Baseball lights
Our local town team just added lights to the baseball field, and tonight they are going to be having a gathering and lighting them for the first time. I'd love to take a shot of the occasion. It's just a small-town team, so a small field and the lights won't be overly fancy by any means. But I always get thrown off by thinking I need to set my camera for low light in the dark when actually taking pictures of lights.
They won't actually be playing, and coming out of a Minnesota winter the grass won't look anything like this - but I was visualizing something simple like this:
www.uttylerpatriots.com/media/2004-05/ba.../baseball_lights.jpg
Any advice on where to start with settings to get a nice capture of the lighting? I'd be more interested in a nice effect of the brand new lights than the exposure on the field itself.
I tried looking at a few samples online, but none of them had EXIF visible.
For lenses, I have 24-105 f/4.0, 28-75 f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8, 70-200 f/2.8 (obviously too much zoom on that one for that kind of capture).
I do have a tripod and shutter release. (and hot-shoe flash)
Thank you!
Scott
- Twin Cities, MN
Here are a couple shots. I notice the ground may be a bit on the yellow side, so I can play with that. Or it may just be a sign of the MN winter.
www.dropbox.com/s/9s8xvli8uznnj6f/IMG_0440.jpg
www.dropbox.com/s/ogghlok7cym1w6m/IMG_0404.jpg
www.dropbox.com/s/agd06acbjptlf4u/IMG_0380.jpg
Scott
- Twin Cities, MN
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