Photo: Basketball Hoop
By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-09-19T00:17:05Z in Photography, Stock Photos. 153 words.
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Looking up through a basketball hoop.
I tried thinking of a more abstract title, but nothing is better than “Basketball Hoop.” Sure, if this were a plain, ordinary photo of a basketball hoop, a creative title might add some jazz, but when the photo is creative on it’s own, a mundane title is a good contrast. A creative title would work too, but a mundane title for a creative piece is far better than an unfitting creative title.
I took this at F2.5, so even parts of the netting are out of focus. The background was a dull blue sky, but it works quite well when converted to black and white. Then, I added lots of contrast. No vignetting, because it would feel contrived on this image.
Someone somewhere has done a photo just like this, but I haven’t. 
Canon Rebel XTi [2], EF 50mm 1:1.4 [3], 1/200, F2.5, 50mm, ISO100, 2008-09-13T07:19:31-04, 20080913-111931rxt
Download the high-res JPEG [4] or download the source image [5] (Canon Rebel XTi RAW file).
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[2] Canon Rebel XTi: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/tag/canon-rebel-xti/
[3] EF 50mm 1:1.4: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/tag/ef-50mm-114/
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