Out at the plate, HS baseball C&C please

So I was lucky enough to be in the right postion for this sequence. It is hard from behind the fence, having to stand on the bleachers to get over the fence, and in the corner where there is no fence(where I got this shot) but sometimes it pays off.. I think I am doing ALOT better than last year. What do you think? I would like to know your thoughts..

1. Relay from Right field

Nice series.

he got hosed!!! nice shots

Thanks.. I need to figure out how to make them "POP" the colors look dull to me..

How do you post multiple photos in one thread? It only lets me upload two.

Nice series. ... Now that's what I call guarding the plate!! I love the expression you caught in # 3. ... He knows he's dead

That is a really nice series! Great angle and timing!

You asked about popping the colors, so I did a quick edt:
After:

great shots!!!

kgauger30 wrote in post #5270570
Thanks.. I need to figure out how to make them "POP" the colors look dull to me..

I think your white balance may be off slightly.
Try 3 quick steps, which will take you less than 2 minutes:
1. Remove color cast
2. Adjust lighting via levels
3. Run a high pass filter @ 2.1 pixels w/ blend set at soft light

By removing the color cast and running the high pass, the picture isn't as muddled, and it takes less than a minute. If you want the colors to stand out, you could saturate slightly, but I think people over do it sometimes. ... I like simple tweaks better. Since you have your Image Editing turned on, I did a quick 60-second adjustment to your third pic. Here's before & after:

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IODebbie did a nice job boosting saturation. ... Just right!

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You can EMBED up to 8 images in a thread, but only ATTACH 2. There is a sticky post at the top of the forums that describes how to do this. Basically post your images on a hosting site (e.g. Flikr, or your own domain server) and then link to them using the proper codes.

Chris

IODebbie, that is EXACTLY what I was talking about.. Thanks for explaining to me how you did it. Now I just have to figure that out LOL.. I am in no ways comfortable with ps.. I have to get that way though because all my pictures lack that "POP"
Thanks Silver too.. that looks great also

Kim - I'd try to walk you through it a little better, but I use PhotoImpact, not PhotoShop, so I'm not sure how much help it would be. Let me know if ou want me to try.

Ok so is this better.. I tried what you said Debbie.. I wanted to see if I Over saturated it or not. On my elements screen it didnt look too bad, but my monitor is not calibrated either..

got me interested, what is photoimpact..??