"Stretched"

Everett AquaSox right handed

reliever Roman Martinez in a midst of a pitch.

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Good sports action shot Wilson! Regards.

almost Superb! I miss his feet and that makes it look odd. Good though.

Very sharp "stretch" with interesting blurred background!

Thats quite a stretch, nice dof. Sondra

Love the tight crop and detail on this one; bokeh is good and I like how you managed the highlights on this one to keep them from being blown out. Well done.

Nice tight crop and perfect DOF.

Nicely timed and cropped Wilson.

Congratulations to the "lucky" handrails in the background. They contribute a good part to the "action".

WALTER: Very glad you stopped by!

 

WILLIAM: Thanks. I know what you mean. Unfortunately in an attempt to get close with 300 f2.8 + 1.4 TC, I ended up excluding a bit of the bottom. This is basically as it was captured without cropping.

 

WIM: Thanks for checking this out, Wim.

 

SONDRA: Yes, he has the longest stretch of any AquaSox pitcher that I've seen so far.

 

KEN: Thank you much, Ken. It can get tricky with bright afternoon sun and all white uniform.

 

HOWARD: Thanks for your comment, Howard.

 

AMAR: Always appreciate your feedback.

 

DAILY PHOTO: Danke und Wilkommen! Very good observation. Indeed his angle of stretch matches the angle of the handrails in the background.

 

Wilson

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I really like the colors and tones. Did you shoot this in RAW format?

Very glad you like this. Yes, I had both the D70 and D2X set as NEF + JPG basic for capture with Adobe II for color mode without any in-camera tone or sharpening at the lowest possible ISO.

I can't say more man. This is a great sports shot, the action the lighting, the DoF. It all matches. Great job, I wonder if there are any scouts out there for you ;-)

Appreciate your feedback, William. Unfortunately scouts only look for players and not photographers. ^_^

Good detail and oof.

Wilson- The body form, the streaking background and perfect DOF are wonderful. My only nit pick---- I want to see his other foot!:) Otherwise. your timing is perfect, as usual!

His left foot, which carries all his weight, is unfortunately out of the frame. Besides that, this would be a very nice shot as well.

Thanks for your feedback. Yes, I also wish the foot wasn't cut off. I was hoping to get as shallow d.o.f. as possible to get rid of the distracting background. Unfortunately, the long fixed focal length of 300 + TC + sensor crop factor didn't allow me to include his foot. Here's one with all his body parts, but with shorter focal length thus more d.o.f. which I don't think work as well. I could've cloned in his foot and pitching mound, but wanted to keep the baseball series as non-manipulated for photojouralism value. Appreciate all your insights.

 

Wilson

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In general... For motion images like this, I feel it is better to give the subject a little more breathing space... Cheers.

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't . . . ^_^

I think it's worth a go - take the feet from the other photo and clone them onto the picture with feet missing. It might look better, might not, but It's worth a try.

I like the crop ... I think that sacrificing the left foot is okay since the right foot is perfect!!