College Basketball...tips on lighting please

[equilution]

This is my first attempt to shoot an indoor college basketball game. I used only my D3 and 85 f/1.4 wide open, iso 2500, with aperture priority set to 1.4. I used auto WB which yielded OK results. I was able to remove most of the yellow saturation in PP. Any tips or hints would be greatly apprciated. Thanks.







Finally, here's a shot from the Lady Aztecs, former National Champs! Great game, but they lost by 3.

[jdepould]

Moved to technique. Please don't post multiple images in critique.

[equilution]

Originally Posted by jdepould

Moved to technique. Please don't post multiple images in critique.

My apologies. Guess I don't understand the difference in technique and critique if I was looking for critique of these shots.

[lputman]

The third seems the best as far as color goes, there still seems to be a bit too much orange going on in the others. You've got some good action captured. I might crop the girls' shot a little more. Sometimes, I will play with the K settings for WB, especially when I am at the game early enough to take test shots on the other games before my son plays.

[OsmosisStudios]

You were looking for critique on your technique, not on subject/style. At least I think.

The shots are great: very warm though. Are you shooting RAW or jpg? I'd also be worried about the DoF being too shallow at f/1.4.

[equilution]

Originally Posted by lputman

The third seems the best as far as color goes, there still seems to be a bit too much orange going on in the others. You've got some good action captured. I might crop the girls' shot a little more. Sometimes, I will play with the K settings for WB, especially when I am at the game early enough to take test shots on the other games before my son plays.

Thanks, Lori. Here's the latest version. I reduced the orange saturation using Lightroom.

[inkista]

Have you tried using the eyedropper in Lightroom for white balance? (basically, click on the eyedropper, then sample something in the photo that should be white/gray). That tends to get me into the ballpark, and then adjusting the temperature from there with the sliders to taste.

I wouldn't use the saturation sliders for this kind of correction.

[equilution]

Originally Posted by inkista

Have you tried using the eyedropper in Lightroom for white balance? (basically, click on the eyedropper, then sample something in the photo that should be white/gray). That tends to get me into the ballpark, and then adjusting the temperature from there with the sliders to taste.

I wouldn't use the saturation sliders for this kind of correction.

Well...you learn something new everyday!! I never noticed that dropper! I tried it and it seems to be a shortcut to running all the other sliders! Thanks!

[lputman]

That certainly looks much better. Yes, that little dropper is a great tool.