Basketball - 2nd Time, improvement??

I got a LOT of feedback about my images from my first attempt at basketball and I think that it made an impact on my images from my second attempt. Thanks to all who shared comments and suggestions. Please take a look at these and let me know what you think...

Link to my post about my first attempt as reference...


These were shot somewhere around
ISO 640-800
SS 1/250
f 3.5-4.0
with one AB800 remotely triggered with JRX RadioPopper to allow for control of flash power

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#6 is awesome.

DingAnSich wrote in post #11882263
#6 is awesome.

Thanks... one of my fav's too, but I am not a pure sports shooter... more like a family/wedding guy that love sports and just wants to get the best that I can! Thanks again.

Lighting balance between on-court action and BG looks really good. Focus appears off in several. There is most definitely a learning curve to readying the camera, tracking the action smoothly and squeezing off the shot in rhythm. Technique is what leads to sharp, peak action shots, IMO.

One thing the strobes takes away from a shooter is the ability to shoot more than one frame in a play sequence. You only get the one shot at each play.

For me, I need to get better at what YOU do away from sports activities!

dave

snyderman wrote in post #11883740
Lighting balance between on-court action and BG looks really good. Focus appears off in several. There is most definitely a learning curve to readying the camera, tracking the action smoothly and squeezing off the shot in rhythm. Technique is what leads to sharp, peak action shots, IMO.

One thing the strobes takes away from a shooter is the ability to shoot more than one frame in a play sequence. You only get the one shot at each play.

For me, I need to get better at what YOU do away from sports activities!

dave

Thanks for your comments... after I got home I was reviewing my settings and noticed that i was in SPOT AF... I usually shoot in Single Point AF using the center point. I think that could have contributed to some of the focus issues... Next time I will go through ALL my settings to make sure that they are what they should be.