These action shots of Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal were shot in a semi-final match at the ATP tennis tournament at Indian Wells, California in March, 2010.They were shot at a distance of 36.8 meters from my seat high in the stadium in very bright, early-afternoon, side light, using an effective focal length of 400mm at f/5.6, ISO 200, and exposed for 1/2500 sec.
My intention was to take advantage of the bright light to shoot at a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the movement of the ball.
I did the post processing, including some selective brightening of the harsh shadows, in Photoshop CS4.
-CG TTL
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