Is this the coolest in-game photo ever taken?

wojoaderge · Post #62 » by **wojoaderge** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:02 pm

Goudelock wrote:I cannot think of a single thing that would improve this picture. Dr. J looks like angel ascending to basketball heaven.

There's something very strange about this photo. The uniform numbers of Doc's Sixer teammates don't correspond to any real-life players on the 1976-77 Philly roster, and he wasn't there yet in the preseason . . .

PistolPeteJR · Post #63 » by **PistolPeteJR** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:08 pm

Can't believe no one posted this yet despite the fact that it's not the coolest in my opinion anyway lol

Stan · Post #64 » by **Stan** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:17 pm

This is imo

DirtybirdGA · Post #65 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:19 pm

When I thought of Erving, I thought of a rare overhead pic of the 80 finals layup..

zike_42 · Post #66 » by **zike_42** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:25 pm

God Squad wrote:
zike_42 wrote:As much as I'm not a big fan of LeBron, that pic against Toronto is so well taken. The way it was set up is phenomenal.

Houston Rockets. Not Toronto. Hence James Harden in the background.

Wow, that's one of the dumbest things I've ever said. I'll shut the door as I leave.

AbeVigodaLive · Post #67 » by **AbeVigodaLive** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:35 pm

The High Cyde wrote:Where’s that photo of the dude grabbing the rebound while doing leg splits in mid air? Forgot who it was, David Robinson?

This one of Oscar Robertson? It's from college though...

I think this one was considered iconic when I was a kid...

Scuall · Post #68 » by **Scuall** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:41 pm

RoundMoundOfRebound wrote:

Love that pic, but always preferred the Bobby Orr horizontal leap.

bigfoot · Post #69 » by **bigfoot** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:46 pm

Scuall · Post #70 » by **Scuall** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:47 pm

Just amazing...

Metallikid · Post #71 » by **Metallikid** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:03 pm

"The Bounce"

Funcrusher · Post #72 » by **Funcrusher** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:11 pm

Goudelock wrote:
leolozon wrote:Some people clearly don’t take into consideration the concept of aesthetics in photography, like composition and colour. Once you factor this in, the only one really better than the OP pick is probably the Lebron one.

Some of them aren’t even cool without the context and some others are just off in terms of composition.

Like the Jordan vs the Jazz one could well be “the coolest moment taken on picture”, but it doesn’t make it a cool picture. The picture itself is actually “meh” and doesn’t give you emotion without the context.

Yeah I really don't get why people are acting like that Jordan vs the Jazz picture is a great pic.It's an amazing moment, but it's noisy and the first thing I thought when I saw it was "WTF am I supposed to look at?" There's way too much going on in the background. And even then, it's not a particularly dynamic shot and if you just saw it on someone's wall and was not a NBA fan, I don't think the picture would be considered impressive.

Now that MJ photo from the side in the dunk contest where it looks like he's floating? Yeah that's a nice shot.

That's exactly why i love it. So much chaos and in the middle of it all is MJ taking the shot to end all shots.

Funcrusher · Post #73 » by **Funcrusher** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:11 pm

Metallikid wrote:

wow

Durant Durant · Post #74 » by **Durant Durant** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:17 pm

Parataxis · Post #75 » by **Parataxis** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:19 pm

Metallikid wrote:

Why are you submitting a picture of what is clearly a renaissance painting in a thread about game photos?

lonzo_pelota · Post #76 » by **lonzo_pelota** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:21 pm

Kingdibs19 · Post #77 » by **Kingdibs19** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:32 pm

LuDux1 · Post #78 » by **LuDux1** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:36 pm

Parataxis wrote:
Metallikid wrote:

Why are you submitting a picture of what is clearly a renaissance painting in a thread about game photos?

Just because it has Mona Lisa in it doesn't it make a painting

Heat3 · Post #79 » by **Heat3** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:36 pm

The wade lebron one is what came to mind. The photo is better than watching the moment in video. It is perfectly composed, wade looks like he is doing the “are you not entertained?” pose. Its exaclty what people hated and loved about the big 3 and it was the first time they had a spectacular moment together.

The rodman one is good too.

The DR J is not even a good DR J moment. The others are meh.

Funcrusher · Post #80 » by **Funcrusher** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:40 pm

Heat3 wrote:The wade lebron one is what came to mind. The photo is better than watching the moment in video. It is perfectly composed, wade looks like he is doing the “are you not entertained?” pose. Its exaclty what people hated and loved about the big 3 and it was the first time they had a spectacular moment together.

The rodman one is good too.

The DR J is not even a good DR J moment. The others are meh.

aesthetically speaking (which is all i really care about) there are a ton of photos that look better than wade to lebron. Not even the best heat photo ive seen in this thread.