P Alesse
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 Re: Frozen baseball shot | |
There's really not a lot to it. It's trial and error, really. But... there are times to do it and times where even if you nail it, it's still really a ho hum shot.
Here are the environmental and game conditions that should be surveyed before attempting it.
1) Early morning or late day sidelighting on the field tends to work best. When looking at Detrick's shot, it's not so much the fact that the ball is frozen that makes it such a dramatic shot, but the lighting.
2) Detrick's settings were different from mine. For one, I underexposed about 1 to 1.5 stops. I wanted the highlighting on the baseball to standout and not be blown out. This is one of the rare occassions where the equipment is the subject (the baseball) and not the player.
3) The mechanics and follow through of the pitcher is essential. If you don't get an interesting leg kick, don't do it.
4) Background should be nice and clean. Players back there can take away from the impact.
5) The rest is trial and error, focusing on an area between mound and plate and trying to sync up a tack sharp baseball en route to the plate at the same time where the pitcher's leg kick reaches its apex.
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