[Leica] IMG: basketball at f1.0

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

This one deserves the Weirdnesday medal ;-)

http://tinyurl.com/bsmea4e

Ph

Le 20 mars 13 ? 19:32, Adam Bridge a ?crit :

> There's nothing like sitting courtside at a basketball game trying  
> to photograph it with a 50mm f1.0 lens. Even at 10m the depth of  
> field isn't very great. So I focused on the net and just shot things  
> happening around the basket and in the lane. This made the women's  
> games much more difficult to photograph because there's less  
> activity under the hoop than in men's games so my zone focusing  
> doesn't work well.
>
> There's a gallery of images at smugmug. Any of the links will take  
> you to the gallery. But here are some of my favorites that I think  
> you'll enjoy:
>
> A dunk about to happen:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417606980&k=KH9swB5
>  
> >
>
> High over the rim:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417606133&k=J5WbhX9
>  
> >
>
> Contested shot in the lane:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417604737&k=zCGxSzs
>  
> >
>
> A happy contestant does an "Irish Jig". She really did have a good  
> time!
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417612052&k=sSznNrn
>  
> >
>
> Contesting a shot in the lane:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417619248&k=Lpn8zLr
>  
> >
>
> Awaiting an in-bounds pass:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417619608&k=vDqhNrR
>  
> >
>
> Cute court-side producer for ESPN:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417621785&k=VQTZ8KP
>  
> >
>
> Taking a charge:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417627632&k=39S3gPF
>  
> >
>
> Going to the Big Dance:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/28524029_4b4DcB#!i=2417641649&k=Qg7Xn48
>  
> >
>
> I happen to really like this last shot a whole lot, mostly for the  
> out of focus figure in the foreground.
>
> All of these were shot with a Sony NEX-7, Leica Noctilux at f1.0 or  
> f1.4, at ISO 800. A bit of noise reduction is applied.
>
> Enjoy. Comments are most welcome.
>
> Adam Bridge
>
>
>
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