I was commenting to some friends at one of the recent Geek Gatherings how it had been awhile since I’d been to a basketball game. I’m not a huge huge fan, but Cynthia is. I enjoy it well enough but the real joy is watching Cynthia watch the game.
Turns out the person I was talking to was a season ticket holder and he said that he could hook me up sometime as he didn’t go to every game. I didn’t think too much of it until a few weeks later when he contacted me and offered tickets to the Rockets VS. Mavericks game.
The tickets are at the Red and White Wine Bistro, an upscale all you can eat restaurant and wine bar. Food was included with the ticket but you paid for the wine. And the seats are right on the balcony with a great view of the court.
The Toyota Center has a 4 inch limit on lenses so there was no bringing my long zooms. I settled on my 11-18mm with the idea of capturing some wide angle shots like this one:
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Rockets VS. Mavericks
Click to see the larger version and check out the detail.
And although I know it is getting more and more passe and trite, I took the opportunity to create a fake tilt-shift miniature:
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Rockets VS. Mavericks
Again, the larger version is much more enjoyable.
The food was excellent, the seats were great and we had a blast! The Rockets even won!
Thanks for the use of your tickets, Alan!
