Baseball

[sturdi]

Let me know what you think. Any comments are welcomed. Thanks.

[TheFloridaShooter]

Looks good. My only C&C woul be a faster shutter speed. I like to stop the ball clean. Just my opinion.

[strokeofg]

to me, the catchers eyes look closed. to me that's an instant throw away. sometimes the mask covers the eyes, another throw away. I would probably straighten the horizon. but I love the grumpy folks in the background. lol! all in all, i like the image. good color, maybe sharpen a little. Good crop.

[cstewart]

Yep...crank your ISO a bit to 400 and boost shutter speed to 1/1000 or as high as you can go. Your aperture also shows at 5.6...is this a lens limitation? Otherwise, open up to f2.8 or 3.5 and again compensate with higher shutter. Despite its seemingly slow pace, baseball needs a high shutter speed to capture the action well. With daylight like you had here you should be able to do this OK.

Cheers!

Chris

[asysin2leads]

Personally, this is not that interesting. All you have is a pitch. It happens hundreds of times every game. If the catcher is a top recruit or something like that, I might be interested in this photo. Other than that, not so much. Perhaps if you had the batter in there as well. Also, the background is distracting. That happens a lot in baseball, btw.

[Palladium]

here is your photo's info

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Image Date: 2009:03:21 01:39:36
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 300.0mm
CCD Width: 4.44mm
Exposure Time: 0.0016 s (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

IMHO - try to increase your ISO to 200 so your shutter speed is doubled.

@ 1:40 in the afternoon ISO 200 or 400 should not be an issue.

[Ron V]

color is good don't worry about the eyes,look at the umpire's eyes both seem to be squinting because of the sun,but the horizon needs to be straightened out

[J-dubya]

i think he might want to move his hand before it gets broken...it never feels good to take a foul off of the hand

[pantherphotos]

i think he might want to move his hand before it gets broken...it never feels good to take a foul off of the hand

My guess, with his hand, and it looks like he is beginning to stand, is that he is about to try and throw out a base stealer. Just a guess.

Nice shot, though, I wouldn't worry about the catcher's eyes, unless you're shooting for SI or some other high class publication. Do straighten out your horizon. And I love the people in the background; their expression kinda tells a story. Must be their team is losing, or they don't want to be there. I had a couple in my congregation that would have that same expression too. LOL

It would be nice to have gotten the batter in there also, but its not a bad shot. Keep trying!

[Dan-o]

I'm thinking he is coming up out of his crouch, bare handing that ball,and throwing the runner out at second. :lol: