Indoor Soccer

[tadrscin]

I shot some indoor soccer last night at a local rec league. The lighting was abysmal to say the least. At ISO 3200 I had still had to underexpose just to get a decent shutter speed. I started at 1/320 and then tried 1/400 and finally 1/500. The other tough thing was that since this is such a small field, the players were all bunched up most of the time and it was very hard to isolate the players with the ball without getting other players in the shot. Plus most of the backgrounds were pretty bad. These have been run through Noise Ninja, but I tried not to go overboard. C&C appreciated.

[brmill26]

Having played and attempted to shoot indoor soccer, I definitely feel your pain. Super fast, close action, very, very poor light. Not ideal for shooting. Above, the second shot is definitely the best. The others don't have enough context for me. Technically, though, they look pretty good considering.

[tadrscin]

Thanks for the comments. I'm surprised that you think #2 is the best as it has the worst background. I'd vote for #4 myself. These were definitely some very bad conditions to shoot under.