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Here is the refresher...
"Dietrich" is "Detrick"... named after Chris Detrick of the Salt Lake Tribune who posted this on SS back in 2005. If shooting a softball freeze its a "Lady Detrick" or "Dietrich" or "Marlena"...
I can't believe it has been 12 years, but here it is...
http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/1502
Here are some tips I posted a few years ago...
1) I really like it when there is no question of angle and that you are completely 100% in front of the pitcher and behind the catcher, so much so, that the ball is going to hit you right in the nose if you continue to look at it. On the one above, the perception is that the ball is going to leave the frame on the right. I don't ever want the perception that it's going to leave the frame. I want it to start in the frame, continue in the frame and never leave the frame as it comes right into your grill. Therefore, the ball has to be bullseyed and the pitcher has to be bullseyed. With the pitcher left justified and the ball to the right, it doesn't carry the same impact. The perception is that the ball is going across the frame and will eventually leave it. Here is a little test... draw a line that starts at the pitcher's mid-chest or head, through the middle of the ball, and continue the line until the line until it intersects with the bottom edge of the photo. Have you created a 90 degree angle between the line you have drawn and the bottom edge of the photo? If yes, you composition is bullseyed and you are good. If not, your composition is skewed and the ball is perceived to be leaving the frame. Just that little hiccup in perception can make or break the shot. Hope this makes sense.
2) Let the ball be the subject. Allow your composition to let the ball be the subject. Along with bullseying everything... You really want to underexpose so that the pitcher and that bright background is killed somewhat and the ball becomes the highlight of the frame.
3) Lighting is all important. The best time of the day is a late sun with its position about 3 o'clock in relation to the ball.
4) Finally, even though the ball is the subject, the liveliness of the pitcher in the follow through will compliment the ball. I like to see a high leg kick... something that allows the legs to frame the ball.
Some posts over the years from FMers, although many images are now missing...
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/761277/
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/897976/
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/533255/
And one from a few years ago...
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