Doesn't do anything for me

dbaker1221

I've seen a shot or two oon here of a pitcher with the ball in focus and everything else out of focus. Alot of people raved about it. I landed one this weekend but I've gotta say, in my mind it's just a missed shot

JSPhotography

I saw those threads also and I think I agree with you. I tried something similar but different. At a Tee ball game I shot the ball on the tee with the third baseman crouched down in position behind. That let me do both ball focus/player not and ball soft/player focused and compare. Everybody much prefered the player in focus. Like I said not the same but a way to have both to compare. I'm sticking with the pitcher in focus and the ball soft for this shot.

donek

You've sort of missed it here I think. Your framing makes it look like you were trying to get the pitcher, but got the ball instead. You want to frame the shot so it has the pitcher and batter in the frame and ball is in focus. Or you could try to get more separation between the pitcher and the ball. Throw the pitcher way out of focus and get the ball when it's farther away from her and shes not directly behind it. In reality it's not likely to be a shot that sells, but is more a test of skill and what you can do.

jhefti

Might try a tighter crop that highlights the ball, and defocus the pitcher a little more. Depending on how much room you have on the crop, you might get the ball to fill up enough of the frame to feature it. I think it's a good idea which can be improved with a little work.

In any case, really nice timing and capture. It can't be easy keeping the AF point on the ball!

zoomer

I like the shot, you don't want 20 like this but as a change of pace it works. Sometimes accidents turn out ok.

dbaker1221

HAhaha.....Thanks all.....Like I said the shot doesn't do anything for me . The focus jumped when she let go of the ball. I only put it on here because I remember the baseball photo that was on here awhile ago. I do like the idea of cropping it tight & blurring it more outside the ball, otherwise it's just a trash can shot to me.