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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 4607" data-attributes="member: 654">The horse is well within the depth of field of the EXIF settings. The primary problem is subject motion blurring. You can see it in the hooves and the dirt arena he is running on. I don't really see any camera shake or there would be ghosting in the areas that are in focus. The solution is to get the shutter speed up. You are at an ISO of 800 now you could try going up in stages to 1600. That will also introduce grain (Digital Noise). With a noise reduction program you should get very usable shots. The other thing you can do is go to a f/1.4 lens. Even then going from a f/1.8 to f/1.4 is not a big gain but every little bit will help. The third thing you can do is use a flash. Modern day flash units produce a more natural light than the ones I used back in the old days. I currently use an SB800 in a very large auditorium size church and still get good pictures. The SB900 is currently the most powerful one produced by Nikon, however there is word that a new unit will be introduced shortly. I don't know if it will be any stronger than the SB900 but it's probably worth waiting for it's introduction and see what it can do.&nbsp; Hope this helps.Happy shooting, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Joseph</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 4607, member: 654"] The horse is well within the depth of field of the EXIF settings. The primary problem is subject motion blurring. You can see it in the hooves and the dirt arena he is running on. I don't really see any camera shake or there would be ghosting in the areas that are in focus. The solution is to get the shutter speed up. You are at an ISO of 800 now you could try going up in stages to 1600. That will also introduce grain (Digital Noise). With a noise reduction program you should get very usable shots. The other thing you can do is go to a f/1.4 lens. Even then going from a f/1.8 to f/1.4 is not a big gain but every little bit will help. The third thing you can do is use a flash. Modern day flash units produce a more natural light than the ones I used back in the old days. I currently use an SB800 in a very large auditorium size church and still get good pictures. The SB900 is currently the most powerful one produced by Nikon, however there is word that a new unit will be introduced shortly. I don't know if it will be any stronger than the SB900 but it's probably worth waiting for it's introduction and see what it can do. Hope this helps. Happy shooting, :) Joseph [/QUOTE]

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