Girls tennis

[fidgety]

Some snaps from the first meet of the season.

[Photo-John]

These are great. They make me wanna try shooting some tennis. I especially like the third one.

Can you give us some technical info? Where are you shooting from, what camera and lens, what ISO, shutter speed, etc...

[fidgety]

These are great. They make me wanna try shooting some tennis. I especially like the third one.

Can you give us some technical info? Where are you shooting from, what camera and lens, what ISO, shutter speed, etc...

Thanks, John. I shoot at mid court, right next to the pole that holds up the net and I'm shooting with the sun at my back. I use a Canon 1D Mark IIN and a Canon 70-200 2.8L, aperture priority of 2.8 to 4.0 at as low an ISO as I can get to get a good shutter speed. Sometimes I open it open up a third to two thirds of a stop if it's real bright out, plus, I find that my camera just looks better at a one-third stop over exposure. I like to get basic, stock shots of the players hitting ground strokes and wait for the ball to come up to them and then I blast away three to five snaps to get the ball in the frame. From there I go for serves and volleys to try and get some better action snaps.

[Old Timer]

Nothing like tennis for great facial expressions. Some nice shots, I'm with PJ on the third one, it's super.

[SmartWombat]

That 3rd shot I think is the best action.
I'd love to see the ball on the racket, but then the shape of the player would be very different and I like this composition.
Is it slightly off-horizontal?
I can see the perspective in the fence, but the verticals don't look straight.

[fidgety]

That 3rd shot I think is the best action.
I'd love to see the ball on the racket, but then the shape of the player would be very different and I like this composition.
Is it slightly off-horizontal?
I can see the perspective in the fence, but the verticals don't look straight.

Thanks. I thought the same thing. The ball in the frame would be good but then again, she wouldn't be in this posiiotn. The horizon is good. It's just that she was so far away that the perspective looks skewed.