Nice catch, Frank. So to speak . . . On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:20 AM, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think the tight composition actually works in your favour, so 200mm >> was fine. The ball is placed perfectly in the frame, and at an >> unbelievable angle to show the stitches, so I call Photoshop! (Yes >> Frank, I know you didn't.) But while on the subject of Photoshop, if >> you were unscrupulous, you would clone out the kid behind the pitcher, >> which I imagine is one of the things you don't like about this image. >> Despite that, I think the DoF is small enough that the picture still >> works as is, and I like it a lot. >> >> Cheers, > > Yes, well, you certainly summed up my feelings pretty well. The > second baseman behind him is a distraction (although at least he's > nicely OOF). I have another shot of this pitcher in which you can see > all of his right foot and the ball's a bit closer to him - much better > composed I think - but he's badly OOF. Frustrating. Mind you in this > one the stitching of the ball's a bit better in this one. > > Oh well, life (and photography) is full of compromises, isn't it? > This is the best of an imperfect lot, and I'm satisfied with it. > Hopefully there'll be lots of games this weekend - the park's 1/2 a > block from my house - and I'll have the chance to shoot some more. > > Thanks to everyone who commented. > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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