Barry Johnston
New member
Hi everyone,
My first attempt at Equine Photography was a disaster....
I went to the local show jumping event yesterday for my first attempt at equestrian photography....sheesh, out of at least 200 shots, I have less that 50 keepers.... Can anyone give me some advice here please.
Firstly, I used my 1D MkII N with the 100-400 f/4.5 attached. I wasn't happy with the amount of OOF pics I have with that lens. I used wide open, beefed up the ISO to 400, actually I'm slightly convinced that there could be something wrong with my lens.... will have to do some testing; or is f/4.5 still too narrow DoF ??
I also used my EF300 2.8, it was certainly a lot better, as I had a lot more keepers with it. Would I be better pre-focusing perhaps??
The problem with photographing show jumping, is that the rider is never in the centre of the view finder. I did set the af point to the highest one in the centre, but when you need to take vertical shots there is not enough time to go into the menu to change it back....
Regardless, if there is anyone with this sort of expertise, would they mind sharing some of this valuable information with me please ?
This is one of the better images, but a few more can be viewed here where you will see some of the focusing issues.
My first attempt at Equine Photography was a disaster....
I went to the local show jumping event yesterday for my first attempt at equestrian photography....sheesh, out of at least 200 shots, I have less that 50 keepers.... Can anyone give me some advice here please.
Firstly, I used my 1D MkII N with the 100-400 f/4.5 attached. I wasn't happy with the amount of OOF pics I have with that lens. I used wide open, beefed up the ISO to 400, actually I'm slightly convinced that there could be something wrong with my lens.... will have to do some testing; or is f/4.5 still too narrow DoF ??
I also used my EF300 2.8, it was certainly a lot better, as I had a lot more keepers with it. Would I be better pre-focusing perhaps??
The problem with photographing show jumping, is that the rider is never in the centre of the view finder. I did set the af point to the highest one in the centre, but when you need to take vertical shots there is not enough time to go into the menu to change it back....
Regardless, if there is anyone with this sort of expertise, would they mind sharing some of this valuable information with me please ?
This is one of the better images, but a few more can be viewed here where you will see some of the focusing issues.