Whaaa?!
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Comment by Melethia:
Great baby shot - excellent expression!

iso-vs-shutter.jpg
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Comment by CorySmith:
great examples jeff, helps the noobs understand it a bit better, i just recently tried to explain to someone this same thing and would have helped if i had seen this before so i could have used it as a reference.

Whaaa?!
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Comment by david_c:
awwww, that's a sweetie! What an expression.

Portrait of a Baseball
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Comment by smurfguy:
No, it's not photoshopped, except for sharpening.

17 ones, wow! =D I guess there's a specific size at which a baseball would become still life...

Sort of makes you wish the pitcher had thrown a cornucopia or some wine glasses, eh? =D

Cheers, all!

Portrait of a Baseball
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Comment by colorcarnival:
I almost missed the ball. How on earth did you catch it like that? Can't wait to see if this gets hammered per the definition of still life but I like it. I think it's pretty cool! (7)

Portrait of a Baseball
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Comment by dsterner:
dnmc; sorry :(

Portrait of a Baseball
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Comment by jenlund70:
cool capture of the ball, but you may have done the opposite of the challenge.

Portrait of a Baseball
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Comment by mmckenna:
call me crazy, but this looks like excessive use of photoshop

Portrait of a Baseball
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Comment by yanko:
A heck of a capture but for me you've only met the motion aspect of this challenge.

Returning to bump this up. It has grown on me since first viewing it. One thing that this has that others don't is a sense of creation. This doesn't exist if you don't make it happen so in that respect it's much like still life. Also, I can't help but appreciate the reversal of still vs motion you did in this shot. The ball should be in motion but it's not and the players who should be more stationary than the ball is in motion thanks to the motion blur. Clever photo.

Portrait of a Baseball
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Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I see plenty of motion, but where's the still life?