Boston @ Toronto july 11 2010

[lynx0069]

red sox vs blue jays afternoon game. took about 380 pictures during the game, had my bag searched going in, they at first didnt believe me that my backpack was a camera bag. lol. i kept my 100-400L lens on the whole game, and for the first 3 innings, was not a happy camper at all, the had the skydome partially open, so there was a big honking shadow right through the pitchers mound, no matter what settings i tried, the light and dark on on either litsch or matsuzaka was playing havoc with my metering, didnt want to fool around too much, so i just shot and hoped for the best. i'll post one pic for now, till i go thru all 382, find what i like and process in DPP, and possibly CS5. i picked a shot of bautista fouling off a shot behind him into backstop.





100-400L lens at 300mm, f/5.6, 1/1250s, iso 800. home plate was in complete shade, processed in DPP to correct exposure and contrast, and a touch of sharpening, and just shrunk in CS5, no further processing


let me know what you all think, and i'll post more shots as i process them out of RAW


jim

[lynx0069]

pic 2.......world cup fans at the wrong stadium [:P] good to see them show up for the baseball game though and have a good time []. took this from the first base side, from the 100 level concourse behind the seating, they were way over behind 3rd base/left field in the 200 level......





at 400mm, f/5.6, 1/1250s, iso800. i'm an idiot [:P]......i seen them on the jumbotron, and just swung over to them to get a shot with out changing camera settings, shot taken in full shade, processed in dpp to try and get better expose. too much damn noise in the shot IMHO[] i shoulda thought, and did better.


jim


P.S. WAY TO GO SPAIN!!!!!!! congrats on first ever world cup victory[]

[TucsonTRD]

Sounds like you had fun. I wouldn't worry about the noise in your second pic. It is barely perceptible (on your web post at least). More importantly, it is a photo for memory, not for winning a competition. That is how I see those types of photos anyways. Can't wait to see some of your other shots.


Braden

[Bill W]

thought of you Jim (watching on TV) when they announced an issue w/the dome and I saw that shadow....hope you were still able to get some pitcher pix.


nice capture at home plate, though I think I would have been shooting a slower shutter for more bat and ball movement.


your not changing your settings for the shot of the fans in stands has been done by each and everyone of us....it's a right of passage that will be repeated. BTW, as Braden mentioned; the noise isn't bad.


hope you enjoyed the ballgame.....

[mikehillman89]

Nice shots Jim!


Shots are tough when the dome is open.


Mike

[lynx0069]

thanks braden, bill, and mike......i had lots of fun......got asked by a lot of people about my lens[:P], maybe cause i was in the stands, and on the concourse level and not in the press box with the rest of the big white lens' [] anyway, here are 3 more shots of the game.





@400mm, 1/1600s, f/f.6, iso 500, glad the shadow moved[]





@400mm, 1/1000s, f/6.3, iso 400





@400mm, 1/400s, f/7.1, iso800


jim

[Bill W]

Hey Jim....post more Sox pix will ya....LOL.


the first piclooks like the ball got away from the pitcher, good form for Dice-K and I hope the 3rd pic is cropped to fit and you really didn't cut the catcher off.


Keep 'em coming.

[Sheiky]

Nice shots Jim [Y] Those hats make it very hard to get a good exposure on the faces, especially with that high sun, but you achieved to make something good out of it. Nice!


Jan

[lynx0069]

the first piclooks like the ball got away from the pitcher

nah, thats how jesse pitches, he always has a real high release, you would never notice except when you catch the ball in a photo.

and I hope the 3rd pic is cropped to fit and you really didn't cut the catcher off.

actually, i didnt crop that photo at all, i know i should have, sometimes i just get lazy [:P] lol


and thanks jan, i appreciate the praise. especially since i am a first time sports photographer []


and and easy way for everyone to see a bunch of my pics from the game, here is a link to my facebook album, i have about 100 shots up there http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=188680&id=655037171 they should be visable to everyone, if they are not, let me know, and i will corerect that.


jim

[Sheiky]

they should be visable to everyone, if they are not, let me know, and i will corerect that.

I don't have facebook so I can't see them I guess? "everyone" means everyone with a facebook account? [:P]

especially since i am a first time sports photographer [img]/emoticons/emotion-1.gif[/img]

It's not that hard. With sports it's about getting emotion/action, because those are about the only factors that separates your pictures from another ones. In other words: everyone(read: almost everyone [:P]) can take a photo of an athlete sprinting, however taking "that" picture of the athlete where you see his/her emotion and effort to win is something different []


This counts even more for sports where you can't see emotion due to helmets etc. For example taking a "special" picture at an enduro motocross event is very hard. There are almost no mentionable jumps are action parts which would make a great shot and you can't or barely can see emotion due to the helmets. In those cases you need to get creative to get a "special" shot which separates you from the rest.


But it's not difficult per se...good luck Jim!


Jan