Girls basketball (Sweden)

[Sussi]

I usually shoot portraits, kids and weddings, but from time to time I get a chance to shoot basketball and I love to catch the action in a game. Here's a few from a game between two swedish U18-teams. C&C welcome. :)

#1
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/FotoSusanne/Basket_3421.jpg

# 2
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/FotoSusanne/Basket_3459.jpg

# 3
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/FotoSusanne/Basket_3510.jpg

#4
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/FotoSusanne/Basket_3558.jpg

#5
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/FotoSusanne/Basket_3629.jpg

[Bollan]

Very nice series Sussi!!!

# 1 is great.

Vilken...;-)....srry what camera & lens?

[dshankar]

Great shots, but a faster shutter speed would've helped the last few.

[locky]

Nice shots. Did you pp your white balance or did you set custom wb before taking pics?

[Sussi]

Bollan, svensk kanske...? ;)

For these shots I used my 40D camera and the 85 1.8 lens. I usually like to use my 5D, but for this game I wanted to try the 40D.

Regarding shutter speed, I actually like it when part of the image has motion blur as I think it shows the action better. For these I was shooting at ISO 1600, 1/320 sec and F 2.0 with available light. The camera was set to auto white balance. I made an action in photoshop that I ran the shots throught, including levels, curves, contrast, exposure and saturation. They have also been through neat image for noise reduction.

[xochi2]

I like the face-expression-ball in #3!

[HighPixel]

Looks like you had some decent lighting there...Nice action too.
Good Job!
HP

[gary88]

#1 is very nice, great photos.

[Sussi]

Thanks for all your comments!

Yes, the light is ok here. There are windows in each corner of the court and this was a daytime game, so I had "extra" light from the windows.

[Sussi]

Here's a shot with one of the windows in the background. This is not a good shot, I know, it's just to give you an idea what the conditions were like.