Tony, you caught a great expression, good light, pose and comp. My only niggle, and its a small one, is that annoying yellow line in the background. I'm sure there's a way to turn that a light grey in software so it is less of an eye catcher.
My Smugmug
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
Tony, you caught a great expression, good light, pose and comp. My only niggle, and its a small one, is that annoying yellow line in the background. I'm sure there's a way to turn that a light grey in software so it is less of an eye catcher.
That's a protective plastic tube-thing over the fence, and it is annoying
in the background. It's in every batter photo taken from either side.
Actually, I did use the PS Burn tool and darkened it up quite a bit. I added a
layer and darkened it even more, but it looked worse.
That's the problem with immovable background stuff. It's there, and
there's no angle to use to avoid it in a taken-in-action shot.
Awesome shot. The yellow fence guard is just a fact of the game. Actually I think it adds to the context and authenticity. If for every shot in which it appears you were to try to minimize it, level it, or delete it altogether, you'd be in for A LOT of Photoshop hours. For ONE special shot, sure, deal with it as you please. Personally I think the guard says "this was actually taken during a game." I do think it's better if you can get it around waist level, or at least below the shoulders.
-Jack
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
Tony - great shot. Great expression and I like the warm lighting. It looks like you did a pretty successful job of blurring the background in PP so it is less of a distraction. The only nit there is - if you're going to do it, consider adding some gradual blur to the ground so you don't have in-focus ground hitting oof fence.
But the expression and lighting really make the shot stand out. Really a great illustration of how expressions are often more important than action in youth sports.
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Jay
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
That's a protective plastic tube-thing over the fence, and it is annoying
in the background. It's in every batter photo taken from either side.
Actually, I did use the PS Burn tool and darkened it up quite a bit. I added a
layer and darkened it even more, but it looked worse.
That's the problem with immovable background stuff. It's there, and
there's no angle to use to avoid it in a taken-in-action shot.
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
But the expression and lighting really make the shot stand out. Really a great illustration of how expressions are often more important than action in youth sports.
http://clearwaterphotography.smugmug.com/