Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From Ted, in another thread ;-) Adam mon ami, I have shot literally hundreds of basketball games during my years and there truly is only "ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING NECESSARY!" Actually not one bit of it techie.... film or digital! A meter reading for the area right under the basket which 99.9999 % of the time is equal both ends of the court! Yes I know to each his own in keeping records! And it's a whole new world of digi shooting. I can never understand what all the digi stuff means anyway cause the only thing important is....... "The basket, the player-players and ball going in the basket!" GAME OVER! :-) Anything else that might apply at a different school that might be applied? Probably wont! :-) But then I never paid any attention to all the things so many on list do these days. My one and only thing was and still is a "SUCCESSFUL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOMENT! CLICK." Details? Haven't got a clue unless it were a special effect giving the appearance of speed of runners in a race." Then the slow shutter speed is a "DETAIL THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN!" And usually 1/30th works not bad while shooting about half way down the track as they blow by you and you pan with them at the same speed they're running! A great swishy- panned background making them look like they're running a 100 miles an hour! :-) :-) You have the light-meter reading for either end of the court, then set the cameras you are using the same! You focus the one in your hands with the correct distance sitting on the floor off court so you are slightly past a direct line to the basket. This allows excellent photo options of player coming in on attack from far side or straight in and jumping or great jump shots to put the ball in the basket. This isn't sitting at the end of the court looking at them running at you. It's on the sideline on the floor. In this position walk in to the gym like you own the court, sit down on the floor looking like "YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE!" About a yard or 3-4 feet back from the courtline. This is high school basket ball not the NBA where one might say that's a whole different ball game where you shoot from. Their rules! :-) :-) :-) The lenses are set the same on each camera and given you are using the Noctilux and manual focus on action away from the basket area of the floor you've done a smashing great job on these! Actually one can cover a game with one camera and one lens as all you want is the ball being dunked and points scored! You pick the team most likely to win and you go to their opponents basket end and shoot there during the first half........ then move to the other end at half time, that is depending on the score. A decision made at half time in most cases. That's it until the whistle blows and it's .... "GAME OVER!" :-) You still have done a very fine shoot through-out this whole series. The most imporatant thing is....... "The ball, the basket and points being scored!" hardly anything else is worth shooting unless it's part of the entertainment." :-) cheers, Dr. ted :-) Hope this helps Amiti?s to all Philippe 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE