Youth Baseball

[tonyecj]

I had to shot thru the fence. Any comments appreciated.

[jra]

I absolutely hate shooting through the fence if I can avoid it.......that said, I'm assuming that you would like comments on the photo you posted. IMO, I think your timing is a bit off. For the scene you posted, you've missed the peak moments of action which would've been the ball leaving the pitchers hand or the batter in mid swing either right before or after connecting with the ball.....instead, you've left us at a point in the middle ground which takes away some appeal from the photo. You've also left out a portion of the batters foot while giving us a lot of "dead space" on either side. IMO, this photo would be much better taken in portrait orientation so that you could easily include the batter and pitcher in the photo with some room to spare.

[BeerWolf]

Even if you needed to take it in landscape mode, there's too much dead space on the right hand side. You could have centered the photo more, included the batter's foot, ump and catcher. I'm thinking there might have been some webbing (to minimize the pitcher's visual distractions) behind the plate and that's why you were off to the side.

I agree with jra that the timing isn't the best. It's late enough that the pitcher just looks like a normal fielder now and too early for contact.

[tonyecj]

Good points. I never thought about that. Still learning and appreciate the feed back.

[wcpeabody]

I am no pro but one thing I try to do is to get the players eyes and face in the shot. So I would not take the shot above focusing on the batter. I tend to shoot batters from down the line.

Bill

[Zivnuska]

If you are shooting through the fence from behind home plate, you are probably going to need a long focal length (200mm or more) to shoot the pitcher since you are not going to see the face of the batter. Faces are important. Try shooting from further down the first base side. You will get right handed batters very well and the first steps of the batter running to first are often compelling shots. You can sometimes get good shots of left handed batters if they follow through on their swings. You can get good shots of the infielders throwing to first from this side.

The third base side can also be good depending on the sun. That side has the advantage of looking right at the catcher if there is a runner trying to score, plus you see the faces of runners going to second or third.

[kenjancef]

I think he means this... (not the most perfect example, was hoping for a better expression...). Just starting to get used to a long prime.


8M0Y3539 by kenjancef, on Flickr

[tonyecj]

i tried to get closer to the pitcher but tough to get the proper focus.