Roping

[HrsePor]

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum. I'm slowly learning photography. I have a few books and have gone to a few photography classes. I really enjoy it and love learning new things.

I do have a couple questions though. I went to a reining show yesterday and tried to take some pictures. Before going I did a search on google and also found a thread on this forum about shooting action in low lighting. From my understanding you need a high iso, good glass and the exposure to be perfect for a good picture. Is that correct?

I tried some pictures yesterday. I put my camera on 800 and setting AV and changed it to 5.0. I didn't put it on 1600 because the other time I did it was horribly grainy. Some turned out ok. Although I would apperciate any sugestions.

I also went to a roping afterward. I had forgot at first to change the iso. So a few pictures were a little grainy. I also changed the white balance and exposure value down 1/3 because it was so bright. Was that the right thing to do? Thank you for looking.

Reining

Roping

 

[bdavison]

The last two shots are very nice.

If you find that the light was too bright and you had to dial down the EV a third....instead of doing that. Bump your shutter speed up. The faster shutter speed will get rid of alot of that motion blur that is evident in the first three photos.