Staying In!

[shutterthug]

I thought that I would share this as my first image shared here, this was shot at a recent roller derby bout, C&C welcome (I may have over sharpened a bit for tinypic)



Shot with a Pentax Kr, FA 50mm 1.4, 1/250 @ F 2.4

[Shadowman]

Hi Mel,

Nice effort, I think the sharpening is fine.

[Downrigger]

Great action and expression, fighting for the right side of the line. I do not think it is over-sharpened.. In fact it seems a whisper soft to my eye, which could be that the woman in blue is at the back of the DOF at that aperture, her motion at 1/250, or easily as likely, my eye.

[Dave Humphries]

Good action shot Mel - and welcome to the CiC forums by the way.

Is the WB (White Balance) correct?
The colours look a little 'off' to me, especially the skin tones - although I do appreciate that you may well have been shooting under far from ideal lighting and it may be an artefact of that.
In other words; rather than a simple adjustment of WB (Hue and Tint), it may require tweaking the 'colour gains' - that panel in whatever software you use that allows adjustment of saturation, hue, etc. of the primary and secondary colours, etc.

HTH, Dave

[shutterthug]

Thanks guys I appreciate the feedback.

Good action shot Mel - and welcome to the CiC forums by the way.

Is the WB (White Balance) correct?
The colours look a little 'off' to me, especially the skin tones - although I do appreciate that you may well have been shooting under far from ideal lighting and it may be an artefact of that.
In other words; rather than a simple adjustment of WB (Hue and Tint), it may require tweaking the 'colour gains' - that panel in whatever software you use that allows adjustment of saturation, hue, etc. of the primary and secondary colours, etc.

HTH, Dave

Dave, Thanks for the suggestion, I am not sure on the WB I will fool with the RAW image and see what happens, I am still pretty new to PP and colorblind to boot!

[FootLoose]

Good action shot, Mel. Looks like ballet on wheels to me. Pity about the position of the official's hand but that can't be helped.