Walt, You've got a K-5! You can stretch the iso to 3200 or 6400 and get good shots in the dark. And that shutter speed with shake reduction can go to 1/20th or 1/10th. That should get you ball and cue motion but shaarp people. Do some testing. You CAN push the limits with the K-5! (Nice image of a colorful character too. Love the hand holding the cue on left.) Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Bruce. > > I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently > -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. > > I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred > to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd > have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? > > I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but > that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how > difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag > racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much > higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have > expected. > > -- Walt > > > On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. >> >> Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make >> for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a >> lot. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident >>> characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more >>> cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal >>> with >>> him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has >>> phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. "Hey! >>> Lemme >>> tell ya somethin'!" "And another thing!" "You talkin' about me?" "Don't >>> start no shit!" >>> >>> He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get >>> better >>> the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: >>> >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ >>> K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 >>> >>> I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick >>> Tracy character to my eye. >>> >>> Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
