one from a little league game...

please share your thoughts, good and bad.

The weather was crappy and the clouds overhead forced me to bump the ISO WAAAAY up, even at f/2.8.

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The very first thing that jumps out at me is the third baseman. You can tell these are just warmup pitches because he is not focused on the batter, but rather on a warmup grounder from the first baseman. Many people may not notice this, but most who know a bit about baseball will. Otherwise, it could be a little sharper, but it could just be because of the size and the web.

lsurulzes wrote in post #5482646
The very first thing that jumps out at me is the third baseman. You can tell these are just warmup pitches because he is not focused on the batter, but rather on a warmup grounder from the first baseman. Many people may not notice this, but most who know a bit about baseball will. Otherwise, it could be a little sharper, but it could just be because of the size and the web.

Not bad.... you're spot on about the third baseman. I was thinking of cropping past him, but felt he added something to the image and nobody would notice his direction of focus... but I stand corrected. Cropping him as we speak.

I did get some "in game" pitching sequences too. They could even be sharper than this one. This was just one of the first ones I grabbed from the flash card.

It's a great Picture. Just that third baseman is sorta distracting...

Not bad, but not only would I crop the third baseman out of the shot, I would have taken in from the other side of the field, to get his entire face and pitching release in frame. You could even have shot from behind the backstop, closer to the plate, as in this shot:

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- while I understand this comment, this is also one of the most common mistakes people make when shooting sports as a beginner. Unless the 3rd baseman was doing something involved in the "play", he (or anyone else) really doesn't belong in the shot.

Also, your background is really busy, so I'd have moved or gotten lower in my shooting position.

dmwierz wrote in post #5483852
Not bad, but not only would I crop the third baseman out of the shot, I would have taken in from the other side of the field, to get his entire face and pitching release in frame. You could even have shot from behind the backstop, closer to the plate, as in this shot:

I also noted what Isurulzes says: this is called hiding your safety shots. Safety shots are images taken during warm-ups that you want to use in case you don't get any shots of players during the game. You want to "hide" the fact that they are safety shots by either waiting until the obvious signs are no longer in frame, moving to get rid of them, or cropping them out.

- while I understand this comment, this is also one of the most common mistakes people make when shooting sports as a beginner. Unless the 3rd baseman was doing something involved in the "play", he (or anyone else) really doesn't belong in the shot.

Also, your background is really busy, so I'd have moved or gotten lower in my shooting position.

Excellent advice. Thank you Dennis.

Excellent shot BTW.

I also take al ot of those warmup shots. Even if it's not the pitcher usually the first basemen throws out grounders to the 2nd 3rd and shortstop to warmup and u can get easy captures and multiple chances of them catching grounders and throwing to first since the infielders may not get as many hits towards them.
And I of course take as many shots of the pitcher as ossible even during warmups that way i cna concentrate on batters during the game instead of defense
-Joey

Dennis, I appreciate how you offer advice and then post an example - it truly helps in the learning process for me.

Tom

I am getting an orange tint in the picture as if the white balance was out of whack. Comparing the exposure of the example posted the colors seem like actual colors. The ball isn't blurry, as the first is. I am working on these same items myself.