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p.1 #1 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


I shot the game between DU and Montana. DU ended up winning and I came away with shots that I am much happier with than yesterday's Women's game. I decided to only strobe wideangle shots taken with my 24-70 and the rented 10.5mm fisheye and shot manual mode for my 70-200 on my D700. This is the first time I didn't change sides at halftime and as luck would have it the teams shooting towards the side I was sitting on was the top scoring team in the half.

Thanks to everyone who commented on the previous game...I took mot of those suggestions and utilized them here.

C&C and nitpicking are very much appreciated. If the focus seems to be off let me know, I got the 70-200 back focusing correctly for this game but may still have a few OOF shots due to bad technique or otherwise.

This game was not very well attended, but that is the way most DU Basketball games are.
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Brian Roehnert Drives to Score in the First Half
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Freshman Chase Hallam had a good game. Driving to the basket here against Vassy Banny of Montana
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Chase Hallam extends to go for a loose ball.
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There were TONS of fouls in this game, well over 25 called, meaning there were also a lot of free throws.
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DU head coach Eric Scott gives his team some inspiring words and gameplans before the start of the second half.
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Montana Huddles up before the start of the game.
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A Montana player drives to the hoop
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Denver on Defense
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I took a bunch of fisheye shots and I loved the action I captured with this one.
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Shawn Stockton drives down the baseline against the Pioneer's starting guard Kyle Lewis
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Anthony Johnson commands the floor in the second half of the game while trying to lead his team to a comeback win. Montana's efforts fell short and Denver ultimately won the game.
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Anthony Johnson drives the lane in the second half
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Thanks for looking and I'd love to get your comments, yes I mean you.









Nov 20, 2009 at 07:33 AM
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p.1 #2 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


Thanks for sharing Andrew. Numbers 6, 9, 10 and 13 are my faves.

Regards

Des


Nov 20, 2009 at 10:26 AM
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p.1 #3 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


Good stuff here! 2, 3, and 8 have great action and excellent sharpness. You may want to keep an eye on your horizons.

Nov 20, 2009 at 04:06 PM
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p.1 #4 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


Much better images than your women's b-ball thread. I particularly like #2, 10, and 11 even though the legs and arm are cut off....you still see the emotion, determination, etc. Technically #3 is a good shot but that goofy look on his face kills it.

Good job second time out!


Nov 20, 2009 at 05:08 PM
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p.1 #5 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


Thanks guys.

Todd, I did realize some of my horizons were off and tried to correct some of them in post, which ones do you notice the horizon is off on?

Also just for comparions sake I thought I'd post a link to what the AP Photographer David Zalubowski posted. I strive to be able to get to his quality, I do however think I have more creative shots that his. http://tinyurl.com/yas8pem


Nov 20, 2009 at 07:07 PM
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p.1 #6 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


Great Stuff!!


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Nov 20, 2009 at 11:17 PM
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p.1 #7 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


These look good. I like the fish eye lens I haven't been taking that out of my bag to much lately. I should do more with it.

Nov 21, 2009 at 01:54 AM
 



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p.1 #8 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


I love the fisheye, it was my first time using it and now I'm trying to acquire one.

Nov 21, 2009 at 02:04 AM
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p.1 #9 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


I have the 15mm sigma. I used it a fair amount last year. Took it out for the first time last week for some volleyball.
http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/p143410261/h2bdd0a0b#h2c93c631


Nov 21, 2009 at 04:39 AM
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p.1 #10 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


These look nice, and are a HUGE improvement on your last set...composition, WB, sharpness....everything is better. Keep it up!

I'm jealous...I shoot at an East Texas D3 school with very small scale sports stuff...the whole school only has around 1300 people. I especially am enjoying watching your progress in shooting hockey.


Nov 21, 2009 at 05:20 PM
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Jeff_Stapleton wrote:
These look nice, and are a HUGE improvement on your last set...composition, WB, sharpness....everything is better. Keep it up!

I'm jealous...I shoot at an East Texas D3 school with very small scale sports stuff...the whole school only has around 1300 people. I especially am enjoying watching your progress in shooting hockey.

Thanks for the compliments Jeff. I'm hoping I don't revert back to my old habits in my 2 weeks away from shooting. I can't decide which I like to shoot more, hockey or basketball, and at this point I can get better angles at basketball because my favorite angles for hockey have been made off limits


Nov 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM
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p.1 #12 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


Nice capture regarding the action...
I don't know if it is my screen or that they all suffer from lack of sharpness.. just a bit.
You could also push a bit the saturation on these.

What settings did you use?


Nov 21, 2009 at 10:24 PM
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p.1 #13 · NCAA D1 Basketball (with many fewer strobes)


I think the lack of sharpness is partly the shittiness of my 70-200 (I've ordered the VRII version) and partly the downsizing i've done. I shot the wide shots at 200th f/8 or 9 and iso 640 and the other shots IIRC with the 70-200 on the d700 were around 1000 iso, 1/1000 f/2.8 or 1/800 f/3.2

Nov 21, 2009 at 10:26 PM
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