Brother's Tennis Match

Had the chance to shoot my brother playing tennis in a bubble tonight, all with the Canon 85 f/1.8 which is not exactly the best tool for the job (a lot of heavy crops), but workable nonetheless. Didn't have my 135L on hand.

Bubbles are not exactly brightly lit... so these are all high ISO (but bubbles do have nicely diffused lighting) and this was shot through a window. In any case, I'd appreciate all and any C&C. I'm hoping to shoot sports for my university's newspaper the next two quarters, so I need to step my game up. For all pictures, you can click for higher res.

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Nice job, lighting in a bubble is always weird. Getting down to the net post is the best position if allowed. The white balance changes between photos. This can be standardized later if you shoot in RAW. Or set a custom white balance.

AI SERVO?

Voaky999 wrote in post #11472541
Nice job, lighting in a bubble is always weird. Getting down to the net post is the best position if allowed. The white balance changes between photos. This can be standardized later if you shoot in RAW. Or set a custom white balance.

Glad to hear you like! I have indeed heard that about lighting in a bubble (or in many indoor facilities). I'm not too great with colors unfortunately (R-G colorblind...), so I know I've got some color issues I need to fix with the series. I've currently set all to the same WB, but more tweaking needs to be done.

muskyhunter wrote in post #11472544
AI SERVO?

I was on servo, except for a few shots in warmups where I didn't realize I was on one shot.

Thanks for the comments!

Shooting sports... Does it make you want to get a zoom instead of your primes?

muskyhunter wrote in post #11472670
Shooting sports... Does it make you want to get a zoom instead of your primes?

Not terribly. It does make me wish I had a second body, however. In this case, as I was shooting at f/2 most of the match. Hard to find a zoom with f/2. I would have liked to have my 135L, which might have been a bit long for some of the shots, but would have been a relatively better choice. I think my ideal sports set would have a 135L and a 300L on two bodies (this might prove to be too short for field sports).

great expression in #2

HarleyHuffman wrote in post #11491650
great expression in #2

Thanks! Glad you like!