fnothaft Senior Member 575 posts Likes: 3 Joined Feb 2010 Location: Oakland, CA More info | Mar 28, 2011 13:31 | #1 Here are a few shots of my brother's tennis team. I got a little discouraged after a while due to shooting through a fence... When you don't have direct access to a field/court, what are some of your strategies for dealing with that? In any case, I'd appreciate some C&C.   Approach by Frank Austin Nothaft, on Flickr Return by Frank Austin Nothaft, on Flickr Striking by Frank Austin Nothaft, on Flickr Smash by Frank Austin Nothaft, on FlickrBody: Canon EOS 5D Mark 2 • Lenses: Bower 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC, Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II, Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Lensbaby 2.0, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, Canon EF 135 f/2L USM • Lighting: Canon Speedlite 580EX II • Support: Dolica CX620B104
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Mar 28, 2011 15:30 | #2 I like the action that you captured but you are right, the backgrounds really detract. Two strategies: 1. Shoot at courts that have low fences on the sides and solid (or nearly solid) backdrops. 2. Use longer focal length lenses to shoot really tight and blur the background as much as possible with large apertures. Even then, bare chain link fences are the pits. www.zivnuska.zenfolio.com/blog
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Mar 28, 2011 16:23 | #3 Zivnuska wrote in post #12110867 I like the action that you captured but you are right, the backgrounds really detract. Two strategies: 1. Shoot at courts that have low fences on the sides and solid (or nearly solid) backdrops. 2. Use longer focal length lenses to shoot really tight and blur the background as much as possible with large apertures. Even then, bare chain link fences are the pits. Glad to hear you like the action! While it would have been hard to move the entire match just for me Body: Canon EOS 5D Mark 2 • Lenses: Bower 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC, Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II, Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Lensbaby 2.0, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, Canon EF 135 f/2L USM • Lighting: Canon Speedlite 580EX II • Support: Dolica CX620B104
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you're definitely right about 2. Some were shot with a 300mm lens, but it was a pretty slow zoom (a lot of the shots are at f/8...). Thanks for the C&C!