Bright sunlight on soccer game

[photog1107]

OK, so most of the time, the more light the better, but I am wondering if there are any tips for better exposure here than what I got. The colors seem too washed out and possibly overexposed, so any help in improving this for next time is appreciated! Am looking for well exposed, but nicely saturated color even in bright sunlight. Thanks!

Exif:
300 mm with a Canon 75-300 on Xti body
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/500 shutter

[BK553]

A polarizing filter may help. Also, shoot raw and you can recover some of the detail in post. This image, and I assume the others, could be tweaked pretty easy with levels in lightroom or photoshop, and you could sync the settings to all of the photos in the set easily.

By the way, it's really not a bad shot at all.

[lputman]

The sunny16 might be of help in these conditions...
Sunny 16 rule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[photog1107]

Yes, I am aware of Sunny 16, but to achieve 1/400 that would have meant f/16 at ISO 400... correct? I need a fast shutter speed for the action, but I would have to push up ISO and lose grain. Am I right about that? Or do you think that would have enhanced the overall exposure?

[lputman]

You should be able to stop action with a minimum ss of 200. You might gain some noise at a higher ISO but 400 should not introduce any significant amount.

[jdepould]

I would just set the lens to f/5.6, that way it isn't changing aperture on you. ISO200 isn't going to be noisy, and it'll give you 1/1000+. The image looks a little over, so you could probably get 1250 or even 1600 out of it.