Some pics of Monday Night Football

[kgarrett11]

Here are a few pics from MNF in Jacksonville. Thanks to the help of the Dgrinners for their advice. It was hard to get any good ones when I had to deal with the lights and the NFL rules about the size of the lens. I used a D200 with an 18-200mm VR lens. I set the ISO to 640 and used Aperature priority at f5.6. For the most part all of the pictures were at a shutter speed of 80 to 100 so the action did not get frozen. Let me know what you think and I know that I could have done better but I want to know how.

http://kgarrett.smugmug.com/photos/96489668-M.jpg

http://kgarrett.smugmug.com/photos/96489702-M.jpg

http://kgarrett.smugmug.com/photos/96490020-M.jpg

This one is pre-game and I down at field level
http://kgarrett.smugmug.com/photos/96488365-M.jpg

[wxwax]

You did a good job.

I knew 200mm wouldn't be much help from the stands.

I would have raised my ISO much higher: the single most important thing is to get your shutter speed as high as you can. Obviously, a 1/100 shutter speed isn't nearly enough.

The good news is, your auto white balance seems to have handled the lights very well.

[Seefutlung]

No reason for blur when you have ISO to spare.

[kgarrett11]

Thanks, at the time I thought that if I went any higher in the ISO under the lights that the grain would be too much. But I guess that what little I gained in the grain I lost a lot mor in the action.

[wxwax]

Thanks, at the time I thought that if I went any higher in the ISO under the lights that the grain would be too much. But I guess that what little I gained in the grain I lost a lot mor in the action.
:nod

Been there, done that. Better to have noise and a decent exposure, than no shot at all.

[CalexPhoto]

Those are pretty good pictures from where you were at, plus you were there at the game. I'm a Steeler fan stuck in the midwest, that have yet to be at a ANY pro game, let alone my team the Steelers. Too bad they lost that game, but I'm sure they'll be back. Thanks for sharing.

[stephiewilliams]

Exactly, unless you are hired for print better to have a sharp grainy photo than a clear blurry one...

Nice job though, these are the things that make having a dslr fun!

[Seefutlung]

Exactly, unless you are hired for print better to have a sharp grainy photo than a clear blurry one...

Nice job though, these are the things that make having a dslr fun!

I must differ here ... Especially if you're hired for print ... it's better to have a sharp grainy pix than a grainless, blurry pix.