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Basketball
Basketball
John Pahl


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Pentax A 50mm f/1.7 MF
Location: Unity Square Gym
Date: Dec 12, 2006
Aperture: 2.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Sports
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2006

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 03/29/2007 12:49:44 PM
To me the colors are off, and the shutter speed is too slow to meet your needs. If you shoot that low your going to end up with alot of blurred bodies. Typical settings for me in a basketball game are f2.2 to 2.8 depending on the gym I'm in. 1/320-1/400 shutter speed. I'll shoot in manual mode so the camera doesnt make decisions for me. If your not using flash then set a custom white balance using a piece of white paper in the lighting your going to be shooting in. If your going to be using flash then depending on wether you use it as your source or fill will depend on your WB setting. Gyms and sports indoors are tough to shoot. Good luck. BTW the boy on the left what your seeing there is motion blur not focus issue.

03/29/2007 12:11:33 PM
My monitor may not be the best for critiquing on; however this image has a yellowish cast on my screen. For me, the crop feels a bit tight. It also seems like the boy guarding is fairly out of focus. The shot might be a bit more interesting if his face were visible and in focus. The other boy is pretty sharp, but his pose and expression aren't very dynamic for an action shot. Definitely a difficult atmosphere for photography. I'll leave it to the pros to tell you how to make it better.

Message edited by author 2007-03-29 12:12:11.


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