Miniature Bull Riding
- Thread starter Teresa Gilbert
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Leslie Hunter
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How fun and exciting! These are fantastic!
You got some nice action here of these brave young cowboys.
I would like to know your shooting setup, does not seem like a flash would be required for daylight shots like this. If you could tell us your camera, lens, aperture ISO and shutter speed it would help.
Don't get me wrong, these are good as is, but maybe you were giving yourself a handicap.
I would like to know your shooting setup, does not seem like a flash would be required for daylight shots like this. If you could tell us your camera, lens, aperture ISO and shutter speed it would help.
Don't get me wrong, these are good as is, but maybe you were giving yourself a handicap.
Teresa Gilbert
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Thank you!
Darcy Grizzle
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They came out awesome Teresa 
, glad I 1st viewed them here instead of your fb post.
, glad I 1st viewed them here instead of your fb post.
Teresa Gilbert
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I shoot with a Nikon D750
Teresa Gilbert
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Handicap is shooting indoors lol! Normally don't have an issue in this arena if it's barrel racing or full on rodeo events, but due to their set up, I think it changed the ambient light. Shot with Nikon D750, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8, aperture, ISO and shutter speed varied. Tried to keep shutter around 500 and aperture around 4 to 5.6, ISO varied as well: 8000-12800
Teresa Gilbert
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The FB post was basically for Ryan's mom - these are other shots I got, and of course, I still have more!They came out awesome Teresa
Thanks for the info, must have been pretty dark then. Sounds like you were using auto ISO.
Teresa Gilbert
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It was a little darker than normal. I think the black curtains the event hung off to the sides and slightly behind the chutes maybe absorbed a certain amount. As for ISO, I manually adjusted it, although I could have set the samera to use auto.
Hey Teresa,
Well the D750 is one of the best cameras there is when shooting high iso, but with most any camera when you start getting up into the 8000-12,000 range there will be noise.
You could have tried shooting at f2.8 instead of f4 to 5.6, that would have allowed you to have gotten into the ISO 5000 to 6400 range while maintaining the shutter speed. Though I also think you could have been shooting at 1/200th to 1/250th.
I don't care for auto-ISO myself. If I need to raise the ISO, I want it to be a conscious decision. But I do know others do like using it.
What are you using for Noise Reduction?
Well the D750 is one of the best cameras there is when shooting high iso, but with most any camera when you start getting up into the 8000-12,000 range there will be noise.
You could have tried shooting at f2.8 instead of f4 to 5.6, that would have allowed you to have gotten into the ISO 5000 to 6400 range while maintaining the shutter speed. Though I also think you could have been shooting at 1/200th to 1/250th.
I don't care for auto-ISO myself. If I need to raise the ISO, I want it to be a conscious decision. But I do know others do like using it.
What are you using for Noise Reduction?
R.C. Golding
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Great action shoots, gives you the feeling you are right there and what a blast for the kids.
Teresa Gilbert
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I usually shoot f2.8, but wanted to try keeping of the background in focus. I typically don't care to bring my shutter down that low, as I seem to end up blurring the main subject too much, but something to play with next time I run into that lighting situation. Without looking, I', pretty sure I have my camera set to low on the NR, that being said, I use the noise reduction in Lightroom.