Ivy League Women's BBall

[maderito]

They played it hard and tough. Wins for Penn and Princeton over the Yale lady bulldogs. Shot mostly at ISO 1600, 85/1.8 lens @ f/2.0 and 1/320 sec. Captured RAW...still working on dealing with color corrections for the rapidly changing color/temperature of the mercury gym lighting.
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More at http://www4.pbase.com/maderito/yale_wbbal_2005

[PacAce]

Great shots, Woody. Really nice! I'm going to get me one of those 85 f/1.8 lenses if B&H can ever get them in stock.

How close were you to the action? Looks like you were right there under the net. :)

[maderito]

How close were you to the action? Looks like you were right there under the net. :)
I'm two steps and a spin move away from a dunk shot. But they never pass me the ball. :D:D

[gmen]

I'm two steps and a spin move away from a dunk shot. But they never pass me the ball. :D:D

Good work maderito. I particularly like the nice tight crops.

[maderito]

PacAce and gmen -

Thanks for the comments.

The 85/1.8 seems to be a favorite for many shooting bbal although it's a little long for action right under the hoop (which is where I sit).

Women spend a lot of time passing on the perimeter with an occasional drive to the hoop and a few jump shots. There are not a lot of chances to capture classic hoop action - so I wind up shooting and croppig tight to capture intensity (which can be ferocious :) ).

[rg-tom]

Good pics mate :) what cam was that with? obviously big difference between the 85 on the 1dII and 20D.just wanna know if its goin to be too long for my 20D :)

Cheers

Tom

[maderito]

Good pics mate :) what cam was that with? obviously big difference between the 85 on the 1dII and 20D.just wanna know if its goin to be too long for my 20D :)

Cheers

Tom
Thanks.

The posted pics were taken with a 1DMkII, but I have used the 85/1.8 on a 1.6 crop camera for bbal with excellent results. Now that you mention it, I'm probably positioning myself closer to the baseline (within 3 feet) than I was when using a 20D.

I wouldn't call the difference (1.6 vs. 1.3 crop) "big" for this kind of shooting (as compared to landscape work where the difference is dramatic).

[benamen]

Nice shots! Did you do any post processing for noise?

[maderito]

Nice shots! Did you do any post processing for noise?
I use Neat Image - at very low intensity (roughly 50% less than the default settings). Without Neat Image, the noise would not be noticed in the original shots if viewed as small web JPEGS or 4X6 prints - as long as the original image is properly exposed. Underexposed images definitely improve with careful noise reduction via Neat Image or Noise Ninja.