Lots of action at Sunday's baseball game

The Chicago Cubs were having a grand time, racking up 12 runs against the Milwaukee Brewers. We were 22 rows back, just beyond first base. Even though Miller Park was fairly bright, I still needed to crank up my ISO to 1600. These were shot at 1/250, f/6.3, focal length of 270mm. Fun to play around with action shots!

Lights, face-off, action!

This image has no real focal point, but I was experimenting with capturing action shots and this was one of the better efforts. I'd been reading a very helpful thread over at Elements Village that gave some pointers about shooting sports. The tip to shoot RAW for the chance to lighten dark photos during processing was a GREAT idea. My "sports" mode photos were brighter, but noisier, and I don't have the option of RAW when using the Scenes on my camera.

Shutter: 1/250, f/5.6, ISO 1600, 154mm RAW, Manual mode.