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man i wish canon would call me to see whats up with my camera... I think ill call them today... thay have had since monday last week.

some junior girls (gr 10's)

http://www.nettodoteasy.com/photos/a...2/IMG_3109.jpg

http://www.nettodoteasy.com/photos/a...2/IMG_3107.jpg

http://www.nettodoteasy.com/photos/a...2/IMG_3116.jpg

http://www.nettodoteasy.com/photos/a...2/IMG_3114.jpg

soooo any pointers/tips/critique? :(

mebbe bonjour can give me some tips on how to shoot better basketballl pictuurs..

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Originally posted by kwazy
some junior girls (gr 10's)

Are you TRYING to get Mananetwork all hot'n'bothered??? :haha:

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Are you TRYING to get Mananetwork all hot'n'bothered??? :haha:

whaoo bhaha. none of them are that great man =P i have more sr/jr girls and sr boys...doo doo.

girls are really bitchy when playing basketball, especially the older ones.

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Originally posted by accordwanker
Are you TRYING to get Mananetwork all hot'n'bothered??? :haha:

:lol, nice

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Originally posted by kwazy

soooo any pointers/tips/critique? :(

mebbe bonjour can give me some tips on how to shoot better basketballl pictuurs..

well I'm not a pro, but I'll tell you what I've learned.

The general rule of thumb for a "good" basketball shot is to have the following in your frame:

- ball
- faces
- some kind of action (going up for a shot, rebound, steal, etc)

it's hard to have all 3 at the right moment but that comes with practice, and it's something I'm always working on as well to make my stuff better.

you want to shoot very tight, meaning you want to fill your frame with the players as much as you can, and if you ever crop your shots later on, crop even tighter. I think you got the idea right from the shots you've posted so that's a good start. This could change, though, depending on your style and how the picture is going to be used. Some editors might want full-body shots but some might just want the faces to be clear and emotion-filled.

also, if you crop, don't cut off the limbs at the joint (elbow, wrist, ankle, knee, etc) because that'll make the players look disproportioned and odd-looking.

some of your shots seem blurry and soft, I'm guessing it's either because

a) your shutterspeed is too low, I try to do 1/400s as much as I can but if it's too dark I'll go down to 1/320s, but no less. For highschool you might get away with 1/250s cuz the players don't move as fast, just try and experiement with the speeds and you'll know. Bump up your ISO to 1600 to get your shutterspeed up and open up the lens to the widest setting possible to get as much light in as you can

b) you pan with your camera too quickly. try to follow the players using the center focusing point and time your shots without making any rapid movements with your arms.

setting wise, AI-Servo is pretty much a given, if your camera allows, seperate your AE from your AF, so you AF with your thumb and AE (taking a shot) with your finger, that way you can quickly focus then recompose, and keep the focus point in the same spot with out having the camera re-AF again when you want to take a shot.

so yeah, there's lots more, but these are just the general stuff. again, these are "guidelines", and some shots can work great without following these "rules", just as how some shots can work without complying to the "1/3rd rule". ;)

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Are you TRYING to get Mananetwork all hot'n'bothered??? :haha:

wait til he sees the volleyball chicks

who knew curling would be fun to shoot? :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/DSC_0022.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/DSC_0021.jpg

and across the hall in the same arena: (needs to be cropped, but I love how she's looking over her shoulder and the puck is right on the line)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/DSC_0014.jpg

Not bad...this is with your new XT? All 3 pics are a bit underexposed.

Thanks, ya, they are underexposed...I didn't want to bump the ISO too much (I think they were taken somewhere in the 600-800 range), the aperture was wide open and the motion pics were at, I think, about 1/15th of a sec...was mostly just playing around trying to get the right motion blur.

And no, these were taken with the school's D70s :)

Adjust the levels in Photoshop.

ya I'm going to..(though I don't have PS at home). I have a thing against PS and avoid using it if I can :)...I'll adjust levels, and that's pretty much it. I'll monkey around w/ them tomorrow and let you know how it goes :D

VRoom i like his troylee Helmet :D

dosn't beat ifo's helmets... if you know who IFO is.

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Originally posted by Bonjour43MA
[B]well I'm not a pro, but I'll tell you what I've learned.

The general rule of thumb for a "good" basketball shot is to have the following in your frame:

- ball
- faces
- some kind of action (going up for a shot, rebound, steal, etc)

it's hard to have all 3 at the right moment but that comes with practice, and it's something I'm always working on as well to make my stuff better.

it was hard.. first time shooting, didnt really know what to get. but some "action" shots.

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some of your shots seem blurry and soft, I'm guessing it's either because

a) your shutterspeed is too low, I try to do 1/400s as much as I can but if it's too dark I'll go down to 1/320s, but no less. For highschool you might get away with 1/250s cuz the players don't move as fast, just try and experiement with the speeds and you'll know. Bump up your ISO to 1600 to get your shutterspeed up and open up the lens to the widest setting possible to get as much light in as you can

i was shooting at 1600iso...70-200f2.8 and i was getting between 1/250 and 1/400 shutter speeds. =| and this is with the new brighter lights in our gym =D

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b) you pan with your camera too quickly. try to follow the players using the center focusing point and time your shots without making any rapid movements with your arms.

i dont think i panned much shots, but tahts a good point.. ill watch it next time. i stood on the sidelines mostly.. and the baseline/corner sometimes too.

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setting wise, AI-Servo is pretty much a given, if your camera allows, seperate your AE from your AF, so you AF with your thumb and AE (taking a shot) with your finger, that way you can quickly focus then recompose, and keep the focus point in the same spot with out having the camera re-AF again when you want to take a shot.

wah? i kind of got that but.. so are you saying leave it on manual focus? i was using a rebel xt..

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Originally posted by kwazy
i was shooting at 1600iso...70-200f2.8 and i was getting between 1/250 and 1/400 shutter speeds. =| and this is with the new brighter lights in our gym =D

that's about right, I get the same lighting condition shooting in a friggin' UNIVERSITY gym. God SFU needs to open up that bright and beautiful new gym ASAP.

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Originally posted by kwazy
i stood on the sidelines mostly.. and the baseline/corner sometimes too.

try sitting, don't stand. you can make the players look taller and make it seem like they're jumping higher by sitting down and shooting upwards.

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wah? i kind of got that but.. so are you saying leave it on manual focus? i was using a rebel xt..

no, leave it in AF, but set it to AI-servo and use Custom Function to seperate your AE and AF. I don't know how you'd do that with an XT.

back with a vengeance..
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/3...66952657_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/3...05915d7a_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/3...c6f9a9c6_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/3...5352cc94_o.jpg

more here OR here

k...:stupid: :crybaby: :confused: i dunno why i cant link direct image but whatever....
you guys can figure it out. :D

edit...nevermind!!

Damn guys, no replies or nothing? :(

I've got the next set of pictures done and uploaded already too...just one last set of pictures and I think that's the last of basketball for me (this year?)

This time around, Jr Girls..
DT vs Tupper in VSSAA playoffs..tier II.

http://images20.fotki.com/v390/photo...MG_4914-vi.jpg

http://images20.fotki.com/v390/photo...MG_4927-vi.jpg

http://images21.fotki.com/v516/photo...MG_4938-vi.jpg

http://images20.fotki.com/v390/photo...MG_4975-vi.jpg

http://images21.fotki.com/v515/photo...MG_5027-vi.jpg

rest are at.. flickr or fotki

Try moving around more to get a better angle on those action shots.