Basketball Hoop From Below

Basketball Hoop From Below, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

I have spent the last two afternoons taking photos at basketball games at school. I can't share those on this blog but after reading the Daily Shoot assignment - How low can you go? Make a photograph today from a low point of view. - I knew I had to take this basketball related shot after the game was over.

I metered for the sky & used my on camera flash to light up the hoop and then I applied an HDR effect in Photoshop using this tutorial.

Date Taken: January 20, 2011
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/100
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired

Day 44: Basketball

I do the yearbook for my youngest daughter's school each year so I take a lot of photos at school of all of the events and just every day things. Today I took some portraits for new preschoolers and I took photos at the elementary boys basketball game. I've cropped this one to not show faces of the players so I'd have something to share here. I took this in Aperture Priority mode since the players were going in and out of sun and shade and I just couldn't adjust manually quick enough to get the shot.

Date Taken: February 13, 2008
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon 28-135mm IS
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 1/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire