Cricket

rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
edited October 28, 2010 in Street and Documentary
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  • misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2010
    I expected to see an insect! ha ha ha
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2010
    I like how close you were to the action.
    Where you dressed in a white cricket uniform? rolleyes1.gifI dont' see how else you managed to get so close.


    That wide angle is sweet.
    I do wish the two closest to you had more visibility,their faces anyway.

    I like the action you managed to catch in the background--mid pitch--very cool. I wonder if the hitter connected.

    Nice.
    Liz A.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    misterb wrote: »
    I expected to see an insect! ha ha ha

    You must not be British...
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    lizzard_nyc wrote: »
    I like how close you were to the action.
    Where you dressed in a white cricket uniform? rolleyes1.gifI dont' see how else you managed to get so close.

    That wide angle is sweet.
    I do wish the two closest to you had more visibility,their faces anyway.

    I like the action you managed to catch in the background--mid pitch--very cool. I wonder if the hitter connected.

    Nice.

    Thanks!

    I definitely was underdressed. The white uniforms against the green background caught my attention. Took a small while to figure out what I was seeing.

    So in the best tradition of DGrin street photographers, I simply walked out onto the field and asked if I could watch and take photos from where you see. They said okay for a shot or two cuz of safety concerns. This was the only shot cuz the batter hit it for an out and these two guys were suddenly gone!

    So what I learned: the umpire (?) nearest me and the coach in front of him went to the opposite side of the field BECAUSE when they switch batting teams, they switch directions where the pitcher is throwing from where you see the batter (!) and vice versa. AND the pitcher gets a running start and throws it on one bounce to the batter. And BTW, this was taken in British Columbia.

    One of what I like about this shot is being able to get detail in both their skin and the white uniforms...
  • misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    rainbow wrote: »
    You must not be British...

    Definately not..
  • SyncopationSyncopation Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    I really like this - it's an unusual perspective and one that works really well and I love your explanation of the way the game is played!


    Here's an often quoted explanation of the rules of cricket:


    You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
    Each man that's in the side that's in, goes out, and when he's out, he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
    When they are all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.
    Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
    When both sides have been in and out including the not-outs, that's the end of the game - simple!!!
    Syncopation

    The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brook Atkinson- 1951
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2010
    Syncopation wrote: »
    You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
    Each man that's in the side that's in, goes out, and when he's out, he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
    When they are all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.
    Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
    When both sides have been in and out including the not-outs, that's the end of the game - simple!!!

    rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gifThat's enough explanation to confuddle anyone!
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