Basketball with a 400

Here is a quick series from a game I covered tonight. I have been in a little bit of a rut lately shooting basketball, so I decided to mix it up and shoot a quarter with only my 400mm. Definitely a lot of fun, but it forces you to shoot extremely tight (to say the least).

I had quite a bit of room to back up in this particular gym (Portland's NBA development team plays their games there as well). Normally, in most HS gyms I shoot, it seems like there is about 3 feet of space behind the end line before you hit wall, so the extra space was much appreciated.

All Shots 1/1000, ISO 10,000, f2.8

1. Can't really see the ball, but love this kids expression as he was driving to the basket

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Different way of looking at a game. Like #6. Wish I could get my hands on a 400mm. Great shots.

Great shots. I do what you did once in a while when I'm feeling stale. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. For you this worked.