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Anita W
{K:920} 8/4/2004
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Great capture of a moving subject. The look on his face is priceless!
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John Bohner
{K:8198} 8/4/2004
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Hi Phil - There are a lot of nice aspects to this pic. I love the boy's expression and the one size fits all helmet. Its a clear capture of childhood (well, American baseball anyways). Good DOF and nice motion blur. I'd also like to think that this means you found your camera as well!.
Cheers JB
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Michael Fox
{K:3180} 5/23/2005
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I've been shooting my son's little league games, lately. It's really kinda' fun! I like the critical focus you've achieved on the subjects eyes. I've found it a challenge to move forward/back w/my 300mm fixed lens to achieve the best perspective. Do you have any tips?
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Phillip Cohen
{K:9520} 5/24/2005
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Michael, I think you mentioned the most important tip in any type of people photography. "Always keep the eyes sharp." As for how to do that with a long lens, first I always use a monopod with the 300 lens, it is way to heavy to hand hold and you get tired and shakey very fast. I use the Bogen monopod and am very happy with it.
Next, don't be affraid to use slower shutter speeds, this will allow you to use a smaller aperture which will keep your subject sharp with the increased DOF. Typically the background is far enough back that it will stay soft even with the smaller aperture. Plus, as shown in this shot, you get to see some motion in the images which makes it more interesting.
Final tip is to practice shooting a lot. Get used to your camera so you can do things fast without looking and taking your eye off the game. Just when you look down to set something the killer shot will get away. Also get used to the delay of your camera, digitals are worse then film when it comes to this. Learn to anticipate the action and click a fraction of a second before, you will get a lot of nothing shots if there is a miss, but the shots you get when there is a connect will be well worth it.
Have fun and post some of your images, shooting youth baseball is a blast.
Phil
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Michael Fox
{K:3180} 5/27/2005
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Phil -- Thank you for your advice. All comments are spot-on. After shooting last night's game (under the lights!) I can truely appreciate the need for a mono-pod (and a faster lens!). I will practice the "anticipation" of action in tonight's game. The umpire in last night's game asked me to shoot him at work. Everyone likes memory shots.
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Gabriella Carta
{K:22808} 11/6/2006
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wonderful capture ehehehheheh lovely!! I love the baseball!!
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