AAA Baseball action

RandySmugMug

Mr. 2H2O

Randy,
I am always impressed with how well you use your equipment. Your shots are so sharp, great dymanic range, capturing both action and the personal effort by the players in the sports you shoot. Its always great to see your posts when they come up.

- Mike

RandySmugMug

Mr. 2H2O wrote:

Randy,
I am always impressed with how well you use your equipment. Your shots are so sharp, great dymanic range, capturing both action and the personal effort by the players in the sports you shoot. Its always great to see your posts when they come up.

- Mike

thx Mike
I spend most of time now on composition since the camera has become a very familiar tool from so much use

SitterS

Great shots Randy. Like the last of the series the best.

Shane

RandySmugMug

SitterS wrote:

Great shots Randy. Like the last of the series the best.

Shane

thx Shane

wxwax

Randy, I second the emotion. These are excellent!

RandySmugMug

wxwax wrote:

Randy, I second the emotion. These are excellent!

thx Sid

pnphoto

Very solid and impressive stuff Randy!

You certainly make the most of that great lighting.

RandySmugMug

pnphoto wrote:

Very solid and impressive stuff Randy!

You certainly make the most of that great lighting.

thx !

ian408

Nicely done. My fave has to be the pitcher in #5.

RandySmugMug

ian408 wrote:

Nicely done. My fave has to be the pitcher in #5.

thx Ian

H e r b

Hi Randy,

Just to pick your brain, do you use a very fast shutter with the lens wide open for most of your shots on a sunny day like you had?
Really love the up close shots, r you cropping heavily?

Thanks
Herb

RandySmugMug

H e r b wrote:

Hi Randy,

Just to pick your brain, do you use a very fast shutter with the lens wide open for most of your shots on a sunny day like you had?
Really love the up close shots, r you cropping heavily?

Thanks
Herb

thx herb
no to both questions

i prefer to shoot in Aperture mode and take any ss > 1/640
i rarely shoot wide open especially in very bright light since that requires me to set ev to a negative value to underexpose so i don't blow highlites. Underexposing results in loss of facial detail and larger apertures results in AF issues...on a f2.8 lens f4 seems to be the sweet spot (best contrast, detail and IQ in general)