Last Gymnastics for 2007....1600 ISO+

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Thanks Mike....I am happy to park the ISO 1600+ for awhile.

Getting meaningful, emotional action shots of this sport has given me fits. I learned a lot about auto focus and DOF management as a result and that's not all bad..... It is coming around, but then again so is my daughters events....the action as they move up is getting more photographic.

I shot some level 4 & 5 for the slide show and the ability to get action shots was really tough....but it comes around...like this little squirt...36" tall on her tiptoes...I was laying on my stomach to give her some effect of height  

1600 ISO and f1.8....missed the focus by a bit.....

 

Thanks.....Yes I am a pilot, as are several folks on this forum. Are you also a pilot...or perhaps an aspiring one? I fly a Piper Seneca II & Piper Chieftain...although I started in a Cessna 150....  

 

The entire team qualified for Nationals in Seattle (good for them)
They all decided it was too far to travel & too expensive (bad for me)

Instead they have a serious one week gymnastics camp in Upper WI and the entire team (except me...and I don't count) decided to go there instead of the expense and time to go to Seattle.

I had hoped to meet you personally, check out Seattle and take an additional couple of days to get one of my things checked off on my "to do list"....a visit to Alaska.

Instead I'll be at home cutting the grass  

 

Easy now...steady.... That 200 VR is a sweet lens....

The 135 f2 is my next lens addition.....most likely later this fall.

After that, I will swap out for either the 85 f1.2 or a used 50 f1.0 for my current 85 f1.8 or 50 f1.4. Stopping down to f1.4 sounds soooo cool.

 

Thanks Miriam...the post process has been a challenge for me. This particular batch was not my best. I have found that I tend to over-complicate things sometimes...I added a step in Bibble Pro this go around that seems ot have over sharpened and created a strange pattern on these images.

I shoot RAW, convert in DPP for sharpness and noise...dump as a JPG. Review, cull & crop in Aperture and run though J-Album for watermark & web posting....whew...got to be a better way!

Randy

 

Thanks guys....I appreciate the kind words.....

 

#7 seems to work for most of us.....it is my daughter so I appreciate getting lucky on one of the right ones at least!

Thanks!