Local Baseball Shots - First Time w/ 300mm

Went out for the second time shooting baseball and my first time in the field with a long telephoto. Gear was a Nikon D2Hs (people still use those? and a 300mm) They were mostly shot at 1/1600, f/2.8, 640-1600 ISO. Please let me know what you think.

Great job. Very sharp photos.

thanks steve.

Really sharp! Nice job.
Heres one of mine ...

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Nice work in terms of focus and seeing some action. Exposure is pretty good as well although #1 is a bit under. #4 is the best of the bunch imo. I don't particularly care for the crops used in #1-2 although if #1 had a ball then I could see where you were going with the crop and would like it much more. #2 just needs to be cropped in portrait orientation to work, then its solid. The fifth I'd drop altogether as it doesn't do much. The action is bleh, there's no face grimmacing from the pain of the foul tip and frankly, he fouled it off so it doesn't put the athlete in a good light.

Hope this doesn't all sound to critical but my intention is to help so your third time out is even better yet. Peace.

namasste wrote in post #8350383
Nice work in terms of focus and seeing some action. Exposure is pretty good as well although #1 is a bit under. #4 is the best of the bunch imo. I don't particularly care for the crops used in #1-2 although if #1 had a ball then I could see where you were going with the crop and would like it much more. #2 just needs to be cropped in portrait orientation to work, then its solid. The fifth I'd drop altogether as it doesn't do much. The action is bleh, there's no face grimmacing from the pain of the foul tip and frankly, he fouled it off so it doesn't put the athlete in a good light.

Hope this doesn't all sound to critical but my intention is to help so your third time out is even better yet. Peace.

Not too critical at all Scott. In fact, exactly the kind of criticism I want. Here's #2 in portrait orientation.

dawiyo wrote in post #8351334
Not too critical at all Scott. In fact, exactly the kind of criticism I want. Here's #2 in portrait orientation.

looks fantastic!

Mark II wrote in post #8349965
Really sharp! Nice job.
Heres one of mine ...

wheres the ball?

lance v wrote in post #8355074
wheres the ball?

Somewhere between the pitcher's hand and the bat. For a sportrait type shot such as this, a ball isn't critical. If it were action, I'd obviously feel differently but there are times when you don't need a ball to make a good image.

namasste wrote in post #8363963
Somewhere between the pitcher's hand and the bat. For a sportrait type shot such as this, a ball isn't critical. If it were action, I'd obviously feel differently but there are times when you don't need a ball to make a good image.

I was talking about mark ii's picture with the crowd catch

lance v wrote in post #8365069
I was talking about mark ii's picture with the crowd catch

ohhhhh gotcha.

lance v wrote in post #8355074
wheres the ball?

I've yet to find it.... Blurred beyond all recognition I guess (kinda like me in high school).

The second posting of #2 looks much better, whats the first like when cropped upright?