High School Basketball

[northpointphoto]

I shot a local high school basketball game tonight with my new strobes. Here's the set up.....

Two Nikon SB-26's along the baseline pointed in towards the top of the key. Nikon D300 1/250th sec, f2.8, ISO 500.

I have to work on the white balance. C&C appreciated.

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[Big K]

Nice job.

You will not be able to fix the WB with your current setup. You are getting a lot of the ambient light in the background which is coming from a different light source than your flash heads. You can only correct to one of them so part of the image will always be off.

You can get this closer by adding a gel to your flash to adjust it to better match the ambient light color. It will cost you a bit of power but would allow you to get the overall WB closer.

[Gatorboy]

Do you have a shot taken without the strobes going off? It looks as though you are not high enough over ambient. You probably could have shot ISO 200. I come to this conclusion because there is not enough falloff in the stands and ceiling.

I wish I knew you were shooting the game at Fallston last night (about 3 miles away) -- I could have come over and given you a hand.

[40Dude6aedyk]

Thanks for posting this. What do YOU think about the shadows? It all looks unnatural to me. When I am doing stuff with lighting, I am thinking not only about where all the light will go, but also where all the shadows will go (i.e. where the light won't be able to go). Your photos give me something to think about.

[dawiyo]

Do you have a shot taken without the strobes going off? It looks as though you are not high enough over ambient. You probably could have shot ISO 200. I come to this conclusion because there is not enough falloff in the stands and ceiling.

I wish I knew you were shooting the game at Fallston last night (about 3 miles away) -- I could have come over and given you a hand.

Are you shooting any games this week?

[HighPixel]

Not sure, but you might have gotten less harsh shadow by bouncing more off the ceiling, less directly on the players...none the less, very decent and keep-able shots.
Good Job!
HP

[superdiver]

too many shadows...

Thats why you went to strobes, to avoid this. It can be done, I dont know how the set up should be, but I think one you adjust the strobes intensity and direction you will be nailing them....

[Gatorboy]

Just from viewing the shot from the opposite end, I think you have the strobes too wide, which is creating excessive crosslighting for shooting under the basket. There is not much room from the end of the bleachers to the back wall to get less severe of an angle.

[northpointphoto]

Just from viewing the shot from the opposite end, I think you have the strobes too wide, which is creating excessive crosslighting for shooting under the basket. There is not much room from the end of the bleachers to the back wall to get less severe of an angle.

Dave

This was the first time I used the two 26's to light a gym. I had the 26's set to 50mm, 1/4 power, f4 ISO 500. I just picked up a SB-28 today and I'm going to put it on the wall to behind the basket to try and kill the shadows.

Im friends with Dave (dawiyo) so just let him or me know if you're shooting anything in the county in the future.

Russell