Photos taken of the 10-22-2010 "Friday Night Under the Lights" battle of the bridge between Thornton Academy and Biddeford at Waterhouse Field in Biddeford.

These are my first night game photos that I'd share with anyone. Previous attempts were awful because of stadium lighting and camera len choice. My usual sports len choice is my Nikon 70-300mm f4-5.6 which is great for day time photos but doesn't let in enough light for night shots in order to "freeze the action". For these photos I used a Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 len which lets in the light. It lets in the light but doesn't allow me to get as wide a shot or zoom in as close as the 70-300mm. Stadium lighting is the second issue with night sports. Some are well lite and other are not. Waterhouse Field lighting is OK. That being said you still have to turn the ISO full open to let in enough light to "freeze the action". On my Nikon that means an "H1" setting - which I believe is the equivalent to ISO3200. That introduces a lot of noise to the photos. These were shot in Priority mode. I have also done some additional noise reduction and sharpening in Adobe Lightroom.