Sunday, September 24, 2023

Football settings for 2023

 1/1000, f/2.8 Auto ISO Matrix Metering is working at night. 



f/8 10 (ish) mm crop lens










Volleyball

 D5, 70-200 f/2.8 3D tracking with face detection on auto ISO f/3.5

  Shot from the balcony.  

















  • 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
  • ƒ/3.5
  •  

  • 200.0 mm
  •  

  • 1/1000
  •  

  • 8000
  • Sunday, September 3, 2023

    Finally made the jump to full frame

    Thanks to the newer mirrorless tech the price of DSLR gear is dropping fast! I am now the proud owner of a Nikon D5 and a 400mm Nikkor VR lens. I got a 400mm lens last year but it weighs 14 pound and was hurting my elbow.   So the week before football season I upgraded to the VR version that weighs four pounds less.  Getting the lighter lens was a great decision.  I hope I can sell the older heavier one though. 

    Due to some other changes I will have a lot of my photos published for the next four months. 


















    Friday, September 16, 2022

    Dynamic Area Auto Focus

     Dynamic Area Auto Focus really seemed to work well for basketball.  I had always used single point focus in the past but maybe the newer cameras work better with dynamic area auto focus.











    Friday, September 9, 2022

    Finally got the big bad lens

     I did it, I found a good deal on a 400mm f/2.8!  It is a 1985 model and very heavy, but it works!


    Shot with my new to me 400mm f/2.8 on a D500




    I was able to hold my 400mm on the monopod in my left hand while getting closer shots like this with my 105mm in my other hand.  



    Monday, December 13, 2021

    Back from New Zealand

     I'm back.  Covid slowed everything down here at home but I'm back now and this was my one award winning photo from 2020




    Thursday, May 23, 2019

    Housefire in the Blue Light



    Got a new lens and only need to do 30 jobs like the one above to pay for it.  YOLO!