I like them, though the whites seem a little washed out, not too much you could do with that.Few shots from my daughter's meet this weekend. First time I was able to try out the new D700 and Sigma 70-200. The lens was fine here but based on what it was doing at the soccer game the day before is heading in for service but I'm loving the combination overall.
cc welcome
Not entirely sure what you mean. The whites aren't blown out. If you mean that the white walls are pretty boring as a background, I'd agree. Somewhat of a double edged sword on that one though. Combined with the transom windows I've never been in a gym with as much light. I don't usually bother to try on vault, both because of not normally having a good angle plus it's hard to get a high enough shutter speed. Here I was fortunate on both counts. The vault was setup right in front of a doorway that they had open for ventilation but blocked off for access. I was able to stand in the hall just behind the mats. I'd have to look but I think I was able to get a shutter speed of 1/1250 which is unheard of and I don't think I took the iso quite up to 6400 to get it.
Reduce the brightness significantly, then bring the whites back up to the same level by increasing contrast, plus add maybe a touch more saturation, and it has a lot more "pop".
That's perhaps what I was thinking instead.
Thanks, I'll give it a try
Also, good advice. In typical "dad" behavior I never even noticed him due to focusing on my daughter.
That's been my experience as often as not. Maxing my old camera out at 6400 to only get 1/200 sometimes. Really not ideal for this sport. Always cracks me up in posts in other forums here where folks make statements about how no one who knows how to really use their camera should need high iso, they never go above 400 and just use a tripod or flash.... Right, that's always the solution....
and b) it really was an unusually well lit gym with the ability to get in the right position to shoot