Softball Pic fire away

[burnet44]

Ok here is my deal

If I put it at high ISO people say its to grainy
If I put it on a high ss people say its too underexposed
if I put it on 2.8 people say there is no DOF or focus
If I put it on a low ss people say its blurred

:mad2:

I have tried most of the suggestions here
all of my manual pics look a lot darker than with sports or av or tv mode
but I cant get any of those to give me a decent iso , fast ss, and a higher f stop all at the same time
maybe Im doing those wrong?



ISO 400
Exposure 1/1250 sec
Aperture 4.5
Focal Length 200mm
White Balance 0
Metering Mode 3
Exposure Program 3
Compression 6
CCD Width 18.433266
Exposure Bias 0.0
Focal Plane X-Resolution 4438.356
Focal Plane Resolution Unit 2.0


cloudy overcast day
a little sun through the clouds rt to left though the trees
65 degrees


just doesnt seem sharp to me?

[llewpics]

I am not sure about the pose here, but I don't know that I would "argue" this is either not in focus, underexposed, or grainy ...I think it looks fine as far as all that goes.

Here is my suggestion: Camera with at least APS-C sensor, something like Nikon D7000 or similar. You would need a 70-200mm f2.8 lens for a nice bokeh in the background, open to about 2.8. If you set you your ISO to about 800 in the afternoon, or 1600 in the evening, with an aperture of 2.8 you should be getting some fast shutter speeds - probably over 1/1000 to freeze the action. Then, I would set the camera to burst mode and shoot high quality JPG (or RAW if you want) - where you can get 3-6 shots per second ...shoot a lot - and find a few that are great! I am not sure, but you can even try a good flash unit with a burst focusing device ...I heard people lighting objects as far as 50 feet ...others will know more about this than me ...

[mattb]

Yeah, looks ok to me except the awkward pose. And when you have to bump ISO for shutter speed, what do you use for noise reduction?

[llewpics]

Noise Ninja does pretty good ...

[burnet44]

nothing
which I need to do

[Anbesol]

lol, love it. Except, it is not very flattering to her.

[chuckdee]

Cool shot....maybe behind homeplate next time?