Lexus Cup 2006

[Peter_Tee]

For all golf and sports fans, here are few photos from 2006 Lexus Cup (day 1).

#1 - Morgan Pressel:


#2 - Jennifer Rosales:


#3 - Grace Park (the Asian team captain):


#4 - Jee Young Lee:


#5 - Morgan Pressel:


Enjoy!

[goldbird]

Hi,

#2 and 3 look underexposed to me. And a fair bit of noise in all your pics .. what iso did you use?

[Peter_Tee]

Originally Posted by goldbird Hi, #2 and 3 look underexposed to me. And a fair bit of noise in all your pics .. what iso did you use?

Hi,

Exposure is not a problem... maybe I used wrong setting when doing RAW conversion... Also I used either ISO100 or ISO200. I have started to use new RAW conversion program, I need to check if there is something wrong in the settings.

[compro_1975]

what about Andrea and the rest of the models?

[bryant]

nice shot, the captain is the best looking.

[r32]

Originally Posted by Peter_Tee Hi, Exposure is not a problem... maybe I used wrong setting when doing RAW conversion... Also I used either ISO100 or ISO200. I have started to use new RAW conversion program, I need to check if there is something wrong in the settings.

It appears you have a good idea of what sort of shots to get and the ideal composition, probably because you are a golfer and/or look at many photographs of golfers.

However, the pictures look washed out and lack the "snap" in terms of colour and contrast, so maybe that is something you need to look into when you do post-process. An appropriate dose of unsharp mask will also enhance the photo to no end.

[Clown]

you got an 'overexposed' shot with #3..

[Peter_Tee]

Originally Posted by Clown you got an 'overexposed' shot with #3..

Originally Posted by goldbird Hi, #2 and 3 look underexposed to me. And a fair bit of noise in all your pics .. what iso did you use?

Interesting... Clown is saying 'overexposed' and goldbird is saying 'underexposed' - what should I comment? Maybe an issue of monitor calibration...?

Here is #3 again... processed by Canon 20D for JPEG

#6:

Originally Posted by r32 It appears you have a good idea of what sort of shots to get and the ideal composition, probably because you are a golfer and/or look at many photographs of golfers. However, the pictures look washed out and lack the "snap" in terms of colour and contrast, so maybe that is something you need to look into when you do post-process. An appropriate dose of unsharp mask will also enhance the photo to no end.

r32 - yeah... playing golf myself and actually I have taken quite many golf pictures to understand what is good composition.

I have to admit I haven't had time to do much post processing to any of the pictures, just basic RAW conversion. Usually I do apply e.g. unsharp mask. Here is slightly edited version (levels, unsharp mask):

#7:


r32 - would you or anyone else have any recommendation of good Photoshop course? Or good books / articles to read through?

I would be interested in taking some private lessons to learn to improve my PS skills... if there is anyone interested to teach me, send me PM! I know I could improve my PS skills a lot.

Originally Posted by compro_1975 what about Andrea and the rest of the models?

Unfortunately I didn't have time to shoot hospitality girls... there were enough pretty girls in the golf course to shoot

I will post some of those photos later...

[zac08]

I think he meant "over-exposed" as in you got an upskirt shot....

Not kinda nice for the lady.

[compro_1975]

Originally Posted by zac08 I think he meant "over-exposed" as in you got an upskirt shot.... Not kinda nice for the lady.

ya. TS you have a very innocent mind, it is the overexpose he mean

[r32]

Originally Posted by Peter_Tee r32 - would you or anyone else have any recommendation of good Photoshop course? Or good books / articles to read through? I would be interested in taking some private lessons to learn to improve my PS skills... if there is anyone interested to teach me, send me PM! I know I could improve my PS skills a lot. Unfortunately I didn't have time to shoot hospitality girls... there were enough pretty girls in the golf course to shoot I will post some of those photos later...

There are shelves of neglected Photoshop how-to books in your local library - they are an excellent place to start. You don't even need to go cover-to-cover, just use the index and look up the aspect you wish to apply to your image, and go from topic to topic thereafter.

[ExplorerZ]

Originally Posted by goldbird Hi, #2 and 3 look underexposed to me. And a fair bit of noise in all your pics .. what iso did you use?

noise! i didn't spot any noise... only heavy jpg compression.