Shiner v Thrall 5-20-11

[throdown]

Darkness prevails as the Shiner Comanches play the Thrall Tigers at the Fairgrounds Ballpark in La Grange, Texas on 5-20-11. Tried my best to allow the most light into the camera--ISO 3200, F2.8, estimate shutter speed at around 1/1000.
Really concerned about the graininess of the image, but I've tried to brighten the image in iPhoto somewhat.

[John Godwin]

Hard to say for sure. Without knowing the capabilities of your Sony and not having any EXIF data to look at I would venture a guess that the pictures were under exposed and you tried to brighten them up in post processing.

Shoot in manual mode and take a meter reading off of the grass. Then set the exposure for 1/3 over and the noise will be greatly reduced. A shutter speed of 1/1000 and ISO 3200 and f2.8 for almost all high school fields will be under exposed.

If the light is not there and you want to shoot at 1/1000 ISO 3200 and F2.8 then you will have to live with the noise. Of course if the shutter speed is lowered then you will have to live with motion blur, your choice.

Try not to strip the EXIF data from the pictures so that we can see what you or your camera was doing.

[throdown]

John, sorry, not sure what EXIF means. Is that like meta data?
I did brighten them up with post processing.
I do like to freeze motion, so I will have to live with the noise.
Will look in my owners manual to find out what the EXIF means.
Good tips...thanks for your help...

[John Godwin]

EXIF data and Meta Data may be the same thing. I have always called it EXIF data. It is the properties of the picture that are recorded by the camera when the picture is taken.

I have a couple of different EXIF readers installed on my browser. Here are examples of each for the photo below. If I want to read the EXIF data and it is there all I have to do is right click on the photo and pick which reader I want to use.

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens: EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
Image Date: 2011-02-19 11:29:53 -0600
Focal Length: 300.0mm
Focus Distance: 25.50m
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 0.0005 s (1/2000)
ISO equiv: 800
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: John Godwin
Copyright: John Godwin


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EXIF IFD0
Camera Make {0x010F} Canon
Camera Model {0x0110} Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Last Modified Date/Time {0x0132} 2011:02:20 18:50:54
EXIF Sub IFD
Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) {0x829A} 1/2000 second ===> 0.0005 second
Lens F-Number / F-Stop {0x829D} 28/10 ===> ƒ/2.8
ISO Speed Ratings {0x8827} 800
Original Date/Time {0x9003} 2011:02:19 11:29:53
Shutter Speed Value (APEX) {0x9201} 10965784/1000000
Shutter Speed (Exposure Time) 1/2000 second
Aperture Value (APEX) {0x9202} 2970854/1000000
Aperture ƒ/2.8
Flash {0x9209} Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length {0x920A} 300/1 mm ===> 300 mm