OT: Show off your sports photography...

[Metsfan808]

[dcrules01]

Great photos Carmello..I love the Reyes

[Manram]

That picture of reyes is really cool. Nice pictures everyone

[Metsfan808]

Thanks guys here are some more:

[redoctober]

Nice job freezing the action. What camera and lenses did you use?

Nikon D90 camera w/ Nikkor 70-300mm AF-S VR f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens.

[frikativ54]

Any sports photography tips for the beginners out there. I am hardly a beginning photographer, but my background is mostly in wildlife photography. So - I don't know as much about shooting sports shots.

Thanks.

[kylehess10]

Any sports photography tips for the beginners out there. I am hardly a beginning photographer, but my background is mostly in wildlife photography. So - I don't know as much about shooting sports shots.

Thanks.

Simple tips:

Never shoot automatic

Never shoot with flash

High shutter speed during day games...keep the ISO as low as you can

High ISO for night games (as long as you have a camera with good ISO noise). I personally don't go past 1600 ISO. You'll be forced to keep the shutter speed low so you can't expect any action shots. It's better to get shots like after a swing or right before

Always have the right white balance (get a white balance card...I got one for $10)

[frikativ54]

Simple tips:

Never shoot automatic

Never shoot with flash

While the never shoot automatic makes perfect sense, I don't understand what's bad about using a flash. Matter of fact, I find it helpful to use my SB-900 at basketball games.

Are you only talking baseball? What's wrong with using flash at a baseball game?

-Frik

[kylehess10]

While the never shoot automatic makes perfect sense, I don't understand what's bad about using a flash. Matter of fact, I find it helpful to use my SB-900 at basketball games.

Are you only talking baseball? What's wrong with using flash at a baseball game?

-Frik

Using flash in sports is basically making it look un-natural. I only use flash for portait photography. I don't think I've seen a professional photographer in any sport use flash. That's why they just push the ISO settings up to get the correct lighting.

[frikativ54]

Using flash in sports is basically making it look un-natural.

Can you give me an example of how it's unnatural? I would really like to know.

I don't think I've seen a professional photographer in any sport use flash.

Other sports photographers, do you concur with Kyle?

That's why they just push the ISO settings up to get the correct lighting.

The problem with that is that I get a ton of noise. I am using a Nikon D300S. I also don't have a sports photography lens, so maybe that's part of the problem. My Nikkor 18-105 mm is adequate, but it's not a sports lens.