John Larson, FPSA, GMPSA
June 2025 - A Dunk Gets the Crowd Roaring
About the Image(s)
“06-A Dunk Gets the Crowd Roaring”
Why I took this image:
Description: At Penn State this year we had a men’s basketball player whose real middle name was Konan. At first, I thought it was just a nickname he had chosen. Anyhow he was a little over seven feet and one of his favorite plays was a crowd pleasing dunk, which you see here.
Camera Settings: Creation Date: 11/08/2024 Camera: Canon, Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D, Mk II, Shutter Speed: 1/3200, Aperture f/1.4, ISO 1600, Canon *%mm F 1.2 lens @ 85 mm
Post processing:, Normal LR adjustments and straightening. Sharpening and denoise using Topaz Photo AI. Conversion to Black and White using Silver Efex Pro
3 comments posted
Nice action. Perhaps he will be drafted into the NBA, and you will have a photo of his college days. At 7' he has a good chance.
If you could straighten the floor, that would be my only quibble. The floor appears to tilt up. Posted: 06/21/2025 21:10:33
If you could straighten the floor, that would be my only quibble. The floor appears to tilt up. Posted: 06/21/2025 21:10:33
Hi John. A fine capture of a dunk shot, why B&W? I had some time trying to find the ball due to the lack of contrast between the ball and the background bench players in white. A colour version would be far better as contrast would differentiate the ball from players. The tilt is also not quite right as Karen says. I'm sure a colour photo would do far greater justice to this well timed capture. Posted: 06/22/2025 19:26:24
The color version show too much detail for the crowd. I understand what you say about losing detail on the basketball. I think its about a 50-50 choice. Posted: 06/22/2025 20:08:40