Sunday, March 25, 2012

Stanford v. S. Carolina, Fresno, 24 March 2012

Scott Uyeno

Scott posts 10 pictures to a Flickr set showing the atmosphere and mood of the game, such as this timeout huddle:

Michael Li

Michael, not wanting to tempt the NCAA door-guards, entered with only a modest camera, and writes "It's very difficult to take good action shots with a point-and-shoot camera." Nevertheless he put 21 shots up on a Flickr set. Browsing through it, you will at first think he aimed primarily to document things that don't move too much, mascots and coaches, or this study of Duke's Allison Vernerey waiting to sub-in:

...but keep going and you will find a five-shot "set to continuous" sequence—and who knew the Canon Powershot would do continuous?—of Joslyn Tinkle going to the basket with Sara James reacting in the background. Can't tease that here, but check this of the Cardinal's defense, and especially check the faces on the Stanford fans beyond. Hey, lighten up, Heather!

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin apparently got a decent lens past the door guards, and what's more got into the front row of the Save-Mart Center, posting 50 shots to a Smugmug gallery with lots of action like this first-half block by Jos:

and a second half drive by Amber,