Season opener Mens Basketball

tomcat360 · 19th of November 2008 (Wed)

Shot the first half of the home season opener today for Men's BBall here at App. Was looking to be a good game, but I had to leave at the end of the first half to go to a newspaper meeting......lame.

.....guess how it turned out?

3 point game won in the second overtime.

But whatever.....

Here are a couple.

C and C please!

FlyingPhotog · 19th of November 2008 (Wed)

Color and Clarity on all four are fantastic...

1) A hair wide
2) Excellent
3) Little tight (cutting off the top of a head but good facial expression)
4) Also a bit too tight. Would prefer to see the entire ball

AdamLewis · 19th of November 2008 (Wed)

#1 I like wide basket shots like that but this one is a little too wide
#2 Pretty solid. Cropping is a personal preference but the moment/expression/timing is all solid
#3 Its a little busy and everything is going a different direction as well as everyone's eyes. Its just hard to find one thing that really drives the image
#4 I wouldnt have cropped that much of the ball

[/my2cents]

TopGear1Ds · 19th of November 2008 (Wed)

I could only get exif off of the first image, but..

ISO1600 1/200s f/5.6

was this strobed? (or just a well lit arena?)

tomcat360 · 20th of November 2008 (Thu)

Hehe....it's available light. The others are shot at f/2.8 1/500th, 1600.

Thanks for all the comments everyone.I want to get closer to do that wide shot next time but I can't really get any closer than where I was. Any suggestions? I feel like if I pulled the focal length up I lose that wide feel. Again I really appreciate the crit

James Salenger · 20th of November 2008 (Thu)

Great color capture, remember shape and color fight with each other for
attention.

JimTx · 20th of November 2008 (Thu)

what lens were you using ..... very nice shots

Michael Bottoms · 20th of November 2008 (Thu)

I think you've done a great job of capturing the excitement and drama of the game. Well done!

tomcat360 · 20th of November 2008 (Thu)

Thanks for even more comments ya'll. I was using the 70-200 2.8, every time I use it....I love it more.

James, what did you mean about shape and color fighting?

HighPixel · 20th of November 2008 (Thu)

Compositions aren't bad at all...Just crops mostly. I think the quality came out amazing! GREAT LIGHTING gets GREAT IMAGES!
Nice job!
HP

20th of November 2008 (Thu)	#5
tomcat360 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia/NC Posts: 394	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball Hehe....it's available light. The others are shot at f/2.8 1/500th, 1600. Thanks for all the comments everyone.I want to get closer to do that wide shot next time but I can't really get any closer than where I was. Any suggestions? I feel like if I pulled the focal length up I lose that wide feel. Again I really appreciate the crit

20th of November 2008 (Thu)	#6
James Salenger Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,647 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball Great color capture, remember shape and color fight with each other for attention.

20th of November 2008 (Thu)	#7
JimTx Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Near Dallas Texas Posts: 317 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball what lens were you using ..... very nice shots

20th of November 2008 (Thu)	#8
Michael Bottoms Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Whitby Ontario... just outside of Toronto Posts: 6,297 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball I think you've done a great job of capturing the excitement and drama of the game. Well done! __________________ Former Pentax & 20D owner... now the pleased owner of the new 50D, 580EX, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, Canon EF-S 60mm Macro, Canon EFS 17-85mm F/4-5.6 IS USM, Canon EF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 IS USM, Kenko 1.4X Teleplus Pro 300, Sekonic L-508 Zoom Master Meter, Manfrotto and slik tripods, trekpod and other assorted accessories...

20th of November 2008 (Thu)	#9
tomcat360 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia/NC Posts: 394	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball Thanks for even more comments ya'll. I was using the 70-200 2.8, every time I use it....I love it more. James, what did you mean about shape and color fighting?

19th of November 2008 (Wed)	#1
tomcat360 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia/NC Posts: 394	Season opener Mens Basketball Shot the first half of the home season opener today for Men's BBall here at App. Was looking to be a good game, but I had to leave at the end of the first half to go to a newspaper meeting......lame. .....guess how it turned out? 3 point game won in the second overtime. But whatever..... Here are a couple. C and C please!

19th of November 2008 (Wed)	#2
FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft Posts: 57,027	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball Color and Clarity on all four are fantastic... 1) A hair wide 2) Excellent 3) Little tight (cutting off the top of a head but good facial expression) 4) Also a bit too tight. Would prefer to see the entire ball __________________ Jay Crosswind Images *Facebook Fan Page* "If you aren't getting extraordinary images from today's dSLRs, regardless of brand, it's not the camera!" - Bill Fortney, Nikon Corp.

19th of November 2008 (Wed)	#3
AdamLewis Goldmember Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,077	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball #1 I like wide basket shots like that but this one is a little too wide #2 Pretty solid. Cropping is a personal preference but the moment/expression/timing is all solid #3 Its a little busy and everything is going a different direction as well as everyone's eyes. Its just hard to find one thing that really drives the image #4 I wouldnt have cropped that much of the ball [/my2cents] __________________

19th of November 2008 (Wed)	#4
TopGear1Ds Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA Posts: 600 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball I could only get exif off of the first image, but.. ISO1600 1/200s f/5.6 was this strobed? (or just a well lit arena?) __________________ --Matt-- Gear Last edited by TopGear1Ds : 19th of November 2008 (Wed) at 23:18.

20th of November 2008 (Thu)	#10
HighPixel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Driving my rare '78 Volvo GT in Auburn, WA Posts: 1,925 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Season opener Mens Basketball Compositions aren't bad at all...Just crops mostly. I think the quality came out amazing! GREAT LIGHTING gets GREAT IMAGES! Nice job! HP __________________ Canon EOS-1DMk.III \| Canon EOS-5DMk.II / BG-E6 \| Canon 70-200 2.8LIS Mk.II \| 300f/4 L IS \| 24-70 2.8L \| SigmaLux 50 1.4 \| 2xTC \| Just all kinds of crap...\| RonBaltazar.com

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