Little League at Night; Game 1

[nrowensby]

First try at shooting a night game (or two), was quite a challenge, but I think they turned out alright. C&C Welcomed!
(Pictures are hosted on my website, didn't want to waste bandwidth to rehost without watermark, so please keep watermark comments to a minimum.)

First game, 6:00pm, Sun was already down, field lights only:

No 1.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery1/images/img_2938.jpg

No 2.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery1/images/IMG_3103.jpg

No 3.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery1/images/img_3112.jpg

No 4.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery1/images/img_3166.jpg

No 5.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery1/images/img_3248.jpg

No 6.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery1/images/img_3267.jpg

Full Gallery Here: http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery1/index.html (http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery1/index.html)

[nrowensby]

Game Two, 8:00pm, Pitch Dark, Field Lights Only:

No 1.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery2/images/IMG_3319.jpg

No 2.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery2/images/IMG_3333.jpg

No 3.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery2/images/IMG_3344.jpg
No 4.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery2/images/IMG_3378.jpg
No 5.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery2/images/IMG_3394.jpg
No 6.
http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery2/images/IMG_3484.jpg

Full Gallery Here: http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery2/index.html (http://www.owensbyphoto.com/119BBGallery2/index.html)

[fslshooter]

I think they're better than alright, Nick -- they're excellent considering the ambient light conditions you surely must have encountered. Thanks for embedding EXIF too because among other things you proved that with skill a lot of little league action can be stopped at 1/250 shutter speed.

[Skip Souza]

Very nicely done under tough lighting conditions.

[canonrebel]

Great shots considering the conditions.
You have captured some real intensity in the players faces in most of the shots.

[Torcidas]

Very very nice shots 1st image is little soft (out of focus, slow shutter speed) but rest are good. I like 2nd and 5th from 1st post.

[dodorouthier]

just love #3

[wesley_winterink]

Fantastic shots, Nick!!!

[marcus769]

Good pics! Sorry for the noobish question, but whats the easiest way to get a whole batch watermarked like you did?

[nrowensby]

Thanks everyone. The lighting conditions were, to say the least, hellacious. The field lights cycled, so about a third of the shots had to be tossed due to half the frame being right and half the frame being orange. This was my first attempt at a night game, and I think my 'little' 70-200/2.8 did alright.

I individually watermark each of my photos to ensure that faces aren't covered by the watermark. I also like to keep the watermark slightly intrusive to keep the customer's from cropping out the watermark, so I have found that the most effective way to do it is by hand.

(Guess I should've made a thread for each game due to picture limit ;))

[montanafan]

Very nice! My favorites are #3 and #5. I've never tried baseball at 1/250, may give it a try in the Spring games where the light fades fast after seeing these.