first try at little league

well here it goes... this is my first attempt at little league. the more C&Cs the better let em fly

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well done, what lens were you using?

hey scott ...i was shooting with a 70-200 2.8 w/ 2x tc

Nice shots ..you got some good action shots

there all clean pics.. i wanna gte that 2x tele.

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Jimmy -

those are very nice shots with the 2x telextender. I have the 1x extender, but could not use it today due to overcast weather (I tend to use mine only in the nicest conditions). I was told that the 2x softens the images with the 70-200, but I don't see it in these.

Pat

mj if you would... can you give me a quick how to embed EXIF

let see if exif is embedded
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if you save for web it will not embed the info, you can just type it as well by looking at each photos - just basic what was the f/stop, ISO, shutter, etc.

iso 200 1/640s f/5.6 and spot

If you didn't say this is your first time, I would have thought you do this all the time. What I appreciate about them is there isn't a lot of clutter with other people/spectators in the background. They stay focused on the players.

Good job for first time, just a few general comments. Try to shoot the pitcher from his throwing side, watch your horizons some are tilted, up your iso to try and maintain a higher shutter speed. The tight crop on the catcher is a good call. Cropping tighter helps ease those messy backgrounds. Stay low when shooting the little guys, either sitting or knelling.

You might try shooting without the 2x. I don't know your field access but I normally shoot the 70-200 with no problems at college level softball, which is about the same size field. Being able to shot at f/2.8 will help with the backgrounds also.

Good job, post again.

jimmywires wrote in post #5410804
iso 200 1/640s f/5.6 and spot

f/5.6 is difficult to get a good seperation from the background so would suggest to get a little creative. Move your position if possible (though we all know that can't always be done). Also, try to up the ISO to get a higher shutter, ISO 400 or so and you'd be shooting 1/1600 or 1/2000 - something better to freeze the action even better. Or as suggested ditch the 2x for everything except maybe middle infielder shots and open up to f/2.8 as it gives a far better seperation. The below is just suggestions and I know that you don't always have the freedom to move where you want so take with a grain of salt on that aspect, also with smaller kids it's sometimes impossible to get lower like suggested unless you're laying on your belly on the field since they are so much shorter usually.

#1 - tighter crop, move to the side to get rid of the SS and LF'er in his direct background. The light looks a bit strange from the shadow there but what can you do with that except move position where it's less noticable.

#2 - good timing, higher shutter and it freezes the dirt and ball a bit better.

#3 - straighten it by using the poles in the background as reference - you can see the pic is tilted by looking at them. If that fence ends on the left where it looks like it ends (gets lower) then if possible move over and get out in front of him and lower to make the trees the dominate background.

#4 - timing is very good getting it off his fingers like that, not always an easy shot to get. Only suggestion is again getting lower to make the trees the dominate background.

#5/6 - similar shots, would again get lower and move to get the shortstop a bit over and out of the immediate line of view.

#7 - ahh, if only the ball was farther back so he was facing you more, but what can ya do. Tigther crop like in #8 maybe or even just from the right end of the dugout to just beyond his helmet.

#1 in second post - walk around the back stop and slap all parents sitting there until they move. As a coach high school coach I don't allow parents to sit back behind there, they can come take some pics from there but not set up camp.

...as for the suggestion to get on the pitchers throwing side, true but can get boring. Always good to get a few "stock" images of the delivery but when a kid/player has a good follow through like in #3 with the high leg kick it makes for good images that are a bit different than the normal pitching ones.