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Ron,
I gotta ask, HOW do you use a 70-200 at a basketball game?
For me, your shot #5 would be with a normal or slightly wide lens, not a short tele, a couple feet back of the end line, just to the right of the key.
Or, is there a LOT of space behind the end line? It looks like a nice arena.
I am on the baseline about 3-4 feet from the end line but I typically am out by the 3-point line to shoot. I have been shooting for MaxPreps this year and they want tight shots, and they suggest the 70-200mm, so that is what I am shooting with. I do on occasions use my 300mm with the 5D3 for shots on the other end of the floor, but again, I am looking to fill the frame with the player.
I should try that.
I usually shoot wide, then crop as needed for individual players.
My logic was I can always crop in post, but I can't get something that is not in the frame. But I do loose IQ when I crop.
I find it easier to follow fast sometimes unpredictable action when I shoot a bit wide.
I need to up my skill to shoot tight.And probably too many years of shooting the play, rather than individuals. So my brain has been conditioned to shoot the play.
As you said MaxPreps (and parents), wants the individual, rather than the play.And the final problem, I have to leave room for the editors to crop the pic, as I rarely know the format of the layout where then will put the pic.
There was a year when I was wondering WHY a parent was shooting a 70-200 on the volleyball court floor. He was right next to the side line. I finally figured out that, he was shooting HIS daughter, and did not care about the play or any of the rest of the team.
One year I shot basketball primarily in vertical format, which seemed natural to me. Then the yearbook editor asked me to shoot in horizontal format. huh Turned out that the layout was all horizontal, and my vertical shots would not crop well into the horizontal layout.
However, when I shoot for the AD, I have freedom in the format, and I can shoot as tight as I want to.
I understand what you mean. It is taking me some getting used to shoot tight and not get the entire body of a kid. But it is helping me learn and improve my images. There are times that I'd like to shoot some wide shots but they don't sell so I've learned to limit them.