Are you able to get on the court during the match or perhaps an adjacent open court? If so, you can avoid having the net appear in your shot. Also, you might try zooming or using a larger focal length prime to get the torso and swing of the player (again without having the net appear).
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Least he hit the ball which is a darn sight better than me
Fences suck even more if you manage to fall over them
...... Skippy
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:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
I have some recent shots of college tennis at the link below:
http://kenyahudson.smugmug.com/gallery/2572010
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I can get up on the hill and shoot over though.
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Here's an OOB from a college match. This is an interesting, fun thing to try and tennis provides a good starting photo.