The Sweet Spot
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by andrewt:
This is JUST AWESOME !!!!! Congrats on the Top 10 !!

The Sweet Spot
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by deepfrog17:
obviously not stop motion and a fake and it should be clear to everyone (though apparently not by the comments below) that the actual shot is almost impossible and the chances of getting the ball's label perfectly centered is just unrealistic. it would have taken over a million tries to capture the concept, probably smashing a camera or two and it still wouldn't look as good or fake as this image. a surprise to me, but i over estimated the awareness of the voters. well done on your top ten.

The Sweet Spot
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by citymars:
Even though the photo was legitimized by DPC during voting, I knew one could trick a shot and still meet the challenge rules. To me the shot looked fake, though I didn't guess how you did it.

The Sweet Spot
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by glad2badad:
When I saw this photo I immediately thought of this photo by toddhead, which took a Blue ribbon 6 years ago.



Congrats on your high finish (Top Ten!).

The Sweet Spot
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by pineapple:
Nice set up description - thanks. A minor bit of motion blur might have helped those unbelievers ;-)

Message edited by author 2010-03-31 08:18:00.

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Comment by theONE77:
so there is no STOPPED MOTION here, ur creativity is well appreciated. But after telling this how u do the shot. IT SHOULD NOT BE ON THIS CHALLENGE. you made us thinking that the ball really throwed.

The Sweet Spot
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by angkokweng:
I really like this shot a lot. It's very well executed.

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Comment by Art Roflmao:
Great finish, Josh! Only suggestion would be to have turned the ball so the logo wasn't straight.

Originally posted by jminso: I wanted to create a shot where it looked like I was throwing a baseball straight at my camera. Obviously I couldn't just do that as I rather like my camera and lens.

Wuss.

The Sweet Spot
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Comment by phlover:
Interesting set up. Congrats on the nice place.

The Sweet Spot
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Comment by redpanda:
Is this a trick? It looks cool for sure.