Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/16

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Subject: [Leica] Called strike at the knees
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Mon Oct 16 22:00:35 2006

One other image from a baseball game.

I like this image a lot and not because of some great compositional
contribution but because it's a perfect called inside strike at the
knees that pushed the hitter back and you KNOW it's that way because
you can see the ball descending past his knees as it crosses the plate
and the shadow of the ball, about the cross the plate, shows it'll
pass right over the corner of the plate.

And yes, it was a called strike.

So I've combined my two passions here in one moment. Yes, I wish he
had been looking up a little to see his face, but it's a baseball
moment: ephemeral and intense.

<http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/CalledInsideStrike.jpg>

And, no, this wasn't shot in multiple image mode. I don't shoot
baseball that way any more. I've learned that here. Training for the
moment, having situational awareness is so much more important than
shooting at 10 fps.

Thanks to Ted and all of you for helping me see better.

Your comments are welcome and invited.

Adam

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