First football game C&C

[deathdealer]

 

[cnutco]

Very harsh lighting!

What are shooting with? Camera and lens?
What shooting mode?

 

[Destin]

Harsh lighting. Very soft, #3 is completely out of focus.

#1 and #3 are both lacking in contrast and saturation.

 

[deathdealer]

the lighting was crucial it was 109 degrees outside straight sun, im using nikon d3000 70-300mm 800 iso 1/1000 shutter f/stop4

 

[cnutco]

Program Mode?

 

[deathdealer]

no manual

 

[table1349]

For starters.

Use the lowest ISO possible to give you a minimum of 1/500th shutter speed. You were using 800 ISO on a sunshiny day.
Get out of landscape mode for most of your shots. You are looking to capture action.
Use the smallest aperture you can. You want to isolate the action. To do that and make it pop you need the action in focus, everything should be out of focus. That is what makes the action pop.
Watch your light.

 

[deathdealer]

For starters.

Use the lowest ISO possible to give you a minimum of 1/500th shutter speed. You were using 800 ISO on a sunshiny day.
Get out of landscape mode for most of your shots. You are looking to capture action.
Use the smallest aperture you can. You want to isolate the action. To do that and make it pop you need the action in focus, everything should be out of focus. That is what makes the action pop.
Watch your light.

im in manual mode not landscape

 

[SNBniko]

Landscape as in, orientation.

Not mode. Right?

 

[deathdealer]

and i was on a tripod.......

 

[subscuck]

im in manual mode not landscape

This makes me think you're a little new to the world of photography. I would suggest until you start learning the fundamentals, you give at least some control to your camera. Shoot in A mode. Open your aperture as wide as it will go and leave it. Set your ISO at the lowest number. I can't imagine needing more than 100 under the noon sun in Texas. If your camera has spot metering, use it. Let the camera do the rest. Honestly, the technical problems with these pics are numerous. Leave manual alone til you start getting some things figured out.

 

[Augphoto]

A little more action was need, also. It's a football game.

 

[deathdealer]

trust me there wasnt much action its 7th grade, my son is #75, @subscuck, i never said i was a pro or even good this is my second time using this camera ive read all over this place to use manual, i looked at some photos and mimicked the settings. i thought with 300mm i would have a light issue since it was so far away thats why my iso was so high, but now i know, my aperture was at the widest setting (the lowest f/stop for this lense)

 

[Vtec44]

thought with 300mm i would have a light issue since it was so far away thats why my iso was so high, but now i know, my aperture was at the widest setting (the lowest f/stop for this lense)

Figuring out the right settings for a particular lighting condition will come with a lot of practice. Trust me, I'm practicing a lot. I would have taken a few test shots and check the diagram.

 

[PatrickJamesYu]

trust me there wasnt much action its 7th grade, my son is #75, @subscuck, i never said i was a pro or even good this is my second time using this camera ive read all over this place to use manual, i looked at some photos and mimicked the settings. i thought with 300mm i would have a light issue since it was so far away thats why my iso was so high, but now i know, my aperture was at the widest setting (the lowest f/stop for this lense)

Looks about as epic as a 7th grade football game will look haha.

I know for sometime you can not always go on the other side, but I would try having the sun more behind you.

Than do what you did, wide aperture, drop down to 100 iso.

I would google or search in flickr some football shots.
I personally like college ball so I'd look that up and take a look at some angles, comp, and exposure.

I think the trick with young gun sports is that as the photographer you have to make it as epic as possible.
At college/pro level, they do the epicness for you, you have to capture it.