My 1st post

[xxredmaxx]

..is also my 1st attempt at shooting Water Polo
My mate plays for Colchester an invited ma along.

I had to set to 3200 iso to get 1/200 but with a 100-400 lens even that gave me some blur being hanheld.
The high iso obvioulsy led to grain.
These have been put through noiseninja

Anyway any c&c would be appreciated.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/March_30_2008Polo017.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/March_30_2008Polo021.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/March_30_2008Polo005.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/March_30_2008Polo039.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/March_30_2008Polo031.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/March_30_2008Polo046.jpg

[purpleclouds]

First off welcome to the forum :)

Theyre a good set of pics!! Dont look too bad considering they are ISO 3200!! What body were you using??

[xxredmaxx]

Hi Purpleclouds

I own a Canon 1D mk2N

I wanted to capture the energy of the sport so wanted some sharp shots of water droplets but not totally frozen in time so a mixture of movement/blur and sharp facials was the aim.

Anyway.... its not easy.
Perhaps use the monopod next time.

[Jimmy_Lemon]

I like them :) looks like pretty nasty conditions for shooting in. You have captured the action and factiall expressiong well in my opinion :) I guess a monopod might help a bit, but I am guessing it is never going to be an easy thing to photograph :(

[dod]

pretty good :) Slight blue cast to them here though. Welcome aboard :)

[xxredmaxx]

pretty good :) Slight blue cast to them here though. Welcome aboard :)

Thanks for comments

Yes you are right.
I set my WB to fluorescent on the camera and when processed in Lightroom I set the temp to 3800. Perhaps a little cold?
Should have set a custom WB on the night.



I regularly lurk here looking at everyone's photos but decided I must start posting

This is a nice friendly site. :thumbs:

[ppp]

Had a quick play, just put a warming filter through it and tweaked level and sharpening, not great on the low qual jpeg but gives you an idea

BEFORE
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/March_30_2008Polo046.jpg

AFTER
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e121/Andrewboon/March_30_2008Polo046.jpg

[ppp]

Nice set btw

[xxredmaxx]

Thanks PPP

I can see the improvement.

I shot the whole set in RAW so may re-process a little warmer.

Thanks again.