Ted Ellis posted some nice pitching composites over the last couple of years and I always wanted to give one a try. I mounted my camera on a tripod and rattled off a few shots and composited three of them here. My photoshop cut out skills are middle of the road at best, but I enjoy working on the compositing process. Just wondering what others thought of the layout of this composite, still a work in progress. C&C always appreciated.
A very good looking composite. If I were the father of the pitcher, I wouldn't think twice about buying your composite.
I have tried the traditional and non-traditional composites. You might try pulling the 2nd pose back a tad so the push off foot is on top first foot. Then pull the heel of the third back to the front foot of the 2nd.
Another suggestion is do you have an earlier starting pose?
Nit picking now when one outlines an image cuts and pastes lines are visible. The tedious work is to clean those up.
A very good looking composite. If I were the father of the pitcher, I wouldn't think twice about buying your composite.
I have tried the traditional and non-traditional composites. You might try pulling the 2nd pose back a tad so the push off foot is on top first foot. Then pull the heel of the third back to the front foot of the 2nd.
Another suggestion is do you have an earlier starting pose?
Nit picking now when one outlines an image cuts and pastes lines are visible. The tedious work is to clean those up.
Hope this helps Jim.
Ted
Thanks for the input Ted. I do have another starting pose. I will keep working on the cutouts and hopefully come up with something better.
jmcaverly wrote:
Thanks for the input Ted. I do have another starting pose. I will keep working on the cutouts and hopefully come up with something better.
Jeff
Jeff, I like this composite. I was only suggesting a different look. Your composite got be to thinking about the first composite I posted here on Sports Corner so many years ago. I did a redo.
I think you ought to trade ISO for shutter. Get the motion perfectly frozen, even the arm. The cutouts will be sharper and since you're going to be heavy processing anyways noise reduction is easier to manage than motion blur. But these are awesome!
This is a clean comp, Jeff. The only thing I'd mention is that the larger space between the ball and right frame in the first version leaves more room for the pitcher to 'throw into', and feels more comfortable to look at.
glennh56 wrote:
Very nice, is this all from the same burst?
I shot a few differnt bursts of three each and chooose from them. I wish I would have gotten a different first shot on the left and will give it another go later.
Bark Imaging wrote:
I think you ought to trade ISO for shutter. Get the motion perfectly frozen, even the arm. The cutouts will be sharper and since you're going to be heavy processing anyways noise reduction is easier to manage than motion blur. But these are awesome!
Tom D wrote:
This is a clean comp, Jeff. The only thing I'd mention is that the larger space between the ball and right frame in the first version leaves more room for the pitcher to 'throw into', and feels more comfortable to look at.
Good looking image, though. Nice work...
I agree. The last image is too tight to the right. I did not shoot enough of his pitching sequence to get a good choice of images to pick from. I am going to try to get some more and put together another. Thanks for the comments.
