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Hoping For A Good Bunt
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Challenge: Sports (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-700UZ
Location: Wigley Field, Chicago, IL
Date: Sep 13, 2003
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Sep 13, 2003

Took a trip out to Wigley field with some friends to see the Cubbies play the Reds. It was a great game, with the Cubbies winning 7-6. There was a nice rain delay in the seventh. When the rain came the Cubbies were down 6-5, but once the rain stopped the game was all theirs.

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 79
Avg (all users): 5.9799
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 6.0189
Avg (non-participants): 5.9583
Views since voting: 1444
Votes: 149
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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09/22/2003 05:56:38 PM
why is the dirt red? i've been to wrigley but i don't recall the dirt being red.
09/22/2003 03:59:41 PM
This was one of my favs of the challenge and should have been a top 10 at least. Especially when i look at what finished above you. You have captured the moment perfectly. Good luck

mike
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/21/2003 09:55:57 PM
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 :-)
09/21/2003 08:31:22 PM
I like the cropping; it concentrates the action/subjects well.
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09/21/2003 06:14:05 PM
nice capture of the ball looks like a field in oklahoma with the red dirt i also like the crop very much! 8
09/20/2003 10:27:21 AM
Great colors, the contrast between the redclay and the grass really draws your in,. Great shot
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09/18/2003 10:02:10 PM
wow - great shot, moment-wise! a little overexposed
09/17/2003 04:13:02 PM
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!
09/17/2003 03:05:40 AM
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).
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09/16/2003 03:28:39 PM
I like the panorama crop. Good composition,great colour, good motion capture. 10
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09/16/2003 01:40:02 AM
Action. Sport. Captured. Good lines. Good shot.
09/15/2003 11:26:32 AM
Nice angle
09/15/2003 10:42:48 AM
Great, graphic composition, love the background textures in particular . The sport almost feels secondary to me than the impact of that large red triangle pointing in towards the batsman. Cool shot! (10)
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09/15/2003 10:18:43 AM
I like the composition/perspective. The colors are a bit over saturated for my eye. Still it's a good action shot. Nice going.
09/15/2003 09:25:06 AM
A bit overexposed to me.
09/15/2003 04:02:59 AM
exciting angle and colouring. love the red,yellow, then green well done.
09/15/2003 12:20:23 AM
I like your crop here and the angle on the players. I really like the poses on the catcher and umpire.


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