Compensating for the lack of skills taking action shots with an editing trick!
First of all, I have to admit a whole defeat in taking action shots and controlling the camera/focus/ect when it comes to jumps and rolling in hay... My 2.5 year old was a great model fearlessly jumping down again and again, and from the whole time, only this jump was more or less worth of sharing it with an audience (and the last image is still blurry). But as I was putting them all into a collage, I figured that since the background is all the same, it was easy enough to attempt to smooth out the borders between the images and make them all a part of one image. So, I am compensating with the small editing trick for the lack of the photographic skills taking action shots.
As always, I am very much looking for all kind of input, reaction, critique and feedback. Thank you!
What were your camera settings? ISO and Shutter? What mode were you shooting in? The light looks pretty good. Did you have your camera set to continuous under shutter release? I'd be happy to suggest a few things.
Sometimes when we have something so specific in mind, we can be frustrated or disappointed. But wonderful new things can come out of that. I think that this falls in that category. Might not be what you set out to do, but your creativity and good eye came up with something else wonderful that stands on its own as a creative shot! And I love his expression on the bottom right :)
@dianen Thank you, Diane! I feel like I generally need more knowledge and experience with this!!!!! The whole jumping took place outside, but under an overhang, which made it darker than normal. This particular series was taken with me using the "Aperture Priority" mode (I have Nikon 5100) with my 35mm lens at aperture between 3.5 and 4. The shutter speed for both was 1/1000. I did set the camera to the continuous shooting mode, and the autofocus to "Continuous" on this, but still it didn't "catch" the kid in the last picture. I also tried the "sports" setting on the camera, which I thought should also do the appropriate autofocus mode, but those ones were also blurry, mostly with the background in focus instead of the kid. At the shots where I tried the shutter speed priority (with the 18-55mm lens, which does not open as much as the 35mm), my ISO was not enough and those turned out dark (and still blurry). I feel that generally, getting things in focus is my often my challenge. And I don't get to take lots of action shots otherwise, so experience is lacking generally.
I love it! When I took action shots of my grandson I just kept shooting. I know nothing about photography and shutter speed but when I was done and looked at the pics they were awesome. I just point and shoot 😃
When I'm concerned about motion I always shoot in shutter priority. I have a Nikon d5000 so we have almost the same camera. So if the last was blurry I would have stepped up the speed higher than 1/1000. If you need to up your iso
Oops hit send before I meant too if it still isn't working with higher speed and ISP it might be your focus points. Try af-c. Also check your af area mode....put it on the " motorcycle" one. Hopefully the d5100 has the same pics in the menu!
Also shoot in raw then if it's still too dark you can pull the stopped motion out of the shadow. Also I would use the 18-55 so you can fill the frame with the zoom Like others said above this series is great you did make it work but I know how you feel when u want a shot to be clear and can't seem to figure it out! But mostly you want the highest shutter speed you can get so let the camera figure out the aperture. Hope this helps
@dianen Ok, now I got the last message too - Thank you for all the hints, it is very helpful, because otherwise, for me it has been "reading about it" and doing some trial and error things. The only problem is, when I read an article about something, it is still pretty abstract, and it is very hard to connect the generic information to the actual actions "in the field". So, talking about a specific shot after trying it out is actually very helpful, thank you for all your input and the time! I very much appreciate it, and it is very motivational to going and trying it again. Thank you!
Thank you all so much for visiting and commenting on the jump! It is a wonderful place for children, we haven't even done all the things they offer - so, more visits in the coming days.
Judith - thank you so much for your kind words! It sometimes happen that neat things get created out of desperation, and I am happy how it turned out with just the minimal editing effort on my part.
Fabulous shots - love his excitement and happiness! The simple pleasures of burning off some energy. Great idea to edit them together. Look forward to seeing what happens with motorcycle mode if you go back there :)
This looks great, and I believe it is called Multiplicity. There was a Sandbox tutorial on it a while ago, which might have helpful hints for you that might make the processing quicker. But you have done a great job!
Rachel, thanks for the term - I will look it up, I like the result and the background turned out to be perfect for it.
Clare - I "cheated" the next day by only carrying around the little but very mighty Sony that does 11 frames per second in the sports mode. There are some results of that in the FB link to my March 22nd picture.
Thank you very much! It's very motivational to know that people view the pictures and take time to leave a comment. Very much appreciated.
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Judith - thank you so much for your kind words! It sometimes happen that neat things get created out of desperation, and I am happy how it turned out with just the minimal editing effort on my part.
Thank you!
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Rachel, thanks for the term - I will look it up, I like the result and the background turned out to be perfect for it.
Clare - I "cheated" the next day by only carrying around the little but very mighty Sony that does 11 frames per second in the sports mode. There are some results of that in the FB link to my March 22nd picture.
Thank you very much! It's very motivational to know that people view the pictures and take time to leave a comment. Very much appreciated.
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