Pitchers

I made a trip to one of the local high school state regional baseball tourneys. It was a hot one for Seattle standards - mid 80s - so I stayed mostly in the ground's crew area behind home plate where it was shady and cool and shot through the fence. Overall, the park is tough to shot at with 7ft fences down each line stacked with spectators.

Lens: Canon 300 f/4 ... some + 1.4 TC.

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#2!

Like the strong diagonal element his frame makes. These are all very good. If I had to pick one to critique it would be #6. The OOF batter doesn't frame the pitcher and so he ends up just being distracting.

Gotta love those facial expressions! Nice work.

JeffreyG wrote in post #5547139
#2!

Like the strong diagonal element his frame makes. These are all very good. If I had to pick one to critique it would be #6. The OOF batter doesn't frame the pitcher and so he ends up just being distracting.

Thanks for the C&C.

#6 - Next time out I'll get on the other side of the batter; though the first thing that grabs me in this pic is the pitcher's face.

BIG H wrote in post #5547152
Gotta love those facial expressions! Nice work.

Thanks Big H!

framing on #6 is perfect. and I love all the facial expressions.

Looks good Ronnie but I'm not a big fan of #6, I never have like that angle very much.

ive never shot baseball, but most (actually all i think) diamonds around here have the metal fencing surrounding home plate, which is fairly tall....

i dont see a way of getting these shots without being on the inside of that fence

Put the lens physically on the chain link fence and shoot throught one of the openings.

Aaagogo wrote in post #5549074
framing on #6 is perfect. and I love all the facial expressions.

Thanks, Aaagogo. I was thinking of you when I shot #6. I am not a big fan of this angle but gave 'er a try.

Sledhed wrote in post #5551248
Looks good Ronnie but I'm not a big fan of #6, I never have like that angle very much.

Aaagogo made me do it! (See above)

adblink wrote in post #5551495
ive never shot baseball, but most (actually all i think) diamonds around here have the metal fencing surrounding home plate, which is fairly tall....

i dont see a way of getting these shots without being on the inside of that fence

Like Strnge says below, put the lens up against the fence. I prefer to keep my lens hood on to protect my investment, but some folks will take their lens hood off and use their finger as a buffer between the lens and fence.

At this particular park, there's a fence door behind home plate with a 3-4 inch gap. I either shoot through the fence or the gap. The cool thing about the gap is it runs around the perimeter of the door, all the way to the ground, which allows me to get as low as my knees are able.

Strnge wrote in post #5551533
Put the lens physically on the chain link fence and shoot throught one of the openings.

I'm honored, I saw it in MLB's site, so i tried to do it.

my players think it's sick... haa haa, interesting on the different opinions from regular people vs photogs

RonnieA wrote in post #5551643
Thanks, Aaagogo. I was thinking of you when I shot #6. I am not a big fan of this angle but gave 'er a try.

Aaagogo made me do it! (See above)

Aaagogo wrote in post #5551676
I'm honored, I saw it in MLB's site, so i tried to do it.

my players think it's sick... haa haa, interesting on the different opinions from regular people vs photogs

Some others like it to (scroll down page): http://flickr.com …gital_sports_ph​otography/

I am still not a huge fan of the angle, but I have seen a few that I do like.

that's neat, photo of the week.

i've noticed one thing in #7 and I get it in my images too, everything is perfect, but the face is pinkish...

i'm wondering why. my players turn out like that too, both in baseball and basketball.

btw, the image is May 12th, WSH vs NYM

Great shots! Looks like you had several games up there, the layout for the 2A state is pretty lame this year.

Aaagogo wrote in post #5551841
that's neat, photo of the week.

i've noticed one thing in #7 and I get it in my images too, everything is perfect, but the face is pinkish...

i'm wondering why. my players turn out like that too, both in baseball and basketball.

btw, the image is May 12th, WSH vs NYM

His skin may be a little on the pinkish side. Too much contrast? Or possibly he just has pink skin ... like me.

May 12th image??