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Keep your eye on the ball
Keep your eye on the ball
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Challenge: Sports III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon NIKKOR AF-S DX VR 55-200 f4-5.6 G IF-ED
Location: The local ball field
Date: May 5, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Family, Sports
Date Uploaded: May 8, 2007

My girl's son (the sports nut)

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05/17/2007 01:10:29 AM
For all that assumed a strike you were correct but the next pitch was a shot up the right field foul line for a double
05/16/2007 12:01:39 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh, galant try! You nearly got that ball in focus. You sure did a good job on getting detail on the kid. Good placement in the frame and great expression on the boy.

It's a bit 'hot' so you might try a little adjusting with "levels" and "curves" in Photoshop Elements or whatever editing program you prefer. Because this image can pop with just a little tinkering.

As a candid, it's okay to have all that background, and hey, you got the shot, but it's a good idea to position yourself so that the good shots come with a nice tidy background. (Just a thought) Another thought: think about blurring that background out a little, now that your image is out of competition. Because it's a keeper.

Meanwhile, I see you are new to DPC; this is your fourth Challenge. Welcome, and I hope to see lots more of your images.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/15/2007 07:12:05 PM
Great timing!
05/13/2007 01:55:53 AM
This had to be a strike. Unless this kid has amazing bat speed :-)
05/12/2007 03:18:50 AM
Strike! Good composition and excellent timing, but the people in back are distracting, though it's very hard to eliminate that. Maybe if you could reduce DOF.
05/12/2007 01:08:42 AM
was that a strike or a ball? haha.. 7
05/10/2007 10:30:49 AM
Great capture and good DoF .. guess he struck out on this one!
05/10/2007 12:08:48 AM
Nice movement of the ball but it gets a little lost and the background a little too distracting.
05/09/2007 07:54:10 PM
and swing, that was a strike!
05/09/2007 08:09:32 AM
Nice capture.
05/09/2007 12:41:12 AM
swing! it looks like a strike! hehe


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