Handball Albany, New York Open 2012

dgebben

Albany Open 2012 was held November 16, 17 and 18, 2012 at The Court Club in Albany, New York.
127 player participated in 22 events from 12 states and Canada. As usual, the hospitality was out of
sight - endless food. On my site there are seven pages of action during the three day event.

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ian408

Looks like a great tourney. Several great pics.

I'm not sure but to me, the white balance looks a little off. They also look a bit soft.

dgebben

Tuff stuff to shoot
Photographing Handball is uniquely different. At times I have to shoot through plexie glass that is all marred and sweet covered. Other times I can get a spot from above shooting down into the court but always at bad angles. Then there is the lighting and very court can have different types of bulbs. Then one has to deal with outside glass walls, reflections, no tripods, and a ball that travel 50 to 60 miles an hour in a court that is 40X20X20 with human bodies flying around. My camera is a Nikon D90 with
the 18-200mm DX ED GII VR with post possessing in Lightroom 4. Not the best for low light, fast action indoor sport shooting.

Your comment is right on target and I need to work on getting these tack sharp, appreciated any and all advise to increase the quality of my work. Like what would be the best setting for the D90? When I shoot handball I am in the sports mode with burst mode on, NO flash, white balance is set to Auto.

babowc

I used to play racquetball, and I know how the lighting could be... not so great...

Instead of using a pre-set mode, get your D90 into Manual (M) mode, set a shutter speed to freeze motion (i.e 1/250 or more), then use your ISO to get the correct exposure.
Set your white balance to Kelvin (K) mode, and start adjusting your white balance according to the lighting in the court.

Since you're using a variable aperture lens... I think it may be a bit more complicated than what I mentioned, if using M mode.

An alternative would be to set your WB using K mode, then set your camera to SS priority mode set to 1/250+, and limit your ISO in the settings to probably 1600 max.

dgebben

Thank you
Wow! That sound like the place to start. I will try what you suggest in Feb. at my next tournament. I'll have plenty of time before matches to test this out. Great advise and thanks again. Anything else? Or does anyone have ideas on this difficult subject?

babowc

Goodluck!