South Sioux City’s Sarah Carothers battles for the ball with Lincoln Southeast’s Marissa Kastanek during basketball action at the Tournament of Champions at Sioux City North High School Friday, January 30, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
The photo gallery has photos from the North game agaisnt Bellevue East and the South Sioux City game against Lincoln Southeast.
Heelan’s Olivia Horner, left, and South Sioux City’s Sarah Carothers scramble for the ball during basketball action at the Cardinal Mini-Dome Tuesday, January 27, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
Troy Bostwick, Ponca, plays table tennis at the Sergeant Bluff Rec Center Sunday evening, January 25, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
I had a slip of the tongue when I showed up to photograph the Sgt. Bluff Table Tennis Club Sunday evening. I called it ping pong. Oops! I received a well-deserved lecture that it is not ping pong, it is table tennis. Anyway, you can read all about the table tennis club in Tim Gallagher’s story in Tuesday’s paper, and you can see more photos on the gallery.
The shot above was taken with a Canon 50D camera and a 10-22mm lens. Several of the action shots in the gallery were taken with a 135mm f/2 lens.
Heelan’s Tanner Ferguson runs over Rock Valley’s Sam Ahlers as he scores a basket during basketball action at Heelan Saturday, January 24, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
Briar Cliff’s Michael Dickes lands on Dordt’s Jeremy Zeutenhorst while reaching for a rebound during basketball action at Briar Cliff University Saturday, January 24, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
I am really starting to like the combination of the 50mm f/1.4 and 135 f/2 lenses for basketball. I still love my 85mm f/1.8 lens, but the 50 is nice on the 1.6x crop factor cameras when shooting close to the basket, and the 135 is nice for shooting from the sides, stands and balconies.
North fans ceer for their team as they take on West during basketball action at North High Friday, January 23, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
West’s Wesley Staten, 20, and Lonnie Dickerson, 14, defend against Sergeant Bluff-Luton’s Derek Jensen during basketball action at West High Tuesday, January 20, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
Photo was taken with a Canon 50D and a 135mm lens at ASA 3200, 1/500 second at f/2. There are a few photos in the gallery that were shot from along the baseline using a 50mm lens at the same exposure.
Heelan’s Alex Pick controls North’s Beau Gill at 171 pounds during wrestling action at North High Monday, January 19, 2009. Gill won by injury default. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
Shooting a high school wrestling dual meet can be challenging, mainly because of the lighting. Many of the schools, including North High, turn off all of the light in the gym except for one light above the mat. It looks cool for the spectators, but it makes it tough for photographers. Often I would shoot at a high ASA, set my exposure for the highlights, and then adjust my flash to a low power setting to fill in the shadows.
But now I am shooting with a 200 f/2 lens which lets in lots of light, and using a Canon 50D camera which is much improved in the higher ASA’s compared to previous generations of digital cameras. So I decided to try shooting without flash. The above photo was shot on manual exposure, ASA 3200, 1/400 second at f/2.
Morningside’s Autumn Bartel, right, scramble for the ball with Hastings’ Heather McKeon, left, and Kay Broekemeir during basketball action at Morningside College Saturday, January 17, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
I was trying some slightly different shooting angles, I was shooting from the stands about 4 rows up near the end of the court. Photo was taken with a 135mm lens, shot at ASA 2500, 1/500 second at f/2.
East’s Jordan Gentry shoots as North’s Dylan Ohl defends during basketball action at North High Friday, January 16, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)