"One at a Time"

My tribute to Ichiro's record season of 262 hits. Doing it one at a

time. (George Sissler's old record of 257 hits stood for over 80

years.)

In the UK, this is called 'rounders.'

 

Wouldn't have recognised this as one of yours!

Also Japan is risen in the same way with Ichiro's topic.

special shot!! Great.

Stunnig action shot,this pic could be on the cover of Sport Illustrated!

i like how the sharpness on his shirt stabalizes the action.

AWESOME, Wilson!! And great that you were there!! I'm so psyched for you that you snapped at the EXACT right time ... and this really SHOULD be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Your rendering is super, too!

....Bingo!!!!!.....

Thanks Wilson, I now feel all my baseball shots look like crap. This is awesome!

Tremendous rendering of a great action shot. Love the sepia tones and the motion blur (or is that radial blur or maybe both?). You do it all my friend!

Exellent! Great capture. The tone works very well in this photo. Congratulations!

Outstanding. Action, stance, ball meets bat! Very well done.

Exellent action shot!!!!!

 

Cheers, allon.

Wilson, I don't know what all you did in PS, after making this basicly fantastic shot, but it was the right thing you did!

This is great work man!

 

When I opened the tumbnail, I got dizzy for a minute. I could feel the motion and the roar of the crowd. Really excellent work.

Thanks so far for your kind words. Can't wait to see 'rounders' in UK, David, but Noriko's Ichiro-Mania in Tokyo sounds interesting too.

 

As for SI cover, I don't know if they'd care for the zoom blur treatment (Blur>Radial>Zoom in separate layer, and selectively feather erased.)

 

The sepia choice was for a bit of nostalgia (Adjust>Desaturate>Variation.)

 

Peter, your Cubs photos rock.

 

BTW, just want to clarify that this was not the historical hit (no such luck,) but rather from a regular season game this summer. It was one of his 262 hits nevertheless. ^_^

Guuaaooo,Excellent picture Friend, congratulations...10/10

Excellent photo and effect, sepia works a lot here!

Fabulous shot Wilson. 7/7

Perfect timing! Great shot. Great digital darkroom.

Pow!

A real hit. Action and elegance. Top rates are not enough.

Great sense of action, Wilson! Nothing to detract from the man and the hit - no crowd in the background, no other players, the entire focus is on him, which is fitting since I read your commentary. Perfect timing, too!

Great shot!

Great action Wilson Congratulations.

You were the one who hit a home run with this......

Good moment!!