Sunday, March 25, 2012

Harlem Globetrotters at Patriot Center

In what's becoming an annual event, I took Benjamin to see the Harlem Globetrotters vs the International Elite for the basketball World Championship at Patriot Center. The Globetrotters are always a great show and seeing Benjamin smile and laugh while watching the game and antics by the Globetrotters is priceless. Last year we saw the Globetrotters at Verizon Center, this year was Patriot Center's turn and next year we'll probably make an entire day in DC around their show at Verizon Center.

Enjoy the pictures. For a slide show, just click on a photo and enjoy!

Before the game


Jam session with Moose




Special K driving the Elite crazy


Globetrotters cooking up something to confuse the Elite




There's just no way to defend this




Too Tall with the jam, assist from Airport


Too Tall left hanging


I love this pic of Moose and Too Tall


Spider with the Globetrotter basket


Firefly with the four pointer...yes!!!


Too Tall playing keep away


Globetrotters score!


Benjamin enjoying the game




Special K and the ref talk while the team mocks the ref


Airport with the rejection!


Slick running the offense as the Elite close in on defense


Too Tall works his magic as a confused Elite try to stop him






Firefly's turn to confuse the Elite




Jet jam session




Special K working his magic after a rebound


The old bucket trick. Always great!




Globetrotters basket by Flight Time


Elite are confused, what's going on here?




Flight Time celebrates burying his four point shot


Free throw by Special K


Globetrotter magic.


Jet jam


Globetrotters way of icing the free throw shooter


Late in a tie game, Special K blocks a basket attempt


Jet's game winning dunk!


Globetrotters are World Champions!


Trophy time!

2 comments:

Aimee said...

Just got to say your pictures are awesome...so much better than mine turned out. I think you must have even been sitting close to where I was. Any tips on how to take such good photos? BTW what kind of camera are you using. Just love them.

Bill-DC said...

Hi Aimee, thanks for stopping by! I use a Nikon D90 with a Nikon 80-200 f2.8 zoom lens. The Patriot Center where I shot these is pretty dark midway in the arena so I bumped up the ISO to about 1600. After I downloaded the shots, I used Photoshop Elements to adjust the color and contrast.

Hope this helps.

--Bill