Lion Dance Competition (Friday)

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Lighting was poor and I had to struggle with ISO3200 all the way, with a 300mm f/4.
One of the team, the 3rd team, fell twice. Well, bad luck but the crowd cheered the loudest for them.

[wilsonang]

of cos lah... fall 3 times is -3 liao le wor... still hv the courage to continue... its gd sportmanship mah...

[nyxx88]

Great pictures Don. Thanx for sharing your settings, was just about to ask you when I read your follow-on post.

Was there on Thursday night trying to shoot, but too dark for my D70 . Max ISO is only 1600 & it was not good enough.

Question: Does a flash still help at such a distance? Using the 70-300mm lens.

[Drudkh]

Originally Posted by nyxx88 Great pictures Don. Thanx for sharing your settings, was just about to ask you when I read your follow-on post. Was there on Thursday night trying to shoot, but too dark for my D70 . Max ISO is only 1600 & it was not good enough. Question: Does a flash still help at such a distance? Using the 70-300mm lens.

Sad enough, no flash allowed as the performers were doing dangerous stunts and might distract them.

[sinori]

very nice series

[n0d3]

Originally Posted by nyxx88 Great pictures Don. Thanx for sharing your settings, was just about to ask you when I read your follow-on post. Was there on Thursday night trying to shoot, but too dark for my D70 . Max ISO is only 1600 & it was not good enough. Question: Does a flash still help at such a distance? Using the 70-300mm lens.

Some sports/events don't allow the use of flash, eg. gymnastics etc. Besides bumping up the ISO you can try investing in a faster lens, eg. the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR. Hope it helps.

[sehsuan]

Originally Posted by nyxx88 Question: Does a flash still help at such a distance? Using the 70-300mm lens.

it really depends on the GN of the flash. any photo solely illuminated by direct flash, will look flat and unappealing.

[ycchen]

That is nice capture...
I don't think my panasonic Fz5 is capable doing the same shots

[Spectrum]

Originally Posted by n0d3 Some sports/events don't allow the use of flash, eg. gymnastics etc. Besides bumping up the ISO you can try investing in a faster lens, eg. the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR. Hope it helps.

Well, that depands on how u capture the moment. All this action shots have a certain rhythm within it & that is the way for testing ur skill. Knowing the next move is really important when shooting this sort of action. There r few ways of shooting action shots. Like:-
1) Panning with the subject(s) movement.
2) Intercept a jump when is reach to a certain height like the gymnastics.
3) Zoom in or zoom out of the subject (provided it doesn't move in a short while) if u got a chance when using slow shutter speed & a tripod.
4) Which ever ur own method u think u can capture a nice pic(s)

This are just some of my another no brainer suggestion again dude. Enjoy shooting & keep improving.

[Oxygen]

Nice series .... ISO 3200.. cool man..