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<p>Another from the Chapman University game.</p><div></div>

<p>Final games for Chapman University. Chapman University walked away with two wins on the final double header against University of Dallas</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks for the feedback. Steven, I will give the custom a go at the next shoot. Thanks again.</p>

<p>Greetings to all. I typically shoot football games but had an opportunity to shoot a college basketball game. I would like to get any advise / input on the shots from the game (<a href="http://rubenephoto.zenfolio.com/p190223223">http://rubenephoto.zenfolio.com/p190223223</a>). I used my Canon 7D (AF expansion, AWB, M, ISO3200, 1/500, no flash) with shots mostly completed with a Canon 85mm f1.8 and a Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS. Thanks in advance for your feedback.</p>

<p>One more from the final game of the regular high school football season (Perris, CA USA)</p>

<p>Citrus Hill HS vs Tahquitz HS</p><div></div>

<p>Final game of the regular high school football season (Perris, CA USA)</p><div></div>

<p>I have been covering a variety of sports and events for some time, but recently it seems to more football than anything. I like to do a couple of different marketing type approaches. However, sales typically pick up after I pull some photo's at random and gt them printed up (4x6's), then slap a business card on the back and distribute during halftime. In my mind, doing this is a minor expense and low amount of effort that seems to return pretty well. Other than that, I do online only and some advertising on the schools team websites.</p>

<p>I mainly shoot night games for high schools. This one was shot from about 10 yards forward of the scrimmage line. The photo made the leading page in the local newspaper.</p><div></div>

<p>If there is any negative feeling, it is central to the hurdles I am having to take with processing 7D RAW files. Since I am an Aperture, I praying to the Apple Photo gods that they will release an update real soon. However, being a sports shooter, games and events are not waiting. Post prod has been modified a bit and includes the following:</p>

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<li>Using DPP to process the RAW files ... identical to the setting Paul noted previously.</li>

<li>Save out of DPP as a 16-bit TIFF (of sometimes JPG)</li>

<li>Import into Aperture. Massage the pics as usual ... tweak white balance if needed, a little sharpening, edge sharpening, etc.</li>

<li>Export the pre-final as a JPG ... high quality.</li>

<li>Noise reduction completed outside Aperture with Noise Ninja (stand along apps is very fast ... kicks a$$ over the Aperture plug-in)</li>

<li>Photo is posted online as needed.</li>

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<p>Any other Aperture-heads out there doing anything different?</p>

<p>Very nice. Did you use anything in post with these shots? Any noise reduction software used?</p><div></div>

<p>Started off on the 9th with some Friday Night Lights ....<br>

<img src="http://rubenephoto.zenfolio.com/p52845277/e163f7dc4" alt="" /></p>

<p>Started off on the 9th with some Friday Night Lights ...<br /> <img src="http://rubenephoto.zenfolio.com/p52845277/e163f7dc4" alt="" /> <br /> <img src="http://rubenephoto.zenfolio.com/p52845277/e4f6bf3" alt="" /> <br /> <img src="http://rubenephoto.zenfolio.com/p52845277/e1224281e" alt="" /></p>

<p>Started off on the 9th with some Friday Night Lights ...</p>

<p>To start, I tend to shoot in RAW. This way I can make any adjustment in post-prod. I also shoot in Manual, f2.8, 1/400~500 based on the field/stadium. As for metering, I stick with Partial metering.</p><div></div>

<p>and another example</p><div></div>

<p>another example</p><div></div>

<p>I second Daniel's comments. Here are some shots taken with my 40D and 70-200 f2.8 IS (@f4)</p>

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<p>... and one more</p><div></div>

<p>... and more</p><div></div>

<p>... and more Little League Baseball</p><div></div>

<p>... more Little League Baseball</p><div></div>

<p>I shot some Little League Baseball action</p><div></div>

<p>I tend to shoot a lot of action sports ... namely Hight School Football. I am currently shooting a Canon 40D (RAW 1/500 @ 2.8) and typically do not exceed ISO 1600 while shooting night games. However, during the last shoot, because of poor lighting conditions at the stadium I ended up bumping up the ISO to 3200. I expected an increase in noise in the shots. However, when reviewing my shots I noticed that the image quality and associated noise was significantly worse on the slower of my two CF cards (SanDisk Ultra II vs. the SanDisk Extreme III). Has anyone experienced this and is this normal?</p>

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