High School football at night

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

High School football is big in the south and no where more so than my small town. Decided to go to the game tonight and I carried my d750 with the Tamron 150-600. I had no idea if there was near enough light but though it could not hurt to try. I was surprised at how good the combo was.

 

[Fred Kingston_RIP]

You can get 1-stop more speed by reseting that Exposure Compensation to 0...

 

[Whiskeyman]

You can get 1-stop more speed by reseting that Exposure Compensation to 0...

Wouldn't that slow the shutter speed down? I think so...

WM

 

[Texas]

Seems I'm always off by "1" as well...

 

[Whiskeyman]

High School football is big in the south and no where more so than my small town. Decided to go to the game tonight and I carried my d750 with the Tamron 150-600. I had no idea if there was near enough light but though it could not hurt to try. I was surprised at how good the combo was.

Don, those are nice shots.

WM

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

I had to be in an autoexposure mode since the lighting in the field changes so much from one part to another. The exposure was just a little overexposed so that is the reason for the -1 I normally shoot about - 1/3 anyway.


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[TieuNgao]

Wouldn't that slow the shutter speed down? I think so...

WM

I think it depends on the "mode". In the "M" mode, if exposure compensation is set to -1 the ISO will be reduced by one half. However, I wonder what would happen if the ISO is already at the base and can't go down further? Perhaps the camera would increase the shutter speed?

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

I think it depends on the "mode". In the "M" mode, if exposure compensation is set to -1 the ISO will be reduced by one half. However, I wonder what would happen if the ISO is already at the base and can't go down further? Perhaps the camera would increase the shutter speed?

Was not in M since the field lighting is not consistent. Actually in Program with auto ISO and auto shutter speed set to the high side of center. This keeps the shutter speed high enough to compensate for the long lens and the action on the field. The darker background caused the exposure to be hot on the players so the -1 compensation handles that. Also the D750 handles shadow detail great so this give me a little advantage. I always shoot for the highlights. For the conditions my choices did great. I shot about 150 frames and all were good as far as exposure goes.

either:
1. Faster shutter speed
2. Close down the aperture
3. Lower the ISO

Any of the above would cause the exposure to be less

 

[Whiskeyman]

I had to be in an autoexposure mode since the lighting in the field changes so much from one part to another. The exposure was just a little overexposed so that is the reason for the -1 I normally shoot about - 1/3 anyway.


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Don, I am in the same lighting boat with the stadium where I shoot. What I try to do is establish the stadium lighting range after the sun is down. When I've determined the range of exposure values, if it isn't too much, say over 4 EV, I set my camera to the middle value and take care of any issues in post processing. This causes me a lot of post processing work, but it does sometimes save a shot that would have not been metered properly. Your way would work just fine, and if I weren't so hard-headed, I'd be working that way, as well.

Last night was our team's first game and there was a new photographer working with us, and she is a local pro. After half-time, she commented on just how bad the lighting is now that she sees it through the lens, instead of from the stands. Oh, to be able to shoot at a well-lighted venue!

BTW, how did Prattville's team do?

WM

 

[Whiskeyman]

I think it depends on the "mode". In the "M" mode, if exposure compensation is set to -1 the ISO will be reduced by one half. However, I wonder what would happen if the ISO is already at the base and can't go down further? Perhaps the camera would increase the shutter speed?

The ISO would change if you are working with Auto-ISO on. This link Understanding Auto ISO | Changing ISO on the Fly from Nikon explains a bit of how Auto ISO works in M, S, A and P modes.

My original point was that if exposure compensation were changed from -1 to 0, it would require more light, which would require a slower shutter speed, not a faster one as the poster had suggested. In some cases, where the EV is set to -1 (assuming here changed from 0) the shutter speed would increase by 1 f-stop.