The City Market has existed in one form or another in Kansas City since 1857. It is located on 3rd St just above the Missouri River. The original river landing is just below the market plaza. These days there is a weekend farmers market year-round along with a number of full time vendors.
We went down this morning early to take advantage of the early morning light and to take part in a program taking place first thing. A wonderful bakery with fresh cherry and walnut danish was an excellent incentive as well!
All images were shot with Nikon D90 with 35-70mm f/2.8. Post-processed in CaptureNX2, with "Bounty" processed from three images using Photomatix Pro
Thoughts on Life and Photography by Dale Grosbach
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sports Shooting - McPherson College vs. Kansas Wesleyan
We spent Saturday night at the new Mabee Gym on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University. The McPherson Bulldogs were in town to play the Coyotes.
The first half of the men's game was a tight-fought battle. But in the second half the Coyote's used great shooting and a tight zone defense to soundly defeat the Bulldogs.
Being a new gym, the lighting is better than most of the venues where we follow the Bulldogs. These men's photos were shot at ISO 2500, F/2.8, 1/400s and NEF format. At that ISO the raw images are very noisy. The images were about 1/3 of a stop underexposed. The lights also have a yellowish cast. These photos have been processed through DxO for exposure, white balance/tint, and noise reduction. Cropping and sharpening were done in Capture NX2.
I received a 18% grey card for Christmas, and this was the first opportunity that I've had to experiment with it. I took images of the card lying on the floor at various locations around the basketball court. I used each image to determine a white balance and tint adjustment. I then used these results to load and save a location setting for bulk processing the images. I was really happy how well (and how easily) the adjustments worked.
The first half of the men's game was a tight-fought battle. But in the second half the Coyote's used great shooting and a tight zone defense to soundly defeat the Bulldogs.
Being a new gym, the lighting is better than most of the venues where we follow the Bulldogs. These men's photos were shot at ISO 2500, F/2.8, 1/400s and NEF format. At that ISO the raw images are very noisy. The images were about 1/3 of a stop underexposed. The lights also have a yellowish cast. These photos have been processed through DxO for exposure, white balance/tint, and noise reduction. Cropping and sharpening were done in Capture NX2.
I received a 18% grey card for Christmas, and this was the first opportunity that I've had to experiment with it. I took images of the card lying on the floor at various locations around the basketball court. I used each image to determine a white balance and tint adjustment. I then used these results to load and save a location setting for bulk processing the images. I was really happy how well (and how easily) the adjustments worked.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sports Shooting - McPherson Basketball vs. Univ. of St. Marys
Saturday evening we attended the McPherson College vs. University of St. Mary basketball games at the USM gym in Leavenworth, KS. The Bulldog Men carried the evening to move to a 13-2 overall record and a 6-0 record in the KCAC. The Bulldogs have been receiving votes, but have not yet made the NAIA Division II Top 25.
The Bulldogs quickly jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first half. Sophomore G Aaron Frazier bucketed 13 points to lead the Mac men to a 45-38 half time lead.
The Spires continued to battle the Bulldogs in the second half. A 22-6 run by USM pulled them to within four with under a minute left in the game. McPherson went on to force several turnovers and hit 6 of 6 free throws to keep the lead and the win 100-94. Senior guard Mike Reese scored 27 to lead the Bulldogs over the Spires.
Shooting in this gym is very difficult. There is a 2.5 stop difference in the lighting between mid-court and the baseline area under the baskets. The lighting is a mix of traditional incandesent, high intensity vapor, and fluoresent. Takes a lot of adjustment!
The images were shot in NEF. They were first processed through DxO for exposure (0.5 to 1.25 stops), tint (taking out the green effect of the fluoresents) and noise, saved as JPG. Cropping and final color adjustments were done in Capture NX2.
The Bulldogs quickly jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first half. Sophomore G Aaron Frazier bucketed 13 points to lead the Mac men to a 45-38 half time lead.
The Spires continued to battle the Bulldogs in the second half. A 22-6 run by USM pulled them to within four with under a minute left in the game. McPherson went on to force several turnovers and hit 6 of 6 free throws to keep the lead and the win 100-94. Senior guard Mike Reese scored 27 to lead the Bulldogs over the Spires.
Shooting in this gym is very difficult. There is a 2.5 stop difference in the lighting between mid-court and the baseline area under the baskets. The lighting is a mix of traditional incandesent, high intensity vapor, and fluoresent. Takes a lot of adjustment!
The images were shot in NEF. They were first processed through DxO for exposure (0.5 to 1.25 stops), tint (taking out the green effect of the fluoresents) and noise, saved as JPG. Cropping and final color adjustments were done in Capture NX2.
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