Good action. I'd like to see faces more in #1 and 3 and tighter crops, but you've got good shutter speed to capture the action. Those darn fences - it's hard to shoot through them. How far away were you?
crteach wrote:
Good action. I'd like to see faces more in #1 and 3 and tighter crops, but you've got good shutter speed to capture the action. Those darn fences - it's hard to shoot through them. How far away were you?
Are these your kids or some teams you shoot for?
Thanks for the advice. I'll keep that in mind. First time shooting these as a hobby - trying to get in sport photography.
For the boys - I was pretty close, maybe 30ft from homebase. For softball i was past the 1st base.
thle1100 wrote:
Thanks for the advice. I'll keep that in mind. First time shooting these as a hobby - trying to get in sport photography.
For the boys - I was pretty close, maybe 30ft from homebase. For softball i was past the 1st base.
I'm no pro myself, but I really enjoy doing the sports pictures. You can get some good angles in that spot past 1st/3rd and the dugouts if the fence is low enough to shoot over it (which it is at many fields, but not all). I've even gone to the outfield and have shot batters from there. Unfortunately, some fields have tarps on the outfield fences.
With batters like your #1 shot, I can also get a good angle by standing more towards 1st base (for right handed batters). I think it helps with seeing faces more. I try to be perpendicular to them and gets as close to the fence as possible (even resting the lens hood on the fence and centering the lens on an opening).
Looking at #1 and #3 you can definitely tell the fence is there. There's not always much to do about that besides having a wide open aperture to help.
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