Would these be acceptable? ** New pics added **

I look forward to seeing the results - however the OP gets there. :)
 
Hi,

Thanks to all who answered the original post and all the advice.

Here are a few from the weekend's Tournament, I have not done much to these in Photoshop (except 1 of them) just a little noise reduction and altered levels in Lightroom. I'll be doing more pp when I get time this week.

Please comment on them, advise where ever possible, cheers :)

1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5. The one I've had a play with in Photoshop.
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Hi Paul
Yep, those are a very big improvement on your original shots - focus is on subject and look much sharper and brighter - well done !

For me nos 2 ( very clear action with good expression on face) and 4 (nice stance, just let down a tad with her hand blocking a little of her face and a tad overexposed) are best.

Some things to work on for next go:
No1, just a pity about the glove hiding the face.
No 3 is a little soft and the B/G' not helping. Difficult to get uncluttered B/G, but you've just got to try.
 
yep - these are much better - well done. A little variation in the WB between shots that maybe needs fixed but more minor problems than with the first set. Did you shoot in bursts?
 
PaulF said:
Now I really need to learn photoshop a bit more, how long did that take? I'm guessing duplicate layer, mask out foreground then blur like crazy?
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+1 - that is first class work - didn't know PS could do that much.

And that second batch is an incredible improvement - well done!:thumbs:
 
Number 1 is a good action shot. What I tend to do with things like that is take 4-5 of the kick in this instance. That way the glove would have probably moved.

Number 3 is a good action shot also, but looks a little out of focus on the subjects.

Number 4, again nice shot, but needs a little photoshop work. Brightness/exposure perhaps.
 
Rockshifter said:
Hi Paul
Yep, those are a very big improvement on your original shots - focus is on subject and look much sharper and brighter - well done !

For me nos 2 ( very clear action with good expression on face) and 4 (nice stance, just let down a tad with her hand blocking a little of her face and a tad overexposed) are best.

Some things to work on for next go:
No1, just a pity about the glove hiding the face.
No 3 is a little soft and the B/G' not helping. Difficult to get uncluttered B/G, but you've just got to try.
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Cheers, I've got quite a few shots to process, loads of the girl in shot 4 (she's the English champion I believe)

awp said:
yep - these are much better - well done. A little variation in the WB between shots that maybe needs fixed but more minor problems than with the first set. Did you shoot in bursts?
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Thanks Andrew, no didn't shoot in burst. Not too keen on it as the viewfinder goes blank!

davek said:
+1 - that is first class work - didn't know PS could do that much.

And that second batch is an incredible improvement - well done!:thumbs:
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Thanks David.

Brooksy said:
Number 1 is a good action shot. What I tend to do with things like that is take 4-5 of the kick in this instance. That way the glove would have probably moved.

Number 3 is a good action shot also, but looks a little out of focus on the subjects.

Number 4, again nice shot, but needs a little photoshop work. Brightness/exposure perhaps.
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Cheers Eric, I shot in single shot mode so shot 1 is just one of those things... maybe I need to get comfortable with burst mode.
 
awp said:
:thinking: Blank!? I would be shooting this at 8 frames per second!
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My D5000 only does 3.5fps, when I used burst while shooting motorsport all I saw through the viewfinder was black (maybe the odd bit of normal view, can't really remember as it was a while ago, but mainly black) while I had the shutter pressed. I assumed it was because the mirror was up, is that not normal?
 
Not normal on my bodies - no - the mirror goes up and down with each shutter sequence - blindingly fast! One reason pro bodies cost a lot more I suppose.
 
get higher speed if possible and more contrast...exposure

the backgrounds can be fussy...for photographic purposes just try to get the combatants only in a shot with large aperture to throw the background out of focus
 
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