More Sigma 85 and 50 lens boys HS basketball inside

Getting used to these two lenses. The 85mm has been microadjusted to the 7D, but the 50mm is straight from factory. Both Sigma lenses are doing a great job with focus accuracy and being fast enough to focus on the players with the 7D.

All shots are at f/2, 1/640 and ISO 2500. No NR on any shots. I'm too lazy to schedule and run that final task anymore.

1. My "shot of the night." #22, Larry Nance Jr., is the son of former Cleveland Cavalier Larry Nance from the mid-late 80s. His clean block on #32 was called a foul which turned things into a very close game for our home (white) boys.

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Definitely peak action shots and congrats on the captures. I shoot a 7D as a backup camera at ISO 2500 and they look like mine do without NR, which can be a pain sometimes so I know how you feel. My only little nit is the snaps are a bit on the yellow/green side and could use some desatuation but besides that, very nice.

Anderson-Photography wrote in post #11878834
Definitely peak action shots and congrats on the captures. I shoot a 7D as a backup camera at ISO 2500 and they look like mine do without NR, which can be a pain sometimes so I know how you feel. My only little nit is the snaps are a bit on the yellow/green side and could use some desatuation but besides that, very nice.

Agree. Two things: 1) I neglected to shoot my whi-bal card before the game. 2) the gym is old, has a really 'yellowed' floor and a floor-to-ceiling faded red tarp I'm sitting up against in shots 1, 3, 7 & 8. Color cast from both is something that can't be white-balanced away sometimes.

Thanks for the kind words on the shots. Love the kids. Love the environment. Lots of fun on winter nights where, 'what the heck else am I going to do?'

My son (football player) graduates this year, so I've shot my last HS football game and soon will shot the last HS basketball. Time to move on to something else related to photography.

dave

That's not a box out in #2 that's probably an illegal screen since the shot isn't up yet. Of course without the whistle blowing it's all clean. Wish we had crowds like that for basketball.. I get a lot of empty bleachers in shots most of the time.

DHMN wrote in post #11883139
That's not a box out in #2 that's probably an illegal screen since the shot isn't up yet. Of course without the whistle blowing it's all clean. Wish we had crowds like that for basketball.. I get a lot of empty bleachers in shots most of the time.

I think you may be right on the illegal screen call, or he somehow 'got in the way' of the defender by accident!

Weather permitting, our local HS gets great support. Stands were pretty full Friday night to see our guys play against the conference powerhouse. 12-0 in conference, 18-1 overall. Our guys gave a great effort and a close game. They always do.

dave