On Jul 23, 2010, at 11:19 AM, P N Stenquist wrote:

> One way is to pick a spot on the court, prefocus, and follow the action until 
> it comes to that spot. If you focus on the rim, you can get some good 
> rebounding and layup shots. If you want to focus moving action, follow one 
> player and focus continuously as he moves, then trip the shutter when you 
> think you have your shot.

Thank's, Paul. Toward the end of the session last night I started experimenting 
with that. Encouraged to find that my intuitions lead me -- or should I say led 
me; let's not generalize too rashly here, Eric -- to the right technique.
 
> Of course, the most important step in learning to focus action is practice, 
> practice and more practice.

With that kind of shooting, for sure. I was encouraged to learn from one of the 
articles on Godfrey's site that with practice, manual focusing can become 
second nature and very precise.

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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net





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