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Fast-moving objects Anonymous
Tips/tricks to getting good shots? Specifically, ones that move unpredictably and are hard to track.

Also, how do I get sharp images from my RAWs? The original isn't blurred like this.
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>> Anonymous
Bump up ISO and shutter speed as much as you can. Set aperture to whatever is best for the situation (if you can't determine how far the subject will be, use a small aperture, if you can maybe run it wide open). Use a lens/zoom that is wider than just the subject and try to get lucky. If you get the shot you want, crop it after the fact.
>> Anonymous
filter>sharpen>unsharpmask
>> Anonymous
>>127675

That doesn't do shit when there's camera shake.

lrn2holdcamera
>> Anonymous
Anyone who can hold a camera still for 5 seconds (as the OPs EXIF reports) would be a photographic legend. You need a flash to do work in lighting of that kind (assuming the background was, in fact, almost black in the original target), and don't use f/25.
>> eku !8cibvLQ11s
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Easy solution, get a tripod. And maybe a flash. Or just get the flash, and no tripod.

No tripod, ISO100, 4 seconds.

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>> Anonymous
>>128270

The only problem with that is the shadow on her face from where here arm was at when the flash went off.