HS Baseball Playoff Game

[Roy]

Must of been 6 months since I've covered any sports. Nice to get out and smell the leather as long as your in the shade with a breeze. This field had more foul territory than I'm used to for HS ball too. Probably should of taken the big lens but I traveled light this time.

[Jim Boyd]

Nice shots Roy. I really like the first one.

[Roy]

Thanks Jim. That's the one where I could smell the leather. You know there's things like that everywhere begging for a photo if you see it or smell it.

[Jim Boyd]

Roy, there are so many things about that photo that I like: The shallow depth of field, the green glow off the rail, and the reflection of the clouds in the sunglasses. Your exposure is perfect - no blown highlights, and the shadows are clear in the gloves' stitching. Most importantly, its tells me "these guys or girls are getting ready to play."

[Roy]

Jim, thank you very much for pointing out those details! You are correct about the boys getting ready to play and that's why I had my 1.4 TC stacked on the 70-200 witch took me to f4 but it did okay for the DOF. I wish I could get those qualities you mentioned in every photo. The light was working with me on that one. I didn't even send that one in for publication. The one that got published was very similar to the second one except it was published in B&W.

[garykohs]

Nice shots, Roy!

I like the first one also. Somehow it looks oddly familiar, but yours is better.

[Roy]

Ha! How weird is that? Gary, I promise I didn't copy but it sure looks like I did...LOL!

[mdurisseau]

Hey, Roy...good work there, sir...here are some of mine from a recent series:

Galleries

[garykohs]

Originally Posted by Roy

Ha! How weird is that? Gary, I promise I didn't copy but it sure looks like I did...LOL!

I'm sure you didn't. Like my shot it was just there and begged shooting.

[FullCountSports]

Hi Roy,

Nice images of the Birdville vs Legacy game. In your image number two, I'm the umpire working first base. If it was you I told to move your camera bag into the dead ball area at the first base dugout, I hope you didn't think I was being a jackass...just didn't want the extra work if the ball got stuck in your bag.

Again, great images, where can we view thw others from that day?

Mark Miller

[Roy]

Thanks Michael. I checked your link. You got some good action shots there and a lot of good facial expressions. Thanks for sharing those!

Hi Mark,
Yes, that was me. No, I never gave it another thought about moving the bag. I'm glad you caught it and pointed it out. No problem at all. I'm sure I got you in more shots because not much happened beyond first base before I had to leave. I was there for the newspaper so I didn't set up a gallery. Didn't think anyone would find it if I did but I could do that.

Thank you for your comment on the images and keep up the good work! There were some close calls at first base.