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 p.1 #11 · Yorkshire premier league cricket | |
Grahmn,
Just stumbled on to your cricket stuff. Interesting. Don't get to sports first so sorry I took a bit to find it. I always look for something other than the standard fare cause, well how much BB, FB, and such can a man take. Now cricket I don't know squat about other than millions of folks (mostly Brits and ex-colony types) seem to get rather exercised over it.
Pix one: Strong action figure taking a miss on the ball (is it called a ball?) A a bit soft. I like how you've got the nervous nellie in the background. He/she seems very concerned about the white line.
Pix two: Excellent probably the best of the bunch. The batter (?) is definitely putting the wood to the ball. Obviously there is no strike zone in this game. Love how you got the catcher (or whatever he is back there by the wicket) in the frame.
Pix three: Incredible shot really. I think you call the pitcher the bowler(?) He's really putting some stroke on the ball. Again, the image is soft. You're not doing a lovely, foggy English countryside here 
Pix four: Lots of action. Love it. Everybody is real concerned - well except the folks back against the wall Not sure what the significance is other than it's a strike, the wicket is safe and the catcher isn't getting the ball. Once again, there is nothing actually in focus. Closest place seems to be around the catchers face.
Pix five: Our batters still up. It's another swing an a miss. How many strikes does he get? If this had been crisp on the eyes it would have been a great shot.
Pix six: Guess we finally got the black hat guy out. This guy doesn't do helmets. Not much energy in this shot. Not on par with the rest of the batch.
Pix seven: A fraction of a second late here. Just a nano-bit earlier and you could have cropped the batter out and had a high energy shot of the bowler (?) in action. Still soft, though.
Pix eight: Looking a bit prissy here, but then somebody just ate his lunch. I'd have cropped the catcher out completely. Still soft. Focus seems to have settled on the shin pads.
Pix nine: Well that tears it. Great catch of the wicket coming apart. The fuzzies really hurt you on this one. The ball is a blur.
It appears you had fairly good light for most of the shots. What lens/aperture/speeds/ISO were you shooting at. Only one of the 9 pix posted had the sharpness necessary for a good shot.
As for slow/no response from the forum, well it's hard to predict. The superstars always get noticed. That's just how it is. Unusual, unknown sports or subjects get little response even though a pix is a pix. Try showing some rodeo or curling and you'll realize it doesn't have anything to do with locale.
Getting bent out of shape over lack of response generally doesn't help much. Again, I don't know anything about cricket, the limitations you face on access to the action, weather, rules, etc. Your pix may very well be amazing achievements compared to what is normal as I have never even seen pictures of cricket except in reference material. So please take my critique with a huge grain of salt and as always keep shooting and showing.
Robert
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, Kind regards Graham.
