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    Talking How About Some Basketball Shots

    My youngest daughter playing basketball. That's her shooting, and making the first points in the game. She must get her athletic abilities from me! N80, Sigma 28-70mm f2.8, Reala, SB-28.
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    Did your daughter's team end up winning? And forgive my ignorance, reala is slide film?

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    Fuji Reala is print (negative not slide) film.

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    Reala

    Quote Originally Posted by photo101
    Did your daughter's team end up winning? And forgive my ignorance, reala is slide film?

    Jared
    As Peter already mentioned, Reala is a print film.

    And yes, her team won.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speed
    My youngest daughter playing basketball. That's her shooting, and making the first points in the game. She must get her athletic abilities from me! N80, Sigma 28-70mm f2.8, Reala, SB-28.
    Nice pic. Can't get enough of those childhood shots for the memories, time goes fast. She will be getting married before you know it.
    She looks like a tall drink of water, is her dad tall?
    Interesting place for the fans to sit, eh.

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    Thank You Bryan!

    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan Seavy
    Nice pic. Can't get enough of those childhood shots for the memories, time goes fast. She will be getting married before you know it.
    She looks like a tall drink of water, is her dad tall?
    Interesting place for the fans to sit, eh.

    Since I got my N80, I have photographed basketball, soccer, track, band, cheerleading, dance, football, etc. I've gotten quite a bit of practice taking action shots. And as you said, I've got a collection of memories.

    Her dad is not that tall (5' 7"), and we're not sure where she gets her height. But she stands out in the crowd, whether it's her classmates, her cheerleading team, or her basketball team. Spotting her is usually easy.

    The building where they play doesn't have stands/bleachers, so the spectators sit in chairs behind the baskets. Occassionally, you get a stray basketball lobbed into the crowd, so you do want to pay attention!

    Thanks for the comments. Have a great day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Speed
    My youngest daughter playing basketball. That's her shooting, and making the first points in the game. She must get her athletic abilities from me! N80, Sigma 28-70mm f2.8, Reala, SB-28.
    Sports photography is location, location, location. I tend to put myself under the net and take pictures as the action comes toward me. It gets the faces in and makes for very effective pictures.

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    Smile Is her dad tall?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan Seavy
    Nice pic. Can't get enough of those childhood shots for the memories, time goes fast. She will be getting married before you know it.
    She looks like a tall drink of water, is her dad tall?
    Interesting place for the fans to sit, eh.

    No, her dad is not tall. Neither is her mother. But the long legs do run in the family. Her great-grandfather has long legs, as does his youngest son. I guess the genes are in there, somewhere.

    The gym they played in was not overly large, and seating was tight. More than one parent deflected a stray shot to avoid being hit in the head!

    But the kids had fun, and that's why we were there!
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    Cool Sports photography is location, location, location.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ronnoco
    Sports photography is location, location, location. I tend to put myself under the net and take pictures as the action comes toward me. It gets the faces in and makes for very effective pictures.

    Ronnoco
    That is so true! It was interesting, that I could get on one corner and get lots of shots, but on another corner, either the action didn't come my way, or one of the ref's was constantly getting in the way. When that happened, I went to another corner.

    Due to the limited space, and the seating arrangements, getting under the goal wasn't feasible. I did leave my camera bag behind the goal once, and a shot that went over the goal landed on it. Fortunately, nothing was damaged, but I moved my bag anyway!
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    would've been better if...

    get in a lot closer. The pic would do a lot more for me if you got in close for a nice tight shot.
    For example, this picture would not be that good if it were wide angle:

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