First Spring Sport 2010 - Softball

Tournaments everywhere for baseball and softball. Warm weather will soon be HOT but for now we will enjoy the spring in TX

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Great Photo's! what lens did you used? What is EXIF data?

Those are some nice shots. Great captures.

did you soften the background? seems like good light and all but something is bothering me about the background.

Nope...most of them are close to full frame and the ISO was 200 all the way to 1600 as the sun set.

Nothing done other than standard editing and USM.

All shot with 400 2.8 ann Mark III

eigga wrote in post #9734858
Nope...most of them are close to full frame and the ISO was 200 all the way to 1600 as the sun set.

Nothing done other than standard editing and USM.

All shot with 400 2.8 ann Mark III

alrighty then... wasnt sure they just looked so... smooth lol

Yes, when you fill the frame with the 400 its nice for sure. This was at a horrible city field and due to that I mainly tried for full frame shots to eliminate the background.

Very nice. Looks like a 400mm prime of sorts? WB, focus spot on. Great work.

dave

Nice pictures and all, but I would expect as much from someone sporting a five thousand dollar body and an eight thousand dollar lens.

Almost a minimum requirement for shooting an NFL or MLB game and great gear for someone making a living from photography but a bit unrealistic for your average "hobbyist" photographer to own that kind of gear.

Don't get me wrong, anyone can take bad pictures with very expensive gear, it's just that most "hobby" photographers don't spend that kind of money on gear, even used you are looking at about 5-6 thousand dollars for both.

Nice shots, any hitters or "ball-on-bat" stuff?

Nice comment and all ... but I would expect as much from some people I guess. Sorry my expensive gear bothers you enough to mention it.

Hope these make me more worthy... and for the record bat on ball is not a big deal to me. A clean shot of the face with good action is much more important

eigga wrote in post #9742843
Nice comment and all ... but I would expect as much from some people I guess. Sorry my expensive gear bothers you enough to mention it.

You know after reading what he said, I think I know how I sound (trying to change that to sounded) on here. Just dont let it to get to you. Dont even legitimize it with a response.

And sorry for all the posts that Ive made in a similar fashion. Pretty awful of me.

Wow.

Oh Matt your camera takes great photos.

eigga wrote in post #9742843
Nice comment and all ... but I would expect as much from some people I guess. Sorry my expensive gear bothers you enough to mention it.

You took my comment all wrong, or at least I didn't get my point across.

(my main point) Your pictures look great.

(on a side note) Of course they look great, it is assumed that you have invested in top-quality gear that you are a pro and not some weekend warrior who just grabs a few snaps with an XTi at the odd weekend softball game.

(secondary side note) Your expensive gear doesn't bother me, I wish I could, and or would have the need to own such gear.

(on a third side note) So now that you have effectively raised the "bar" or standard to this level when either myself or someone else posts our "weekend warrior" level shots everyone that looks at our posts thinks our pictures suck compared to yours.

So, what I meant was "Thank you for making sure that if I ever post a softball picture on these boards it will always suck, compared to yours."

Very nice series Matt.

Nice shots. I have only shot football and basketball, but now that softball is starting I think I am going to try and shoot my friend's high school team. Not sure how things will turn out because I am not much of a baseball/softball fan but it will be fun trying.

Again nice shots.