Canon 300mm Zoom.

[GrahameA]

Afternoon All.

Nothing to do with Archery - but good for an idea what a lens is capable of since DylaK just spent some money on a 300mm Canon zoom. These were shot with a Canon 90-300 mm zoom. They were taken from the stand directly behind the Catcher and the Pitcher is at least 70yds away. This was at a Brisbane Bandits game a few weeks ago.

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The checkering pattern is a result of the photo being taken through a safety net - to protect spectators. The lens was wide open which gives a shallow depth of field and thus the net is blurred almost out.

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[bigbob]

wow now thats a lens. Great stuff.

[Nutgrass]

Very good indeed, if you didn't say about the mesh, I was putting it down a pattern in the turf

[Stickbow Hunter]

I was wondering what the banding was so I'm glad you told us Grahame.

Jeff

[DylanK]

Very nice photos. Hopefully I will be able to take such nice photos soon!

[GrahameA]

Morning All.

Took a longer lens last night - more of an exercise in trying out its capabilities than anything else. This was taken from roughly the same position and it is wound back to around 300mm.
Things to note:
The photo was taken in the early evening with most of the light coming from artificial lighting.
* The hash pattern is still there if you look for it.
* I have wound the ISO up to 800 to offset the lack of light even so the slow shutter speed is visible in the blur of the Pitchers hand as he completes the pitch.
* The penalty of winding up the ISO is the increased noise (or grain) in the image.
* The image was shot handheld and the effect of "Image Stabilisation" is visible in the lack of "camera shake".
* The aperture was 6.3 resulting in a shallow depth of field.

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As a comment - I shot probably 50 photos to get that one image where the pitcher and the ball were just right.

[Nutgrass]

As a comment - I shot probably 50 photos to get that one image where the pitcher and the ball were just right.

The beauty of digital film mate I find when doing something new with the camera, or just experimenting I do a similar thing

[GrahameA]

Morning.

As a comment - I shot probably 50 photos to get that one image where the pitcher and the ball were just right.

The beauty of digital film mate I find when doing something new with the camera, or just experimenting I do a similar thing

Digital is wonderful - somewhat faster to see the results and a lot cheaper .... plus no smelly chemicals. On the downside many do not think a lot about composition, they just rattle off more exposures. Plus with a decreased dynamic range we lose some impact. Then again there are ways of getting it back for the more enthusiastic amongst us.

I am guilty of often just playing with my cameras so I can try things out. Eventually you learn what all the different buttons etc. do. In Brisbane at the moment it is overcast and their is a light drizzle. I really should go out and take a few photos - just to show the place in different weather.