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wvyankeegurl · Apr 16, 2004, 9:14 PM

This is my first time taken tennis shots.
They turned out ok for the sun being in the wrong place half the time. Try to ignore the backgrounds , couldnt do much about it.
They dont have a very good court.
They still looked good i think for my first tennis shots.
just clik on next on after looking at first one.

http://www.pbase.com/image/28019800

photosbyvito · Apr 16, 2004, 9:35 PM

oh cool

i love tennis

possibly my favorite sport....a lot of fun

nice pics...got some good action in them! nice job...

bradg · Apr 16, 2004, 11:00 PM

very good! are you sure its your first time?, what settings were you useing
you can clear up the backgrounds useing photoshop

brad

p.s. i am not a big fan of tennis, i am more of a baseball guy...

photosbyvito · Apr 16, 2004, 11:03 PM

pfft....baseball....where is the contact in that?! lol

lol....i used to play soccer.....

bradg · Apr 16, 2004, 11:07 PM

lol
come on vito, you cant tell me your not a baseball fan...
have you ever played?

photosbyvito · Apr 16, 2004, 11:15 PM

lol...i've not played on a teamm....but with my cousins and their friends...

i wasn't bad at it......but i was too old to start....lol.......
i really don't like watching it though....too slow paced for me....

ping pong...now that is the REAL sport

bradg · Apr 17, 2004, 5:03 PM

tisk tisk tisk, vito, what are we going to do with you :lol:
theres your problem, you need yo play on a team :lol:

i agree, ping-pong is a great sport, i love to watch profesinal ping pong on tv :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
have you seen it

Normcar · Apr 17, 2004, 6:42 PM

Yankeegurl, your shots are getting more and more professional looking every time I see a new post. I guess practice "does" help! As for the background, perhaps if you could find a way to open up the aperture more, since you are getting very accurate with focus, you might be able to subdue that fence background a bit more so you wouldn't have to consider using photoshop to blur? You seem to be getting to the "talent" point where you might consider trying a real shallow DOF so that you won't need to worry about backgrounds (for some shots but certainly not for all since sometimes the background isn't a problem at all).

Great shots!

wvyankeegurl · Apr 20, 2004, 12:11 AM

thanks for all your great comments!
yeah its my first time taking tennis shots.
not sports in general.
Its not really the blur or clearity of the background so much, its the fence and cars , i wish it was just cleaner as in not so busy thats all. my settings are on auto ,sports , with the 7.5 fps set on burst mode.

Apr 16, 2004, 9:14 PM	#1
wvyankeegurl Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 356	Tennis action This is my first time taken tennis shots. They turned out ok for the sun being in the wrong place half the time. Try to ignore the backgrounds , couldnt do much about it. They dont have a very good court. They still looked good i think for my first tennis shots. just clik on next on after looking at first one. http://www.pbase.com/image/28019800

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Apr 16, 2004, 9:35 PM	#2
photosbyvito Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,710	oh cool i love tennis possibly my favorite sport....a lot of fun nice pics...got some good action in them! nice job...

Apr 16, 2004, 11:00 PM	#3
bradg Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 819	very good! are you sure its your first time?, what settings were you useing you can clear up the backgrounds useing photoshop brad p.s. i am not a big fan of tennis, i am more of a baseball guy...

Apr 16, 2004, 11:03 PM	#4
photosbyvito Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,710	pfft....baseball....where is the contact in that?! lol lol....i used to play soccer.....

Apr 16, 2004, 11:07 PM	#5
bradg Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 819	lol come on vito, you cant tell me your not a baseball fan... have you ever played?

Apr 16, 2004, 11:15 PM	#6
photosbyvito Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,710	lol...i've not played on a teamm....but with my cousins and their friends... i wasn't bad at it......but i was too old to start....lol....... i really don't like watching it though....too slow paced for me.... ping pong...now that is the REAL sport

Apr 17, 2004, 5:03 PM	#7
bradg Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 819	tisk tisk tisk, vito, what are we going to do with you :lol: theres your problem, you need yo play on a team :lol: i agree, ping-pong is a great sport, i love to watch profesinal ping pong on tv :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: have you seen it

Apr 17, 2004, 6:42 PM	#8
Normcar Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,748	Yankeegurl, your shots are getting more and more professional looking every time I see a new post. I guess practice "does" help! As for the background, perhaps if you could find a way to open up the aperture more, since you are getting very accurate with focus, you might be able to subdue that fence background a bit more so you wouldn't have to consider using photoshop to blur? You seem to be getting to the "talent" point where you might consider trying a real shallow DOF so that you won't need to worry about backgrounds (for some shots but certainly not for all since sometimes the background isn't a problem at all). Great shots!

Apr 20, 2004, 12:11 AM	#9
wvyankeegurl Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 356	thanks for all your great comments! yeah its my first time taking tennis shots. not sports in general. Its not really the blur or clearity of the background so much, its the fence and cars , i wish it was just cleaner as in not so busy thats all. my settings are on auto ,sports , with the 7.5 fps set on burst mode.