Boys HS Basketball - Sectionals Round 1

[Big K]

Here are a couple of shots from the opening night of the boys basketball state tourney. My boys season is shaping up to end very quickly as two of the three teams I normally cover lost tonight.

Mk III, 70-200 lens, 1/250 f/6.3 ISO 400.

[Big K]

Here is my 'only one strobe fired so I made something of it' tribute to Matt. Kinda nice when a mistake becomes at least somewhat usable.

[dawiyo]

^^^ And people say PocketWizards are perfect :p

I've had them fail for me on a couple of shots too.

[Big K]

^^^ And people say PocketWizards are perfect :p

I've had them fail for me on a couple of shots too.

Actually the strobe got unplugged on this one. The PW's don't fail me very often at all.

[Sauk]

lol very nice Big K :) Colors and action are solid.

I forgot what type of strobes are you using?

[Big K]

lol very nice Big K :) Colors and action are solid.

I forgot what type of strobes are you using?

Thanks Matt. For these I used 2 Elinchrom 600RX's. This gym has very easy mounting and power access so left the big bulky Rangers at home. I think I am going to take the Rangers on Friday for round 2 and play around with the short flash duration option to see if I can still get enough power to work.

[Sauk]

How does that work with the rangers? Is a ranger a power pack?

[Big K]

Sorry about that. Did not explain very well.

The Rangers are a pack and head setup. Below is a link to the money black hole known as B&H that show them.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/364093-REG/Elinchrom_EL_10267KITS_Ranger_RX_AS_1100.html

The packs have two connections for heads. You can use two heads at once or if you are using a single head you can pick which connection to use. Connection A gives you max power but operates at more normal t/0.5 durations of around 1/1200. Connection B gives you half power as a max but the t/0.5 duration is 1/2310 with the heads I am using. Their top end heads have a t/0.5 of 1/5120 on the B connection.

I bought the wrong heads because I am an idiot.

[Sauk]

interesting. So in theory you could purchase bi-tube heads and get even faster durations. Surprised you have not invested in those yet

[Big K]

interesting. So in theory you could purchase bi-tube heads and get even faster durations. Surprised you have not invested in those yet

It is on my list of things to spend more money. I wish I would have just bought the right one's to start with. I was actually ready to order a couple then decided to buy the 5D MkII.

I have a spending problem. :-)

[Sauk]

well you better update that equipment list there :)

[namasste]

Agreed with Matt, the colors just jump at ya. One of the things I really do love about strobed stuff. Good work as always.

[Big K]

well you better update that equipment list there :)

I'm afraid if I get it to three lines it will be viewed as admission of a serious spending problem. :-)

Agreed with Matt, the colors just jump at ya. One of the things I really do love about strobed stuff. Good work as always.

Thanks Scott. It sure is hard to beat the pop from strobes.

[SPORTshot]

Very nice Big K !