Back for another girls track meet. I had gotten rained out at the Middle Country meet and hadn’t been able to photograph the shot-putters and much of pole vault or high jump. The weather for this meet was just the opposite – sunny and fairly warm. So, lots of contrasty light. Since I missed the shot-putters in the first meet I left the 100-yard early to...
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I try to shoot track events on cloudy days. Actually, I try to shoot all events on cloudy days, but especially track. Bright sunlight reflecting off the brick-colored track will turn everyone bright red. On cloudy days the light is more dispersed so the effect, while still a factor, is not as bad. You can correct it using the tint slider in your white-balace control. If...
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Wanna know how cold it was at this track meet? Check out photo 519 (next to last in the gallery). Cold, rain, blowing like stink. That about sums it up. As you can see, the girls’ expressions run from “It’s cold but I’m having fun” to “It’s cold and get me the heck out of here.” Definitely a nasty day. But … really...
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Back to Suffolk Community College Athletics Center, this time for boys winter track. This one was a Saturday afternoon track meet so there was some daylight coming through the windows at the top of the center. This gave me about 1/2-stop more light but made adjusting white balance a little trickier. Fore details on how this was shot, just check out the previous post on...
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The athletic complex at Suffolk Community College West is an interesting place to shoot. The lighting is extremely even from end to end. You can maintain a single exposure everywhere except the track area behind the bleachers. This allows you to concentrate on one less thing when you’re shooting. Of course, just because the light is even doesn’t mean...
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Another chilly, windy day. The light, however, was really nice. It was overcast but bright, so not a lot of post-processing work on these shots. Which is a good thing because there are a lot of photos. I did have to tweak the 100m hurdles and the relays because the sky brightened during those events and there was a lot of backlight. I made myself a custom white balance...
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