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I am going to a cricket match on Thursday/Friday and have never done cricket photography before.

My camera will be a Nikon D300 and the main lens will be the Sigma 150-500mm lens.

What I would like to know is about camera settings to use. For example best to use shutter priority? Speed?, iso?, Should I use manual? If so what settings?

I probably haven't worded that too well but it's really what settings would be best. I will be experimenting but if I could be pointed in the right direction!
 
the biggest problem with cricket is the WHITE .. not only are your players dressed in all white... most of your background is also white.. This really does shout Manual mode as any other gets a little confused with exposure:)

I would point at the grass to get a reading.. if its a bright sunny day then under expose by probably a full stop.. Or you could use Av Mode and under expose.. Unless its a dull day then underexposing at cricket seems to be a winner every time :)

Dont worry about aperture.. normaly with sports you shoot wide open to get a good DOF but with cricket the background is so far away and your using a long lens then it doesn't matter. your better shooting at f5.6 or better in order to get batsman and wicket keeper in focus

Watch your posiiton.. theres always lots of cars around and the last thing you want amongs all that white is a red car in the pic..

take plenty of memory.. cricket means you end up shooting more frames than just about any other sport because its all a bit samey and your waiting for a wicket... the moment you take a break is the moment a great wicket will be taken :)

Positiong and slight under exposure are the two main things . yuk all that white on a bright sunny afternoon..

PS.... If you have the option on what time you go....(again if a nice sunny day). 4pm onwards is better than midday for lighting.. most batsman wear a helmet and early in the day the sun makes for black shadowed faces.. 4pm onwards if you position yourself right you will get the sun under the helmet :) this should still leave you with a few hrs cricket .
 
Many thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.

I don't think the players are in white so that shouldn't be a problem.
 
Simmotino said:
They will if it is County Championship cricket (and I reckon it is ;))
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i take it you are going by the thurs//fri part of the first post , then you will be quite correct sir :lol: , if it is thurs or fri then it could be colours :)
 
everyone else has given the info on settings, so ill talk about positioning.

what type of shot are you after, side on - you dont have to move and you get some good frozen action shots - see my flickr
inline with stumps - you have a good run between overs to swap to be behind the bowler again but if you stand off to one side best to be opposite side of the batsman to get a clear shot of the stumps behind you will get some cracking bowlout shots.

my poker friend plays for his local team and i went to the game last week and i loved shooting it, im now gonna be a regular boundry tog next season for them.
 
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