[Leica] IMG: basketball at f1.0

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

The action shots are great, but my favorites are the guys waiting for the 
inbound pass--great expressions--and for some strange reason, I am attracted 
to the Irish Jig and the court-side ESPN producer ;-)

Photographing sports with a manual camera is hard, but basketball, as you 
say, has the advantage that you can focus on the hoop and hope for the best. 
This is one of my favorite pictures from the 1980s, when I first took up 
photography:

http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Stuff-from-the-20th-century/5775622_gTB2p9#!i=357377885&k=WPCbWs2&lb=1&s=O

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA









On Mar 20, 2013, at 7:32 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> 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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