps keep the ISO down. Post up Monday in the sports section and let us see how you came out. Lots of experienced sports shooters in that section.
Oct 3, 2019 10:01:04 #
Thomas902 wrote:
iconic series Paul... congrats on your publication... (show quote)
Thanks for the poetic words Thomas. Sometime assignment and deadlines can be quite challenging.
I hope you were in Lubbock well in the past. Recent Lubbock with the border problem isn't the same. We are having big city issues. The days of being a quaint little city are long gone.
Oct 2, 2019 12:43:13 #
Jules Karney wrote:
Paul these shots are so very good. The lighting, cropping, sharpness, use of a wide open aperture. Doesn't get any better. You told a story and that's what it's all about. Again high praises.
Thanks Jules back to football this week. Hoping the rains stat bay till Sunday.
Oct 1, 2019 12:35:24 #
Nice, to have a moment in history in your portfolio. In today's world you would have been taken out by a Secret Service Sniper.
Oct 1, 2019 10:58:43 #
My last saturday's assignment for the newspaper. Ended up with 6 in color print in Sunday's paper. I battled rain, overcast skies and the sun popping out intermittently. Close to 5 thousand participants in the all day race broke up by school classifications.
Oct 1, 2019 10:02:54 #
Nice set, looks like you are setting low and in good position, nice and sharp. Suggestion for next time. Action shots you want to separate the subject from the background. The backgrounds here are pretty cluttered. Try opening up the F Stop some. I normally set between the barrel and timer so I can shoot barrels 1 & 2, in a low profile hunting stool.
Sep 24, 2019 09:35:22 #
tshift wrote:
When I asked people to post more rodeos this is exactly what I was looking for. The action at them are amazing and most people don't know or realize what goes on at them. You are the man shooting rodeos. The second shot to me could be cropped a little more but I LOVE it, what a shot. Please if you can, post more of these wonderful shots. Thanks
Tom
Tom
Tom, If you want to browse thru thousands of rodeo shots here is my link to my website. I don't have them all uploaded. Media stuff I have to handle different.
Rodeo: https://paulroberts.zenfolio.com/f420941615
Barrel Racing: https://paulroberts.zenfolio.com/f229305981