May 17, 2006

More Tennis Regionals

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/1250 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm

Florida International University senior Bruna Discordia volleys at the net during her doubles match against Iowa's Krissy Dowlin and Millica Veselinovic in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday, May 12, 2006. Discordia and doubles teammate Courtney Jonson defeated the Iowa Hawkeye pairing, 8-4, to help give the Golden Panthers a one point advantage as they started the singles competition.

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May 16, 2006

Bracing For Impact

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Florida International University sophomore Egle Petrauskaite prepared to return a shot during her match against Iowa's Hillary Mintz in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday, May 12, 2006. Petrauskaite defeated Mintz in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1, to help the Golden Panthers defeat the Hawkeyes, 4-1, and advance to a second round meeting with the University of Miami.

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May 15, 2006

Life At The Net

Details: ISO: 125 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.2 | Focal Length: 450mm

Florida International University junior Shilla D'Armas attempts to return a shot at the net during her match against Iowa's Milica Veselinovic (ranked #85 in the nation) in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday, May 12, 2006. Despite dropping the match to Veselinovic in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, the FIU Golden Panthers defeated the Hawkeyes 4-1 to advance to a second round meeting with the University of Miami.

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May 14, 2006

Reaching For A Shot

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.2 | Focal Length: 600mm

Paula Zabala attempts to return a shot during the doubles competition against the University of Miami's Audra Cohen and Melissa Applebaum in the second round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Saturday, May 13, 2006. Zabala and her doubles partner, junior Nikkita Fountain, matched the number two ranked Miami pairing game for game until Miami broke serve and pulled away to take the set 8-4.

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May 13, 2006

Pulling Off An Upset

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Florida International University junior Nikkita Fountain returns a shot during her match with Iowa's Krissy Dowlin in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday, May 12, 2006. Earlier in the day, Fountain combined with doubles partner, junior Paula Zabala, to defeat Iowa's Megan Racette and Jacqueline Lee, 8-6, giving the FIU Golden Panthers a 1 point advantage going into the singles competition. Fountain's straight set defeat of Dowlin, 6-3, 6-2, helped ensure the 39th ranked Golden Panthers' upset of the 31st ranked Iowa Hawkeyes. With the win, the Golden Panther's advance to the second round of the regionals where they will meet the seventh-ranked University of Miami.

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April 21, 2006

Odd Positions

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 450mm

North Carolina State University freshman Chris Welte watches his shot after barely getting in position to return the ball during the doubles match with the University of Miami's Tim Krebs and Vivek Subramanian at Coral Gables, Florida on Sunday, April 16, 2006. Welte and doubles partner, Val Banada, won the doubles match, 8-6.

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April 18, 2006

Impact

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/2000 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm

North Carolina State University junior Andrew Iriarte makes contact with the ball as he returns a shot during his match with the University of Miami's Josh Cohen (ranked #72) at Coral Gables, Florida on Sunday, April 16, 2006. Iriarte lost to Cohen, who won the match in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

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April 17, 2006

Sunday Afternoon Tennis

Details: ISO: 125 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm

North Carolina State University senior Val Banada attempts to reach and return a shot during his match with the University of Miami's Daniel Vallverdu at Coral Gables, Florida on Sunday, April 16, 2006. Banada and his doubles partner, Chris Welte, accounted for the Wolfpack's only doubles win. Banada did not fare as well in singles, with Vallverdu taking the match 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. The tenth-ranked Miami Hurricanes won the tournament, defeating the NC State Wolfpack (ranked 34), 6-1.

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April 12, 2006

Concentration

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/800 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 420mm

Showing intense concentration, Tatiana Golovin of France watches her shot through her racquet on its way back to China's Jie Zheng in the quarterfinals at the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament at Key Biscayne, Florida, on Wednesday, March 29, 2006.

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April 5, 2006

More Sunday Afternoon Tennis

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/1250 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm

Clemson University sophomore Carol Salge concentrates on returning a shot in a tiebreaker with the University of Miami's Monika Dancevic. Salge won the match a few shots later, 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 (10-7). Unfortunately, the rest of the twenty-fourth-ranked Clemson Tigers did not have a good day, falling to the fifth-ranked Miami Hurricanes, 6-1.

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April 4, 2006

Extra Effort

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/800 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 420mm

Tatiana Golovin of France attempts to return a shot dropped just over the net by China's Jie Zheng in the quarterfinals at the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament at Key Biscayne, Florida, on Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Golovin dropped the first set, 3-6, but battled back to take the second set 6-3 and the third set 6-2. With the win, Golovin advanced to the semifinals to face Maria Sharapova.

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April 3, 2006

Sunday Afternoon Tennis

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.5 | Focal Length: 450mm

Clemson University freshman Alexandra Luc returns a shot late in her match with the University of Miami's Audrey Banada (ranked 83). Banada won the match a few shots later, 6-3, 6-2, to help give the fifth-ranked Miami Hurricanes a match win over the twenty-fourth ranked Clemson Tigers, 6-1.

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March 31, 2006

Focus

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/640 at f/4 | Focal Length: 420mm

Tatiana Golovin of France returns a volley late the second set in her match against China's Jie Zheng in the quarterfinals at the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament at Key Biscayne, Florida, on Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Golovin dropped the first set, 3-6, but battled back to take the second set 6-3 and the third set 6-2. With the win, Golovin advanced to the semifinals to face Maria Sharapova.

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January 18, 2006

Getting Close (More Weekend Tennis)

More images from the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament held in Coral Gables in mid-November.

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Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: varied | Focal Length: varied, 300mm or 450mm.

If you want to see technical details for these images, you should download a copy of FxIF (available at http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/fxif/). Once installed, you can open the images above, right-click on the image and select Properties. The FxIF program will display additional EXIF information such as the exposure, the focal length, etc.

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November 17, 2005

Catching The Ball (On The Racquet)

While there are a number of challenges when it comes to photographing tennis, two of challenges I've always enjoyed have been catching the players' expressions and timing the shots so as to catch the ball at the point of impact with the racquet. Here are a few "catching the ball" shots from a tournament last weekend.

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm

FIU's Shilla D'Armas during her match with Iowa's Jacqueline Lee on Saturday at the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament in Coral Gables, Florida. Lee defeated D’Armas in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/800 at f/4 | Focal Length: 300mm

FIU's Desanka Jovanovic during her match with Iowa's Krissy Dowlin on Saturday at the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament in Coral Gables, Florida. Jovanovic went on to defeat Dowlin in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1250 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 450mm

FIU's Desanka Jovanovic during her match with Miami's Caren Seenauth on Sunday at the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament in Coral Gables, Florida. Seenauth defeated Jovanovic, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/4 | Focal Length: 630mm

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1250 at f/4 | Focal Length: 630mm

FIU's Marijana Cutuk during her match with Miami's Ana Rupic on Sunday at the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament in Coral Gables, Florida. Cutuk cruised to an easy victory over Rupic, 6-2, 6-1.

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November 16, 2005

The Sweet Spot

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1600 at f/4 | Focal Length: 300mm

FIU's Paula Zabala (ranked #42) seemingly catches the ball on the sweet spot of her racquet when returning a shot during her match with Iowa's Meg Racette (ranked #88) at the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament in Coral Gables, Florida. Racette battled back from a first set loss to upset the higher ranked Zabala in a long, hard-fought match, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

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November 15, 2005

Saturday Afternoon Tennis

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 450mm

FIU's Desanka Jovanovic returns a shot during her match with Iowa's Krissy Dowlin at the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament in Coral Gables, Florida. Jovanovic went on to defeat Dowlin in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.

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November 14, 2005

Concentration (Take 2)

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1250 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 300mm

FIU's Marijana Cutuk shows intense concentration, even keeping her eye on the ball through the strings of her racquet when following-through with her swing, during her match with Iowa's Kayla Berry on Saturday at the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament in Coral Gables, Florida. Cutuk easily defeated Berry in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.

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November 13, 2005

Concentration

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm

FIU's Shilla D'Armas demonstrates intense concentration, even watching the ball through the strings of her racquet after returning a shot during her match with Iowa's Jacqueline Lee during the Miami Classic Tennis Tournament in Coral Gables, Florida. Lee defeated D’Armas in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.

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May 23, 2005

Expression & Timing

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1250 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 450mm

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/5 | Focal Length: 300mm

One of the aspects of sports photography I’ve always found challenging is catching images that people don’t often see. Much of this involves timing shots so as to catch expressions (as with the first picture above), but sometimes it involves catching peak action to freeze a unique view (like the face looking through the tennis racket in mid-swing).

A common misconception among novices is that shooting sports involves nothing more than using a camera with a fast motor drive, and letting the camera record sequences of events. The problem is this method involves more luck than skill, and more often than not, the timing will never be quite right. In many cases, the focus won’t be right either, because if the shutter is opening and closing, the photographer or the autofocus system won’t have the ability to adjust the focus (resulting in a sequence where the first image might be in focus but the rest are out of focus if the subject is moving).

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May 16, 2005

More from Saturday's NCAA Tennis Regionals

The following are a selection of other images from Saturday's NCAA Women's Tennis Regionals.

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/2000 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 450mm

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Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.5 | Focal Length: 300mm

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May 15, 2005

Saturday's NCAA Tennis Regionals

The University of Miami Women's Tennis Team fell to California on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship. Senior Megan Bradley, ranked number one in the country, cruised to an easy win over Cal's Suzi Babos, 6-0, 6-2.

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 300mm

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Junior Melissa Applebaum recovered from heat exhaustion to defeat Monica Wiesener in three sets, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.5 | Focal Length: 300mm

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.5 | Focal Length: 300mm

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Cal's Monica Wiesener waits for the match to resume during the medical delay in her match with Applebaum.


Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.5 | Focal Length: 300mm

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May 14, 2005

NCAA Women's Tennis Regionals

A few images from yesterday's first round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Regionals at Coral Gables, Florida. Miami defeated FAU to advance to the second round.

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Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: Varied from 1/640 to 1/1000 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm

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March 30, 2005

Tennis Anyone?

I managed to get out for a few minutes to enjoy an absolutely beautiful day and watch some of the Nasdaq-100 Open on Key Biscayne, Florida. I only had an everyday bag with me, so I was limited in what I could shoot. Still, I had a good time.

The following are some images from the match between Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin-Hardenne. Sharapova won 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals.

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Details: ISO: 200 | Exposures: varied from 1/1250 at f/4 to 1/1000 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 420mm

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March 29, 2005

Having A Ball

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 270mm

Children attempt to have oversized tennis balls autographed by Dominik Hrbaty after his match at the Nasdaq-100 Open (formerly Lipton) on Key Biscayne, Florida. Hrbaty defeated Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals.

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March 28, 2005

Sunday Afternoon Tennis

The following are from Sunday afternoon's match between the University of Miami and University of North Carolina (clicking on an image will open a window with a larger and more detailed version of the same image):

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The exposure for all images ranged from 1/640 at f/4 to 1/1000 at f/5.6 at ISO 200. The focal lengths for everything other than the wide shot (18mm) ranged from 200mm to 630mm.

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March 27, 2005

Sunday Afternoon Tennis

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/800 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 120mm

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March 20, 2005

Sunday Afternoon Tennis

It's been about fifteen or so years since I last photographed a tennis match. The hiatus finally came to an end as I managed to make it out to a college match today. The University of Miami's women's tennis team took on and defeated the University of Maryland today, and the following are a selection of images from those matches (you can open larger versions of the images by clicking on them).

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Everything was shot at ISO 200, with exposures ranging from 1/500 to 1/1000 at f/4. The focal lengths ranged from 280mm to 450mm.

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March 14, 2005

Reaction

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 300mm

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