[Leica] IMG: basketball at f1.0

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Adam, you have some remarkable shots here.  I think your timing was 
outstanding, and the image quality of most of them is very good.  Thanks for 
sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 1:32 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: basketball at f1.0


> 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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