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, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/200, F2.5, 50mm, ISO100, 2008-09-13T07:19:31-04, 20080913-111931rxt
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Please credit me as Richard Thripp.
Abstract, but sorda original. Everyone has thought of fireworks, and I tend to forget the small details of things. Nice shot.
Thanks. This has been done before?
well technically almost everything has been done before.
Okay, I thought you might have an example.
Thank you very much for sharing this post!:)
You’re welcome, I haven’t played much basketball.
Oh, that’s really old hoop. No springs inside. 🙂
Good to know.
I keep wanting to see the image upside down. For some reason I feel like I’m facing the wrong way in this image 🙂
Yes, with the print copies it’s hard for me to remember which way to orient it.