Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 20, 2013, at 1:32 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. You certainly managed to anticipate and capture "peak action" on more than a few of these - kudos! Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist