Softball pics from the championship tournament game.

jonh68

These were shot with a D300 and Sigma 120-300.

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wadesworld

Those absolutely rock John! #2 is just stunning.

Out of curiosity, what was the primary lens used?

jonh68

wadesworld wrote:

Those absolutely rock John! #2 is just stunning.

Out of curiosity, what was the primary lens used?

Thanks!

I used the Sigma 120-300. The first and third pic was with a 1.4 TC at f5. The rest were without, and shot at 2.8.

7,8,9 were at f3.2.

JSPhotography

Very nice, good work

jonh68

JSPhotography wrote:

Very nice, good work

Thanks!

Scott293

Very nice I also love #2

Eastsider

Nice series indeed.

The lighting is great, the skin tones and shadows are spot on. #6 is my favorite (even with the arm amputation) It's a high action shot with the dust flying, facial expressions and the ball. Can't get much better!

I like #2 for the wonderful capture of the pitcher's concentration.

jonh68

Eastsider wrote:

Nice series indeed.

The lighting is great, the skin tones and shadows are spot on. #6 is my favorite (even with the arm amputation) It's a high action shot with the dust flying, facial expressions and the ball. Can't get much better!

I like #2 for the wonderful capture of the pitcher's concentration.

Thanks! the arm was cutoff in frame, so I did some cropping to make it less severe.

sappy

Dumb question....how do you get it without the fence in the way? Does your lens do that?

jonh68

sappy wrote:

Dumb question....how do you get it without the fence in the way? Does your lens do that?

The trick is to get really close to the fence. The camera and lens will focus around the and through the fence, rendering them invisible.

The last two were on the field and not shooting through the fence. The reset were.