Tennis photograph's

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As for the whole 'ball in the shot' argument..The coach wanted to see technique in the photos, this meant shooting the setup, hit and follow through, and also shooting wide to see stance etc. I much prefer the shots with balls in and tight crops), but there is something about a player being 2ft off the ground after hitting the ball.

EDIT Sorry what happened to the hi-lighter?

When taking sports pictures for coaching they are more concerned about foot and body placement and slight ball movement is of no great concern for them. How ever when posted on the forum its a far different ball game, we do not look for foot placement or if the ball was going to be hit OK. For forum members its all about picture quality, is it sharp? is the movement stopped? is the lighting good? is the colour clean? So really we look at the picture from two totally different perspectives and its hard to be a winner with both camps.

Hi Dean

Wow, this is a big departure from the norm for you. Love the expression on the girl face in the last cropped shot.

Just wondering if you could have gone a little higher on the iso and closer with the strobs, then used less power (shorter flash duration) to stop motion a bit better.

Mind you its easy to be wise after the shoot

Great series and im sure they love them.

# 2 and 8 are stunning. Great lightning!!!

KenTT wrote in post #5190916
Just wondering if you could have gone a little higher on the iso and closer with the strobs, then used less power (shorter flash duration) to stop motion a bit better.

Hey Ken how the devil are you?

You're forgetting I shoot with Nikon, which means shocking high ISO noise!

Thanks for all the feedback peeps!

primoz wrote in post #5180277
Photos with ball on them are cool. Sure it wouldn't hurt if you could use faster time to avoid bluring racket, but considering light conditions (at least what I see from photos), it's great.
But I would exclude photos without ball. For tennis, pretty much as for any other ball sport, ball is part of game, and should be there. If not, it just tells you missed right moment
But in general, I really like them.

As a sports editor... I totally agree with Primoz. If it doesn't have the ball, you missed the shot. The only exception are feature photos (anguished face, etc).

That being said, these tennis images are very nice considering the setting. They look a bit unreal though, as if they were done in a studio rather than an actual event. Just my two cents...