Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ola! I definitely do not want to quarrel with my dearest Uncle doc Ted OC, unlimited ;-) I think I wrote "Works without a tripod too" :-) What I meant was that as the placement of the players is (so) highly predictable you can focus on the guy, and just wait for the ball ? as fast as it is And to be honest, I never considered baseball to be highly mobile, but it must be me getting bored when I tried to watch a game :-( Sorry. Speak of fencing, table tennis, etc, yes! Other (larger) ball games are not I'm my humble and limited experience. Hope you're doing fine far from the floods in France these days. Stay well dear Ted, and keep clicking for our own selfish pleasure. A son of yours, so speaking, over the pond Philippe Le 5 juin 2016 ? 18:33, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> a ?crit : > Bon jour Philippe mon ami, :-) > Sorry I must disagree with you about a tripod! You must have the mobility > of quick movement because the players never, well rarely, stand in exactly > the same place, so you'd be constantly moving the tripod and with others? > maybe standing there shooting? Quite often there isn't room for a tripod. > No different than shooting the "Olympics." TRIPODS ARE NOT ALLOWED, > PERIOD!" > MONOPODS, YES! > And if you think you can take one in? The "SECURITY GUYS" will walk up to > you and quickly remove it no matter what you say! They just pick up camera > and tripod and walk away while you are having a fit in case they break > something? > Baseball as you know is a high fast mobile sport to shoot! So you yourself > must have the same abilities in handling your gear. > No offence intended. > cheers, > Uncle ted ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Philippe > Sent: June-05-16 7:42 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Lizzy > > Tripod - both eyes open - click > Works without a tripod too > > Amities > Philippe > > > > Le 5 juin 2016 ? 16:39, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit : > >> Thanks, Nathan. Yes, I try for the ball, but can't always catch it. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> On 6/5/2016 12:29 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>> Lovely image, Jim. It would be even better if the ball were in the frame, > but I know (from personal experience photographing my son playing baseball) > how hard that is. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 04 Jun 2016, at 03:20, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The lower level leagues, which include T-Ball and Coach Pitch, include > both boys and girls. From my observation, at these ages, the girls are > faster and quicker on their feet than the boys. Here, "Lizzy" takes her > swing. >>>> >>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lizzy+77.tif.html >>>> >>>> Rainy day gear: E-1 with ZD 35/3.5 >>>> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>> -- >>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus >>>> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ >>>> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information