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Thanks, Dennis. I've renewed your membership in the mutual admiration society.
Mark: Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it.
Matt: Thanks, man. Yeah, #9 is one of those that might have more meaning with more context, which is another way of saying the image doesn't succeed at telling the full story. This was a three-point attempt that would have tided the game with about 10 seconds remaining. It was a pivotal moment in the game, but there's no way to know that simply by looking at the photo.
Thanks, Chris. I appreciate your feedback on the crops.
Thanks again, Andy. The 300 is big and unwieldy in close quarters, no doubt about that. I keep it on a monopod, but I still have to pick it up and place it back down about 100 times per game, so while it's nice to be able to rest it on the pod while shooting, its weight and size are not irrelevant. Having said that, the reach is quite useful, though at high ISO settings (I shoot NBA at ISO 5000) and across that full-court distance, image quality is not consistently wonderful, so I have to take what I can get. That's why, as you note, most of what is posted here is from the near-court rig (that and the fact that the best down-court action usually occurs with players' backs to me, so the shots that work are relatively mundane [see #4] and generally not suitable for the highlight reel ).
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