John Larson, FPSA, MPSA2
April 2024 - Number 12 Looks in Pain
About the Image(s)
“Number 12 Looks in Pain”
Why I took this image:
As I have said before Carolyn and I have season tickets for both men’s and women’s basketball at Penn State, but it turns out we were back in Iowa visiting my grandson and watching Southeastern College basketball. I liked the expression on this one players face.
Camera Settings:
Creation Date (xmp): 2023-01-07, Camera Make: Canon, Camera Model: Canon EOS R6, Shutter Speed: 1/400, F-stop: f/4.0, ISO Speed: 6400, Lens: RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM
Post processing:,
Cropped into horizontal and leveled, Normal LR adjustments. Sharpening and denoise using Topaz Photo AI. Used Nik Silver Efex to Convert to B&W.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
4 comments posted
Interesting action. For me interesting point are just the three main players and the ball. Basket is far away and a lot of negative space between. I would crop it out. I would also like to see color version. Posted: 04/20/2024 20:48:45
Hi John. You have done a good job capturing the players both attacking and defending, like Bogdan I would also like to see the colour version as well, I am not so sure B&W works in this situation. Unfortunately, player 12 face is partially obscured as you say he's in pain but can still see his intent. Still a good photo showing high energy basketball. Posted: 04/26/2024 01:14:35
More of the players' bodies would help. The monochrome is fine, to me. Nice action. Posted: 04/28/2024 01:35:02
Ward Conaway
Interesting photo John. It is nicely denoised for ISO 6400.
I agree with Karen that more of the bodies would be good. But the story is the expression on #12's face. Bogdan has a good thought about the basket; have you tried cropping in from the left? I think BW is good for this image; I suspect that the background would be distracting in the color version. Posted: 04/30/2024 02:03:16
I agree with Karen that more of the bodies would be good. But the story is the expression on #12's face. Bogdan has a good thought about the basket; have you tried cropping in from the left? I think BW is good for this image; I suspect that the background would be distracting in the color version. Posted: 04/30/2024 02:03:16