Florida Baseball

[Dbl]

Just returned from a week in Florida to shoot college baseball. 9 games in 6 days and over 8,000 shots. Games went from 9:00am to 11:00pm in bright sun and partly cloudy skys and crappy night lights. Backgrounds at these fields are difficult at best as you can see in the first and last shot, but I did what I could to minimize them.

Virtually all shots were with a Mark IIN and 300/2.8 with and without a 1.4TC. and a 20D with 70-200/2.8. ISO's anywhere from 250 to 3200, shutter speeds as high as I could get away with, normally 1/3200s to 1/8000s. Because of the constantly changing light most were shot in Av with +2/3 EC.

Here is a small sample of images from various games.

#1 Home run
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609632_nybEf-L.jpg
#2 That dirt was really that red.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609656_5XCDn-L.jpg
#3 Just missed.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609683_LZFHc-L.jpg
#4 Dropped the ball
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609743_J2VTs-L.jpg
#5 Wasn't even close in spite of the guy in the background saying safe!
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609764_t34r4-L.jpg
#6 Whoops forgot to catch the ball.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609793_4hBQg-L.jpg
#7 Catching a grounder and turning two.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609838_C9tpA-L.jpg
#8 This was a whole sequence of shots on a hard hit grounder that the 2nd baseman made, threw the guy out at 1st.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609866_XM75q-L.jpg
#9 Tough stop and play, the next shot was the attempted throw to 2nd.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609898_P4vAA-L.jpg
#10
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609923_TYtMb-L.jpg
#11 Play at two.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609964_kWVDF-L.jpg
#12 Toss to turn two again.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268609997_FL45d-L.jpg
#13 And the last shot a dropped ball at home.
http://fliersguy.smugmug.com/photos/268610041_Jrahk-L.jpg

[johng]

Dan,

Great series. Especially the catches / or misses in the field - often tough to capture. Very nicely done.

It's snowing here (NE Ohio) so I've got a couple more weeks before I get to shoot some baseball - with everyone in sweatshirts :D

[jonh68]

Great shots!

[Dbl]

Dan,

Great series. Especially the catches / or misses in the field - often tough to capture. Very nicely done.

It's snowing here (NE Ohio) so I've got a couple more weeks before I get to shoot some baseball - with everyone in sweatshirts :D

Johng,

I came home to a nice snowstorm myself, it must be some kind of cruel joke! There are supposed to be games outdoors next Wednesday and Thursday but I think the 8" of white stuff we just got will have something to say about that, in fact it is still snowing!

jonh68 thank you kindly for the comment!

[dbaker1221]

sensational series Dan. great action

[rwells]

Really great series :thumb

Nice timing on your part.

[Dbl]

Dave and Randy thank you for the kind comments!

[aktse]

Excellent! Great exposure and composition! Well done! :thumb

[CoryJenks]

Excellent captures, all of them are quality, well done!

[sle39lvr]

I normally do not like the frames, but somehow, these are clicking... :thumb