Fouled But Not Foul

This is the first time that I've used my Nikon D300 for a basketball game. (Used a D200 last season.) Two impressions: the auto white balance does a better job on the D300 than the D200; there is much less noise at ISO-3200 on the D300 than the D200, largely due to the CMOS sensor versus the CCD of the D200.

Above you see the original image; I always seem to "tilt" it.

I used Levels to adjust the exposure, and I leveled the image using the line across the top of the wall at rear.

Image data, D300, aperture-priority, matrix meeting, continuous-motion AF, ISO-3200, tungsten pre-set white balance, Nikkor 35-70mm AF at 70mm, 1/250sec at f/2.8.

I should have used my Nikon 70-200mm AF-S f/2.8 VR lens. Better reach, vibration reduction (VR), and AF-S is faster on the focus. Too many of the shots using the older 35-70 were soft.