Lady Roadrunners notch win in last home BB game

[Bob32]

On Wednesday the local Butte College womens basketball team faced Lassen College in their last home game of the season. It was a close contest all the way with the score tied 76-76 with only 26 seconds left to play. At that point Butte was able to break the tie with two free throws and go on to a 79-76 victory.

With the exception of photo #4 all shots were with D700 + 24-85 f/2.8-4 at 1/500, f/4, and ISO 8,000. Photo #4 was with D700 + 50 mm. f/1.8 at 1/500, f/2.8, and ISO 3200.

Comments are welcome.

Bob

As usual, player #20 shown in the first and last photos was the star of the show with seven 3-pointers and a total of 29 points. She’s not very tall physically, but in terms of drive, speed, ball handling, and scoring ability she’s at least 7 feet tall! She usually has her tongue sticking out of the right side of her mouth as she charges in to score.

[burnet44]

nice
8000 iso?
daymn

[Bob32]

Thanks. ISO 8,000 is correct. I prefer not to go above ISO 6,400, but that isn't always possible. There have been times when I have used ISO settings as high as 12,800 and still gotten decent results. That's why I love my D700!

Bob

[burnet44]

nice
8000 iso?
daymn

[Old Timer]

I would not give the D700 all the credit here. IMHO your processing is the deciding factor. Nice work.

[Bob32]

Larry,

Thanks for the kind words, but if I still had to rely on my D200 for shots like these I never would have been able to pull it off.

Bob

[Old Timer]

I agree the D200 was a great camera but would not achieve the results you have gotten at high ISO settings.

[Bob32]

Larry,

I still use my D200 now and then for certain daylight sports and other situations where the crop factor + 70-300 zoom provides needed reach, but the D700 is the go-to camera for everything else.

Bob