Friday Night Football

[deputydan]

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[Alex_B]

1st and 3rd are nice

very warm colours, was this really the light there?

please number your images next time

 

[deputydan]

Thanks. It was just the natural light.

 

[deputydan]

New pics from the game tonight.

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[heip]

Great captures. I think the girls in #3 need to work on their cheers!
Good coverage of the game. Do you cover for the school paper?

 

[deputydan]

Nah, I just happen to catch the games when I come home on the weekends.

 

[Buszaj]

What gear did you use to take these pictures? And on average what where your aperture and shutter settings?

 

[deputydan]

I use an olympus e-500 with a 40-150mm. My aperture was usually somewhere around f3.5 and f4. Shutter speed was around 1/500 to 1/1000 before it got darker and about 1/125 to 1/150 when it was dark.

 

[GoM]

The one thing I notice in the first set in particular is the excellent depth of field - the focus is entirely on the players, everything else isn't even remotely in focus. #3 in particular from the first post. Well done.

 

[AbelR74]

You have got some amazing shots! The sunset lighting is terrific! Great job on all these shots in my opinion!

 

[deputydan]

Thanks guys.

 

[FSpeyer]

Your photos are unavailable, but I can tell from the posts you did a great job. I'm a mom with a varsity football player who now will be playing night games! Ugh. I have an ancient 35mm Canon EOS 50E with a Canon EF 70-300mm IS lens. I'm getting a digital camera, probably Canon 40D, for Christmas, but that won't help me for this football season. I am strictly AF using the sports mode setting. This is fine for daytime football, lacrosse and swim team, but I know enough to realize it won't work under the football lights. I don't even have a flash except the pop up one one the camera. Any recommendations a regarding Tv vs Av and manual settings!?! Tonight is my first night. I figure I'll just take my instruction booklet and try different combinations. Of course, since it's not digital I probably won't remember what the settings were if I get a good picture!?! Thanks for your input!