#30

Comments appreciated. This may be the last basketball picture I post

here because either they suck or nobody is looking at them. I haven't

had any comments in a while. With no comments or advice, I'm not

learning anthing, so I will just try to learn a different subject.

Thanks if there is still anyone looking.

I hate it when one team has really white unis and the other team has very dark ones.

 

Looks like the light underneath the goal isn't as good as it is a few feet back. Might be a chance to use a little lower ISO speed if you shoot at a different angle.

 

White balance in these is really tricky, but sometimes the 'ol "auto-levels" works well. Is that what you did?

 

Some thoughts. I'll keep posting basketball if you will. :-)

Good to hear from you buddy. This gym, I swear probably has bats living in it. How's this sound? ISO 3200, f/2.8, 1/320th maybe 1/400th and I still have to come home and up the exposure by 1/2 to one stop during RAW coversion. I think alot of the problem with this is my lens. I was using a cheap little 50mm ($75). I just got my 85mm f/1.8 today and took it out to a game tonight and almost laughed out loud at how much better everything looked. Another thing, it looks like I overexposed during RAW conversion. I have a bad habit of that without thinking because all of these go to the newspaper as well and the editor has to have them bright or they print too dark. I'll watch out for that from now on. I didn't think anyone looked at my work anymore, so i guess I've been kind of sloppy.

Your gym isn't much different than the one I shoot in... Hence I learned to strobe, ha ha!

 

With all the light coming from above it's going to be a challenge to find the right balance between the highlights that get direct light and the shadows. I think you're probably always going to lose a few highlights on the white uniforms, so I would expose with that in mind and it will help you recover detail in the shadows when you need to.

 

I like the shot, but #42 in the background needs a different pair of socks!

Funny. This was a middle school game. All of those girls had crazy socks on. =) Another bad thing about bad lights from above is the dark eyes. I may strobe it next year, I have to talk to the school.