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The Naas Open was on last weekend, I took a few shots for the club and their sponsors. c&c appreciated!
#1 I only had sunlight for a short while, and even then it would have to be side/back lighting but who cares :-)
#2 much flatter light – rain even, easier to shoot in but harder to make dramatic shots.
Merv,
2 nice shots really like the second one, unusual with the OOF ball and racket while the player is pin sharp. well done.Soda
Nice pics, as a tennis player and photography fan it’s nice to see some tennis pics. Funnily enough I actually train with the guy in the bottom pic and the top guy is also a friend of mine. I’m only beginning to take pictures myself and I’d be interested to know what type of lens you used to take these pictures, I have only just been given a camera body (Nikon D40x) but I don’t yet have a lens to go with it :) I’m sure your using a very good lens but my budget is maxing at €200, could you recommend a type of lens within that budget. My primary interest is actually in landscape photography but I thought it would be interesting to take my camera with me when I’m abroad playing tournaments and try to get some good close-up tennis shots as well, would you know what type of lens would be best to take reasonably good pictures in both landscape and sports situations?? Any and all advice is much appreciated.
T
Hi,
Soda, Thanks for the comments!
T, Your looking for the holy grail in a lens to do landscape and sport and for 200 or so. I think I shot the upper photo with a 70-200 F2.8 lens, and the bottom one with a 300 F2.8. between them they probably over 6k to buy new :-(
The good news is that while a “regular” lens would probably not be super for these kinds of action shots, they can still get pretty good results overall, and would certainly catch when players do not move so much – lining up to serve, getting ready to recieve serve, high fiving on doubles etc – you just have to time it right.
If you want to get just one lens, see if you can get an 18-200, that will cover most things reasonably well. I’ve no idea as to the cost, but keep a close eye on the buy and sell part of this site, I’ve bought some stuff there, and it’s all gone very well.
For a load more tennis shots, try http://www.mervcolton.com/naasopen2010ti
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