Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Helluva catch! Ric On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:00 AM, Adam Bridge wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information