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Hobart tennis - Moorilla International

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Hobart tennis - Moorilla International

Postby johnd on Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:03 pm

A few images from day 3 of qualifying at the Moorilla International tennis tournamanet in Hobart on the weekend.

Karolina Wlodarczak (AUS)
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Two aspects of Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
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Meng Yuan (CHN)
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Postby Willy wombat on Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:14 pm

If I die I want to come back as a femal pro tennis photographer. ...Drool!
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Postby johnd on Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:48 am

Willy wombat wrote:If I die I want to come back as a femal pro tennis photographer. ...Drool!

Steve, why wait til you die. Go to your next local tournament and start taking the shots now. :)

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Postby radar on Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:39 am

Great shots John,

you also have some really good ones in your gallery. It is not easy to get the timing right.

Looks like you had a pretty good vantage point. Did you have press access?

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Postby Matt. K on Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:38 pm

Good stuff! Nice, big, close and right in your face! That's good photography! Bob Cappa said "if your images aren't good enough then your probably not close enough". You were close enough!
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Postby johnd on Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:32 pm

Thanks for the comments Andre and Matt.

Andre, not press access but a 400mm lens up close :) Also, one of the benefits of the Hobart tournament is that you can get within a couple metres of the court.

Matt, I'm starting to understand that comment now. I thought a 400mm lens was only for photographing things a long way away.
I'm now starting to understand the benefit of using it up close.

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Postby Killakoala on Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:52 pm

Great work John. The close-ups really show how much effort those gorgeous girls put into their Aust open preparation :)
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Postby Oscar on Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:55 pm

Great exposures John. Sharp shooting. Well done.

Cheers, Mick :) :) :)
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Postby colin_12 on Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:06 pm

I like the first shot John.
It gives a nice feel of power about to happen.
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Postby johnd on Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:13 pm

Thanks for the comments Steve, Mick and Colin.
This is a whole new ball game (pun) for me, using a long lens to shoot up close to produce the tight cropped sports portrait style images. It's totally different from the sports shots I have done in the past which I've done from a lot further away.

I'll be back there tonight and tommorrow night but without camera :( . It just gets too crowded to shoot at the finals. No press pass, so can't get onto the court or other special places. I guess I'll have to be satisfied with enjoying watching.

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