Kids at sport - very difficult challenge I must admit...

[theMusicMan]

Hi All

I have been asked if I would be the official tog at my daughters rugby team (under 11's) and take on a few assignments including taking photo's at matches, and the team shots etc.

I did my first session at todays game and have posted the best of a not so brilliant batch on my site.

The lighting was very poor being dull and overcast, the kids were running, and I only have a 45-150mm lens so used my recently purchased Olympus 1.4x converter wit this for grater reach. All these factors contributed to my having to select a high ISO (1600) in order to capture the images. I guess, being inexperienced in this field I could have gotten away with 800 or even 400 maybe, but c'est la vie - one lives and learns. Though they are grainy, they are not too bad and I am happy with my first foray into this realm.

Here's one I took at ISO800 which turned out a little better than I expected. No post processing or USM, straight convert to jpg from RAW.

Comments welcome.

Here's the remainder if anyone fancies a look.

 

[kevtd]

i think it would help if we could see the photo in mention

 

[theMusicMan]

Oops sorry Kev... it inherited some rogue settings from a parent category in my Zenfolio account. Should be OK now.

 

[King_Boru]

Looking good TMM, great to see some 4/3 high ISO images. Though not full size, they look very good.

 

[Big Ben]

you should see my E1 at iso 800, quite shocking...

 

[King_Boru]

you should see my E1 at iso 800, quite shocking...

That ol' beast is getting long in the tooth now. The E-3 only round the corner! Bet that will be a beast and a half like the E-1 was when it was first released.

Let me know if your upgrading, may take your E-1 off your hands.

King.

 

[theMusicMan]

Looking good TMM, great to see some 4/3 high ISO images. Though not full size, they look very good.

Thanks KB... I've uploaded the larger version of the image I posted here if you want a lookie.

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