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mtngal · Nov 8, 2012, 10:26 PM

My first and only time trying my hand at shooting indoor sports. It wasn't a game, just a practice last week during a sneak-peak of the newly renovated Pauley Pavilion. Not exactly a middle school gym, and my 200mm lens was really too short for the middle of the lower section of seats. But I had a good time looking around and seeing first hand what some of the challenges could be.

Curmudgeon · Nov 9, 2012, 1:10 AM

Like the determination on the guy's face in pic number 2.

Must have been shooting pretty wide open and high ISO but I see no noise.

mtngal · Nov 9, 2012, 10:35 PM

The second one is really the only half-way decent shot I got. While I was shooting at close to wide open at f3.5, the lens I was using is quite good. The ISO was relatively low at 640, so not a lot of noise to take out. Just wish the focus hadn't been slightly off - the camera focused slightly in front of the player. I did run it through a bit of DeNoise after sharpening, it had introduced a bit more noise than I wanted.

I was lucky that pretty much all of the lights were on, a high school gym would not have allowed me to use as low ISO. The renovated building is very nice, and they've now put up a bronze statue of John Wooden (for those old enough to remember him) in front of the building. All wonderful.

saly · Nov 10, 2012, 3:19 AM

Very nice action shots! I saw the unveiling of John Wooden's statue on the news. A great man.

penolta · Nov 10, 2012, 1:15 PM

Not bad for indoor lighting - the equipment and photographer work well together!

Nov 8, 2012, 10:26 PM	#1
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 14,963	Blue ... and Gold My first and only time trying my hand at shooting indoor sports. It wasn't a game, just a practice last week during a sneak-peak of the newly renovated Pauley Pavilion. Not exactly a middle school gym, and my 200mm lens was really too short for the middle of the lower section of seats. But I had a good time looking around and seeing first hand what some of the challenges could be.

Nov 10, 2012, 3:19 AM	#4
saly Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: near Los Angeles, CA USA Posts: 4,608	Very nice action shots! I saw the unveiling of John Wooden's statue on the news. A great man. __________________ Panasonic FZ150, FZ35 and GF1; Nikonos V when underwater ~~Art is in the eye of the camera holder~~

Nov 10, 2012, 1:15 PM	#5
penolta Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California USA Posts: 5,014	Not bad for indoor lighting - the equipment and photographer work well together! __________________ . . If life brings you lemons, you can make lemonade.

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Nov 9, 2012, 1:10 AM	#2
Curmudgeon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: East Bay, San Francisco, CA Posts: 725	Like the determination on the guy's face in pic number 2. Must have been shooting pretty wide open and high ISO but I see no noise.

Nov 9, 2012, 10:35 PM	#3
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 14,963	The second one is really the only half-way decent shot I got. While I was shooting at close to wide open at f3.5, the lens I was using is quite good. The ISO was relatively low at 640, so not a lot of noise to take out. Just wish the focus hadn't been slightly off - the camera focused slightly in front of the player. I did run it through a bit of DeNoise after sharpening, it had introduced a bit more noise than I wanted. I was lucky that pretty much all of the lights were on, a high school gym would not have allowed me to use as low ISO. The renovated building is very nice, and they've now put up a bronze statue of John Wooden (for those old enough to remember him) in front of the building. All wonderful.