First time shooting tennis

[Ampersand.]

So this is my first time shooting tennis and I'm posing a few shots up from today's match to get some feedback. Any tips for whatever I need to work on? All C/C is appreciated!

The full set can be viewed here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moop7/sets/72157623633987647/).

1.http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4485238415_15f7c7d42a.jpg

2.http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4485912610_66589d7f4d.jpg

3.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4485912612_29fda7a393.jpg

[J.Napier]

I have not sot a lot of tennis, but my first impresions are that you actually have some stronger shots on your flicker site than the ones you posted.
Secondly what did you do in PP? These seem a bit over saturated. I tried to read the exif but it seems to have been stripped. What equipment was used? Body? Lens? Settings?
And one of my pet peves is odd crop aspect ratios. find a standard and stick with it. It just dispalys better on the fourm here.
You seem to have a good eye for the action and can anticipate the game pretty well.
Hope this helps, and keep shooting.

[Ampersand.]

I have not sot a lot of tennis, but my first impresions are that you actually have some stronger shots on your flicker site than the ones you posted.
Secondly what did you do in PP? These seem a bit over saturated. I tried to read the exif but it seems to have been stripped. What equipment was used? Body? Lens? Settings?
And one of my pet peves is odd crop aspect ratios. find a standard and stick with it. It just dispalys better on the fourm here.
You seem to have a good eye for the action and can anticipate the game pretty well.
Hope this helps, and keep shooting.

Thanks! In PP I did some slight Curves and Auto Tone then I converted them to CMYK (for the newspaper that I work for, but I'm not sure if changing the color profile from RGB actually has any effect on the overall look of the photo). Looking at them again, I can definitely see what you mean by the over saturated look. The exif probably doesn't show up because I linked the images directly from my flickr account. I used a 7D with a Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens and I kept the shutter speed between 1/3200 and 1/5000 (I went down to 1/3200 as it got a bit darker). My aperture was between f/9 and f/13 (adjusted as necessary to deal with the sunlight/shade). I kept the White Balance at Sunny but it was changed to Auto once the sun set. My ISO started at 1600 (to compensate for the shutter speed and aperture) and I steadily bumped it up as the sun disappeared. Regarding the crops, I agree that it's better to have one type of crop so that the set is consistent. I guess I was just focusing on getting every type of shot possible and along with that came cropping them as tightly as possible (while still having the ball in the shot, in some cases). I really appreciate your feedback, I'll definitely keep it in mind (if)when I shoot my next match.:)

[Oppositeday]

Nice shots, I just shot tennis for the first time (thread labeled "Tennis") and it's definitely challenging. I like Napier though can't stand weird crops.

[Big K]

I would suggest some major changes to your settings for future matches.

Keep your aperture at 4.5-5.6. Your shutter speed will also be plenty fast enough at 1/1600 - 1/2000 and would actually be OK much lower if needed. Adjusting ISO as needed to keep the other values high is a good approach but you were forcing yourself into unnecessarily high ISO settings by pushing aperture and shutter speeds to levels excessive for the event.

I agree with Jeff about picking a crop ratio and sticking with it. Not much of a fan of various crop ratios.

The CMYK conversion should not have had any impact on the images, at least not enough to be noticeable. I am guessing the auto tone adjustment is what gave them that funny look.

Good action captures. Look forward to seeing more stuff in the future.