Wonderfull shot ! Excellent composition, perfect light, great subject ! One thing : Good luck author !

(And I have to admit that I didn't knew that those kind of balls were made of leather ... I learned something thanks to you !)

Footballs too. I was trying to be creative and I know a lot of sporting equipment is made of leather. Thanks for the compliment. Much appreciated, from an artist of your stature.

This is a really nice shot, but ummm... unless this is a REALLY old basketball it isn't made of leather (if you look at the "seams" you can see how it's molded rubber - a holdover from when they used to sew the leather parts together)

hmm i agree with kyricom, i think its rubber and from the hr you can't see any texture of leather. anyway it is a nice photo.

This is BadAss! I love everything about it! I don't know a thing about sports but maclu2aif and kyricom may be right about the rubber thing. I would post something different so that this doesn't get pulled. It would be a shame to see this go to waste

Kyricom: it is one of the older basketballs made of leather. Trust me on this. We have a rubber one too. More expensive sporting equipment is made of leather.

its not just older basketballs. Most spaldings are made of leather. the ones meant for indoor play (NBA uses spalding ONLY and all of them are leather balls) Some of the newer Spaldings use a microfiber composite with the leather, but are still leather.

Rubber balls are used mostly for outdoor play and schools which are on a budget. Leather balls will last longer for indoor use, but they seem to take such a hit in the weather.

ANYWAY. long story short..awesome shot. incredibly on theme. and research of spalding ball construction would be a good thing. because its not just REALLY old basketballs that were made of leather. ALL NBA balls are leather.

Here's a screen shot I got from the website:

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad214/anonymousimages/spalding.jpg

I couldn't post a link because it's all Java. Are we all happy now?

Ok im cool, after doing some reading about Spalding..yes they are using some leather material for the balls..my bad!..and now you got my vote. I'm surprised...good luck author!

I guess I just have too much experience with shools with no budgets. Sorry

I learned something.. great entry!

Great shot author,fantastic light with all important details...best of luck

great shot, and I learned something too, didn't know they were made of leather.

beautiful shot........... all the best .....

I might have placed 11th but at least I got the most comments