Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by RiderGal:
Did he get it? I wish we could see him closer, or see his face, although I'm sure there were zoom limitations. Good action here, that ump and the catcher are definitely ready. Good catch with the ball in there... The colors look a little oversaturated... I think you might have been able to crop in even more severely from the right and the bottom, to get more of an extreme look. But not too bad :-)

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by GeneralE:
I like the cropping; it concentrates the action/subjects well.

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by rll07:
nice capture of the ball looks like a field in oklahoma with the red dirt i also like the crop very much! 8

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by spectre013:
Great colors, the contrast between the redclay and the grass really draws your in,. Great shot

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by wkmen:
wow - great shot, moment-wise! a little overexposed

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by bruster54:
Baseball at its best! Great capture. My only 10! You captured the colors, action and meaning of the sport! Not sure if the cropping works all that well for me...but all-in-all the best of the bunch!

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by dwoolridge:
Although the actual action is happening slightly left of centre, this capture creates a sense of greater activity to the right, where the catcher and umpire crouch in combined tension: one holding steady for the ball; the other ready for the call.

The lines enclosing the burnt umber dirt reach out to delineate a greater part of the action. The curving line of the green boundary in the upper right tells of more out-of-frame elements and also draws the eye to the left, far out of frame, where the action will soon take place.

The colours, in keeping with the sense of activity, are appropriately vivid, bordering on cartoonish (perhaps an additional, unintentional commentary in itself).

Returning To Childhood
by alternarule

Comment by Imagineer:
Image is too soft overall which spoils a great composition with excellent DOF.

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by A Weaver:
I like the panorama crop. Good composition,great colour, good motion capture. 10

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment by Koriyama:
Action. Sport. Captured. Good lines. Good shot.