Russ Isabella
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 p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · More (pro) basketball.. am I getting better? | |
Kris,
Definite improvement on framing given that you haven't cut off important parts of your subjects in these images. Check. Action might have been a bit stronger in your previous post, though #s 2 and 6 in this post are on par. You already have addressed #1, and while the timing on #3 is fine, the angle doesn't work for me. #4's framing is too loose to my eye given that the only potential provided by the space on either side of him is for distraction. I realize that a tighter crop may lead to some of the same problems you face with #1.
And then there's color, pop, clarity and those kinds of image-quality issues, none of which seems just right here (though maybe I'm wrong and #4 nails all of these things). I suppose your WB and exposure settings are the only things you can control that will affect these qualities of your images, so I don't know what might be going on unless you're having to work with poor-quality light.
All of which leaves you with a lot to think about, so let's boil it down.
1. Framing: You seem to have made a great adjustment to how you are shooting and this has led to better framing. Keep it up, but don't go too far the "other way" and frame so loose that major crops become common.
2. Action: You've demonstrated an ability for seeing and capturing good action. If you're shooting entire games and your timing is decent, this could be more a matter of which shots you are choosing to present here than a matter of not capturing good action. Just remember that action rules.
3. Cropping: This is related to framing, but some of it you control at the moment you make the image, and the rest you control when you are post-processing. Don't handicap yourself by framing too loosely when you are making the images, and pay attention to what you are trying to convey (and how the movement of the action relates to this) when you are making your crops.
4. Color, WB, etc: I'm not sure what to recommend here other than proper exposure, fast shutter speeds and the best WB setting you can come up with.
5. Culling: It's easy to overlook the significance of your ability to see good images among the many photos you take. I virtually guarantee that if a more experienced photographer went through your entire take from this game, s/he would identify as relatively strong a few photos you'd passed over. So pay attention to what you see in others' work that you like, 'listen' to what others here are saying about what works within an image and what doesn't, work into your game-time challenges/goals capturing images that are similar to what you believe to be 'strong,' and bring all of this to your process of sorting through your images in search of your best. Oh, yeah, and keep shooting and posting.
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) without any problem. The question just caught me off-guard. I'm an insanely easy going person so adapting etc for me isn't a problem!