Now up...

VHS Girls' Soccer v CWA, and Senior's Night 2009:


After re-RAW converting all the second half photos (one of them, above) to a white balance of "Fluorescent" rather than "Auto-As shot" the results are much improved in that they're consistent if not 100% "correct".

I think that if the photos had been originally shot with one specific white balance the outcome would be pretty much spot-on.

EOS 5D; 70-200mm f2.8L with a 1.4x extender for an effective focal length of 98-280mm; shot at 98mm; White Balance Auto-As shot; Manual exposure 200th at f8.0;

RAW conversion: white balance "fluorescent"; exposure compesation +2; PS levels mid 1.1 high 180-200; fill flash 3 lighter, 35 saturation; Neat Image digital noise reduction 5D @ 1600 ISO 200th f5.6; remove only half of noise

More on White Balance...

Here's a shot from Pirates-v-Cedar Park that's been RAW converted two different ways:

1) converted as "fluorescent/as shot" or 4000K


and 2) converted as "tungsten" or 3200K in Breeze Browser, which is what I use for RAW conversion.


Fluorescent definitely looks "better" and more "correct".

Next up...

VHS Football versus Cedar Park, tonight at 7:00 pm. Right now the long-range doppler radar looks pretty good. Probably wear my full rain suit but no boots. 70-200mm f2.8 zoom with 1.4x extender for 98mm-280mm effective focal length, probably take my Kata rain hood but hope to leave it in the trunk.

Speaking of white balance: I'm going to do a custom white balance after it gets fully dark: shoot a white card, do Menu > Custom WB and select the white card just photographed, exit the Menu, press and set White Balance to the "Custom" icon.

Before it gets fully dark I'm going to set the White Balance at "Daylight" which is 5200K and see how that works.

Metal Halide lamps seem to run in a range from 2300K for "white corrected" (Often used as accent lighting to blend in with fluorescent 2700K applications) to 4000K for "standard" (Used in general lighting; factories: parking lots, warehouses) to 5500K for "Hylux" (Daylight lamps: horticulture, aquariums, high color definition).

Ref: www.venturelighting.com/TechCenter/Lamps/color_of_light.htm

Next shoot...

VHS Pirates football v Cedar Park, Friday October 30, 7:00pm, VHS Stadium.

Hope the weather won't be too crappy; right now it looks like "Friday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 57. South southwest wind between 9 and 14 mph." with the chance of rain increasing to 90% Friday night.

Oh well, it can't be as bad as Homecoming...

Can it?

Working on...

VHS Pirates football v Lakeside, October 18, 2009. Pirates win, 44-13. Got some very good offensive and defensive sequences. My sense of timing in shooting football is improving. That, and taking over 900 photos helps...

Working on...

Vashon Island Soccer Club GU14 (Phoenix) and GU13 (Riptide) soccer from Saturday, October 24; VHS Football from several dates; VHS Volleyball from Thursday, October 21

Basically trying to get caught up :-/