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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 824727" data-attributes="member: 48483">I will throw in my thoughts, but there is not anything radically different.You have motion blurring going on. For the sports action, it is crucial to take control of shutter speed and not let the camera guess your setting. It is a good time to use the Shutter Priority mode if you are not comfortable with taking the test shots and estimating the f-stop in Manual mode. I would set the ISO at 100-Auto so it will automatically increase ISO as required. 1/1000 is a reasonable speed in my mind also. I believe you will find the camera in S-mode at that speed is going to select the widest aperture of the lens anyhow and the ISO will be what changes mostly.Panning with your subject is a skill that takes practice. Just keep trying. This will still blur the surrounding stuff but help the subject to be sharper.The 2nd photo as was noted that is around midday in bright sun. That means lots of contrast to the shadow. If you shoot with RAW format and post-process, there is a bit of room to lighten those shadows. Otherwise the only option to fix that is to be close and use a fill-flash or have an assistant hold a reflector shining on the girl's face.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 824727, member: 48483"] I will throw in my thoughts, but there is not anything radically different. You have motion blurring going on. For the sports action, it is crucial to take control of shutter speed and not let the camera guess your setting. It is a good time to use the Shutter Priority mode if you are not comfortable with taking the test shots and estimating the f-stop in Manual mode. I would set the ISO at 100-Auto so it will automatically increase ISO as required. 1/1000 is a reasonable speed in my mind also. I believe you will find the camera in S-mode at that speed is going to select the widest aperture of the lens anyhow and the ISO will be what changes mostly. Panning with your subject is a skill that takes practice. Just keep trying. This will still blur the surrounding stuff but help the subject to be sharper. The 2nd photo as was noted that is around midday in bright sun. That means lots of contrast to the shadow. If you shoot with RAW format and post-process, there is a bit of room to lighten those shadows. Otherwise the only option to fix that is to be close and use a fill-flash or have an assistant hold a reflector shining on the girl's face. [/QUOTE]

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