Little League Playoffs

ChaseChase Registered Users Posts: 284 Major grins
edited June 17, 2005 in Sports
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A pic i snapped of little league baseball, lighting wasnt so great and it was just a quick snapshot of really fast developing action (plus that atrocious 28-300mm tamron ive got f6.3 @ 300mm *shudders*, soon to be replaced by a sigma 100-300 f4), so the pic is a bit noisy and slightly blurred. Oh well. Let me know what you think otherwise. :thumb
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited June 17, 2005
    It's good - any chance you have more to work wihth - I'd really like to see a horizontal (landscape) orientation.
    Good action, good facial expression, good color.

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,943 moderator
    edited June 17, 2005
    Nice shot you've got going. The important part is that you have the action.
    The dirt shows the action of the slide and the baseman is watching the
    player.

    As Ann suggests, a horizontal shot would be better because it would catch
    the whole runner. Watch the background too. You've got a couple of people
    standing at the fence.

    For many games, you'll have awkward backgrounds. This is where Bokeh is
    your friend :D

    Look forward to seeing more sporting goods!

    ian
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  • ChaseChase Registered Users Posts: 284 Major grins
    edited June 17, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Nice shot you've got going. The important part is that you have the action.
    The dirt shows the action of the slide and the baseman is watching the
    player.

    As Ann suggests, a horizontal shot would be better because it would catch
    the whole runner. Watch the background too. You've got a couple of people
    standing at the fence.

    For many games, you'll have awkward backgrounds. This is where Bokeh is
    your friend :D

    Look forward to seeing more sporting goods!

    ian
    Yeah, i didnt really have a choice of where i wanted to shoot and f6.3 is nasty. umph.gif

    Hopefully the f4 will help some with that. I started shooting portraits of players out on the field and all of a sudden the catcher missed the ball, the pitcher is running into home as is the runner on third. I just pointed and shot 3 frames (this was the best one). I didnt really have time to think, " Oh horizontal would look better....." ne_nau.gif
    www.chase.smugmug.com
    I just press the button and the camera goes CLICK. :dunno
    Canon: gripped 20d and 30d, 10-22 3.5-4.5, 17-55 IS, 50mm f1.8, 70-200L IS, 85mm f1.8, 420ex
    sigma: 10-20 4-5.6 (for sale), 24-70 2.8 (for sale), 120-300 2.8
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,943 moderator
    edited June 17, 2005
    Chase wrote:
    I didnt really have time to think, " Oh horizontal would look better....." ne_nau.gif
    The important thing is you got a good frame out of it. Next time, I bet you'll
    have more time--or it will seem like it because your reflex is better.

    One important thing about shooting baseball. Especially the older kids,
    keep both eyes open. You'll see things out of the non-camera eye one of
    which could be the ball coming for your head :D

    Ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • ChaseChase Registered Users Posts: 284 Major grins
    edited June 17, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    The important thing is you got a good frame out of it. Next time, I bet you'll
    have more time--or it will seem like it because your reflex is better.

    One important thing about shooting baseball. Especially the older kids,
    keep both eyes open. You'll see things out of the non-camera eye one of
    which could be the ball coming for your head :D

    Ian
    I almost got zinged at that game where i took that pic.........left handed batter,so I wasnt expecting a foul in that direction and low and behold, it misses me by about 4 inches, and thats only because I ducked from seeing it coming. eek7.gif
    www.chase.smugmug.com
    I just press the button and the camera goes CLICK. :dunno
    Canon: gripped 20d and 30d, 10-22 3.5-4.5, 17-55 IS, 50mm f1.8, 70-200L IS, 85mm f1.8, 420ex
    sigma: 10-20 4-5.6 (for sale), 24-70 2.8 (for sale), 120-300 2.8
  • wingerwinger Registered Users Posts: 694 Major grins
    edited June 17, 2005
    Chase wrote:
    I almost got zinged at that game where i took that pic.........left handed batter,so I wasnt expecting a foul in that direction and low and behold, it misses me by about 4 inches, and thats only because I ducked from seeing it coming. eek7.gif
    Baseball is one of the toughest sports I have shot so far. There is alot of down time, and when there is action its fast and furious. When at the games I try to anticipate where the action is going to be. Man on 3rd and 1st, 1 out and the team running is down, the guy on third is going home if its on the ground, he may tag and go if its in the air.
    Besides plays at teh plate are more exciting. For the most part I shoot the pitchers, and batters veritcal and the rest of the game horizontal...as you shoot sports you will find some sports are more vertical sports (like basketball) and some sports are more horizontal. I keep the lens ring loose on the monopod so I can switch quickly.

    As far as getting almost beaned.....I totally hear that one, I felt the foul ball go by my ear one day at Fenway. I have had basketball players in my lap, I have taken a lacross ball off the chest and have had near misses in softball as well.
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