Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hope some of you don't mind I'm also a hunter. I'm not a cowboy nor a murderer. But it's the same problem when hunting. I cannot go out hunting and take pictures. Besides a simple P&S camera I usually leave in the car. You have to put your mind on a particular subject, you cannot do both a the same time. Regards. Cedric 2013/3/21 Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com>: > Ted, my friend, thank you for taking the time to write this. As always I > greatly appreciate your advice and guidance. > > The only problem with photographing basketball is that I can't watch and > enjoy the game in the same way as when I'm a spectator. Making photographs > is a full-time job and requires insight into the game and preferably the > methods of the teams and players. Having watched 14 games over the course > of the tournament I had a pretty good idea of what I was seeing. But I > didn't try to take pictures when "my" team was on the floor. They needed > all my attention. Not that it did a lot of good - eliminated in the first > round. > > And thanks to the LUGers who looked and commented on the images. I wish I > could sit down with Ric and talk about cropping. It's not something that's > easy to do on the net. You sorta need to be there. But I greatly > appreciate the time folks took to look, comment, and teach. > > Best! > > Adam > > On Mar 20, 2013, at 1:54 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > >> Nathan Wajsman ASKED ADAM:: >>> >> Can I ask a question--why is this information so important that you >>> >> >> want >>>> to actually spend time on adding it in LR?>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Adam Bridge REPLIED: >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question: How to set the "lens" metadata in Adobe >> Lightroom? >> >> >>> Well for one reason I'd like to be able to pull up all Noctilux images? >>> >>> That's what I'd like to be able to do. If there's an easy way to do it >>> I'd like to do it. There are other images where I use the 100mm APO R >>> lens. I'd like to flag those as well. >>> >>> Once I get the data in the field of a single image I can then sync that >>> to other images that I know were taken with the same lens. I COULD use a >>> keyword, I know that, but the other way seems more elegant.<<<< >> >> 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 :-) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information