Sportsday tips

[ap4a]

Originally Posted by cosmicma

@ap4a could you show me some of your sports shots taken at 1/60th and below i'd love to see how they turned out
if you could leave the EXIF within the image so i could study how the shot was taken ( and maybe learn something ) this is something i am really interested in

They're on a back up drive in my office so I'll dig a couple out for you tomorrow.

[cosmicma]

cheers

[ap4a]

Originally Posted by cosmicma

cheers

Here you go:

1/50 seconds:



1/30 seconds



And a couple of faster ones:

1/100 seconds. To me this shutter speed makes the car seem slower than it was as there's not much background blur as a result.



1/125 seconds. With this one a slower shutter speed wouldn't have been feasible as I'd have been panning into and out of the people either side of me.

[cosmicma]

cheers for posting but i was looking for photo's of people in athaletic activities ( running etc.. ) taken at 1/60th and below
i am interested in seeing how limb movement is handled at low shutter speeds
the OP was asking advice about taking photo's at a school sports day ( kids running about etc.. )

i think motorsport/cycling is a different kettle of fish and slow shutter speed can be used especially with cars but not so much with cycles although 1/125 is usable iv'e used the same for the same sort of thing
example



although this thread seems to be going off on a tangent hopefully others can see what can be achieved at lower shutter speeds and what kind of results can be expected

[ap4a]

Originally Posted by cosmicma

cheers for posting but i was looking for photo's of people in athaletic activities ( running etc.. ) taken at 1/60th and below

I don't recall saying I had anything like that. I mentioned that I'd done motor sports at 1/60 and below, and on the basis of seeing the level of background blur that produced hypothesised that much slower moving children would require an even slower shutter to give any substantial background blur.

[cosmicma]

my mistake i must of misunderstood and i see what you are saying about background blur but my concern with using slower shutter speeds with running children/people is their arms and legs would be moving at a faster pace than their torso
a good panning technique would keep their torso sharp but i think their limbs would suffer this is why i posted about trying the little experiment to see what speed your shutter would need to be to stop limb motion

[ap4a]

No worries, and I get what you're saying too, and agree that there'd be noticeable motion in the legs. For me a certain amount of that would be acceptable though as I think it would add to the sense of speed and motion, in the same way that being able to tell a car's wheels are turning does rather than having them look still.

It's perhaps something for the OP to experiment with before choosing what balance of subject motion and background blur he prefers. Or perhaps yourself, and if you do share the results as I'd be interested.

[sony_photographer_jake]

These are all great tips. Thanks for posting all members above.