Youth Baseball - need help to narrow down

aram535 wrote in post #7919446
#7 I don't see the OOF on the player, looks pretty sharp. What do you see that you don't like?

It just doesn't look as sharp as the rest to me, that was all.

aram535 wrote in post #7923920
You're right, it isn't for sales directly -- but parents do often come back and end and point and say I want that in a 8x10 or 8x12 or whatever.

It's happened enough time that I stopped cropping out of normal picture sizes. I guess I should just bite the bullet and say that a custom mat is required for all images. I hate making the choice but if they come back it's gotta be a 11x14 frame and a custom mat.

here's a little tip that I learned from my time with MaxPreps...1600x2166. If you use this ratio and leave a small amount of space around your subject, you'll be able to print in almost any standard aspect ratio with no issues.

aram535 wrote in post #7921890
I'm very surprised I got any votes for #2, would have figured the lack of ball and the white shirt in the background would drop it out immediately.

I can cut another 100px off of 8, 9 does have some room behind the pitcher -- I had not noticed that last night. To keep the ratio that can actually cut from top and bottom as well.

Thank you everyone.

Batter shots are almost always the best when the ball is already gone and the batter is coming out of stance and has head up following ball. "Bat on ball" pics usually have head down and face obscured.

As to cropping, I think you are confusing what "tighter" means vs ratio. You can keep the ratios you like (I usually crop to a 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 print dimension) but simply pull it in tighter around the player. This is easily done in Lightroom or Photoshop.

Finally, must be nice for young players to play on a turf field, although the "shag carpet" batter box lines look funny!

Cheers!

Chris

2 and 8 for me!

Did they skin a cat to make the batters boxes? I have never seen that before...must be the new chalk.

namasste wrote in post #7926137
here's a little tip that I learned from my time with MaxPreps...1600x2166. If you use this ratio and leave a small amount of space around your subject, you'll be able to print in almost any standard aspect ratio with no issues.

I'll put that in my LR ratios, and see what comes of it. Thanks.

I was listening to Bert Monroy talk about his art work and he mentioned a ratio that is divisible by both 2:3 and 3:4 and that it's his default ratio since he can configure his art for either. I'll have to find it and give it a try as well.

cstewart wrote in post #7926797
As to cropping, I think you are confusing what "tighter" means vs ratio. You can keep the ratios you like (I usually crop to a 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 print dimension) but simply pull it in tighter around the player. This is easily done in Lightroom or Photoshop.

I'm really not. Comments like you can remove 1" on the right side isn't a ratio, to remove that you have to cut into the image. That isn't keeping to ratio. I don't think I got that in case case, and I really don't believe in the "rule" that says crop, than crop tighter. I think the enviornment and room for the eye to follow is actually just as important. I think it's easier to say crop it. 400x1600 images just don't hold my interest.

I'm going to give Scott's suggestion a try to see if works better.

Maddog12 wrote in post #7926825
2 and 8 for me!

Did they skin a cat to make the batters boxes? I have never seen that before...must be the new chalk.

It isn't chalk, its actually made that color, so the entire home page region is one piece.