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LIFE, DEATH, & THE UNFATHOMABLE INTERIM


bosshogg

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Not sure about that. Will have to do some research. Maybe they were military who died to give us the way of life as represented by the ball players. I love the ambiguity. I'm still pissed at myself for doing this damn grab shot. I should have set up the tripod and done it right. It coulda been a good image, but the haste makes waste and gotta travel on mentality had a grip on me. Cheers amigo.
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I think you are being much too hard on yourself. Your picture says very well what you were trying to convey. By the time you got your tripod set up, the game might have been over and the players gone home. But I do understand your feeling. There have been many times when I wished I had taken the time to get a shot well, particularly when I knew that I wouldn't be back.

 

Like you, I'm often reminded of just how close neighbors life and death are. Having now lived in my little town for 32 years, I find myself having a tough time thinking of all the players here who have moved to the foreground of your picture.

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Thanks. It's not that I don't like the picture, it's just that I think I could have had a much better one, if only I had made the effort. You know that a lot of my photography is about the transition from life to death, or from one life to another. This one is obvious, and many are not so direct.

 

And, yes, being our age means we've seen too many players retired from the game. Nothing to be done about that I guess.

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I don't see much point pushing tripod photography. I agree with Ken Rockwell that tripodding limits creativity and with VR lenses is reduntant (unless, of course, the light is too low). I don't use a tripod unless the ISO gets too high or if I really want to keep the lowest ISO setting. That way I can twist

and bend with the camera any way I want to - something that would be hard to do or take a looong time with a tripod. Cheers, Micheal

 

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Well, when I was being schooled in the old days we were taught that a tripod was a must. I agree that there are times when it may not be the most suitable, but I almost always shoot at ISO 100, and that can make for some slow shutter speeds. I have recently made more effort to change ISO as the situation warrants. Peace out
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No sir, I do not. Again, old school teachings. We were taught not to use auto anything. Took me a long time to let the camera focus for me.
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You are welcome. That image will be in my mind a long, long time. It was totally superior. As for this one, the raters sure didn't give a rat's you know what for it. That's okay. I'm glad you found some merit in it. I'll try to get back and check out your port a bit later.
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