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LiquidTurbo 02-17-2011 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StealthFighter (Post 7307760)


newbie's first time shooting a judo tournament, any suggestions that would improve my shots? using a 55-250mm

I'm not an expert or in any position to give advice, but here goes.

1. The photos are all slightly underexposed. This is because the camera sees the white clothes and thinks it's bright and deliberately underexposes. Next time try adding some exposure compensation, like +0.3 or +0.7

2. Fill the judo guys in a more interesting position. In the 2nd picture there is too much space around the players, and the ref in the back is stealing the attention. The background of ppl is also distracting. After all, your goal is to capture the intenseness of the match, so the main focus should be the guys.

3. The 3rd picture cut off too much of the competitors, and framed a little weird, I don't really know what to look at or where to focus my attention.

4. Show the faces more! Faces, especially in sports, often have a lot of emotion, so they can add a lot to the pictures.

5. Move around! All 3 shots were shot at the same spot...


Happy shooting!

77civic1200 02-17-2011 09:37 PM

Thanks ColinK!

Soundy: Van Dusen gardens, Side road on the way to Buntzen lake, Buntzen lake itself.

LiquidTurbo 02-17-2011 09:43 PM

Amazing shots man. Just awesome. I love the set of 3, they're not related, but they flow nice together! Sounds so lame, but I feel a sense of harmony seeing those pix. Thanks.

RevRav 02-17-2011 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidhtam (Post 7307920)

Fido could use some help from you for their advertising :)

LiquidTurbo 02-17-2011 09:56 PM

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_R.../DSC_6119e.jpg

european 02-17-2011 11:02 PM

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/...e5083034_z.jpg

LiquidTurbo 02-17-2011 11:33 PM

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_R.../DSC_6199e.jpg

StealthFighter 02-18-2011 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo (Post 7309896)
I'm not an expert or in any position to give advice, but here goes.

1. The photos are all slightly underexposed. This is because the camera sees the white clothes and thinks it's bright and deliberately underexposes. Next time try adding some exposure compensation, like +0.3 or +0.7

2. Fill the judo guys in a more interesting position. In the 2nd picture there is too much space around the players, and the ref in the back is stealing the attention. The background of ppl is also distracting. After all, your goal is to capture the intenseness of the match, so the main focus should be the guys.

3. The 3rd picture cut off too much of the competitors, and framed a little weird, I don't really know what to look at or where to focus my attention.

4. Show the faces more! Faces, especially in sports, often have a lot of emotion, so they can add a lot to the pictures.

5. Move around! All 3 shots were shot at the same spot...


Happy shooting!

thanks for the advice. the first 2 tips are really useful. i can't really do much about the last 2 though unfortunately. really hard to capture the big throws, they don't always face you. especially right handers. left handers are the best to shoot. the following pic, the guy is a lefty.

and it was kinda hard to move around. this pic will show how crowded the mat area is in the background.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5212/...ea0a3d5b_z.jpg


have a tourney coming up this sat, so thanks for the help liquidturbo.

Soundy 02-18-2011 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 77civic1200 (Post 7309912)
Thanks ColinK!

Soundy: Van Dusen gardens, Side road on the way to Buntzen lake, Buntzen lake itself.

Ahhh Buntzen, shoulda figured, I forgot they raised the water level last spring.

N.V.M. 02-18-2011 05:23 AM

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...02/vivtest.jpg

Soundy 02-18-2011 05:48 AM

Going through some old stuff...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_8...0/IMG_9373.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_8...2/IMG_9327.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_8...0/IMG_9483.JPG

moky 02-18-2011 12:30 PM

nothing special except i feel the clouds were particularly nice today :)

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...perfectday.jpg

b/w version
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...rfectdaybw.jpg

*trying out a new pp:
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...loudssmall.jpg

Mananetwork 02-18-2011 03:12 PM

What lenses, nice bokeh!

77civic1200 02-18-2011 04:01 PM

Looks like they were all 5D and 85mm 1.8 (1.8, 2.2, 2.2)

I had to cheat and look at the exif, no chance I would remember that haha

european 02-18-2011 10:11 PM

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/...a757b66c_z.jpg

N.V.M. 02-19-2011 06:04 AM

i downloaded Viveza2 from NIK software(15 day trial) and am finding it extremely handy. what Lightroom can do so easily for toning and sharpness, Viveza does the same for light and colours, especially in areas you only want adjusted. it works as a plugin through LR or PS, or Aperture(Apple). the adjustments are so natural (when done within reason) i'm already thinking of buying this.

probably old news for a lot of you guys, but if you haven't heard of it, give it a try!


http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-.../wideview2.jpg

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...2/wideview.jpg

LiquidTurbo 02-19-2011 08:40 AM

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_R.../DSC_8592e.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_R.../DSC_7842e.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_R.../DSC_8510e.jpg

european 02-19-2011 08:56 AM

^
Nice!
I have a panorama photo that I took of the same building! So many freaks around that time at night.

davidhtam 02-19-2011 09:34 AM

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/...e00535b1_z.jpg

Played around with my buddy's paintball gear.. hehe

Volvoman 02-19-2011 02:46 PM

New gear bag :fullofwin:

http://members.shaw.ca/volvoman/inde...f/DSC_0058.jpg

N.V.M. 02-19-2011 05:29 PM

where the hell was everybody for the LightHouse Park photo walk???

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...011/02/lh1.jpg

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...011/02/lh3.jpg

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...011/02/lh2.jpg

european 02-19-2011 05:57 PM

^
You went to Lighthouse park without me? How were the waves? Crashing hard? Semi hard? Barely at all? Wanna go again? I might go there tomorrow but around 3-5ish pm.

N.V.M. 02-19-2011 06:22 PM

sunday is the holy day of golfing! btw, no surf.

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...011/02/lh5.jpg

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...011/02/lh6.jpg

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...011/02/lh7.jpg

K-Dub 02-19-2011 06:56 PM

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/...64aa057e_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/...bd4372de_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/...fa57e7cb_o.jpg

Inspired by http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

Soundy 02-19-2011 07:38 PM

A few from the dog park today...

Dusty was chasing this pug around and around until the pug suddenly looped back to stare Dusty down... Dusty skidded to a halt like he was in a cartoon :)

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_8...0/IMG_6913.jpg

Poor Groucho had dewclaw surgery last weekend and is still wearing his boots to protect his bandages... poor guy SO wanted to run and play and chase, but the vet says he has to be low-exertion for a few more days :(

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_8...2/IMG_6963.jpg

Loved the shot of this beagle...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_8...2/IMG_6973.jpg


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