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Oooh, the processing on this feels different from your normal, and I looove the tones and feel. Maybe it's just that I don't see a lot of color from you, but this is fantastic.
The light is really, really nice and a great job capturing his pose. This is an excellent, intimate capture considering how hard it is to get up close to kids on the field.
The shallow DOF makes it feel as is he is jumping out of the frame. Focus is off just a tiny bit, but that's minor.
Thanks guys! I've all but abandoned the ultra shallow DOF look in my photography. I'm much more interested in creating images with meaningful context and multiple elements. I'm probably overthinking things a bit, but hey, thats how i'm shooting these days!
A few things about this shot. You guys mentioned the challenges about getting close during a game. Well, this is Tball and I'm the head coach...of two teams in the league. So I can sorta 'do what i want'. My son was playing first base and I was stationed over that way. I'm just outside the field of play. I took a few shots from a crouched position. I didnt like them. I then lowered my camera down and shot blind. I nailed focus on a few at f/2.0 (luckily). So then I opened up to f/1.4 and took this one. As mentioned, its a bit off focus (from his eye), but acceptable for my use.
canerino wrote:
Thanks guys! I've all but abandoned the ultra shallow DOF look in my photography. I'm much more interested in creating images with meaningful context and multiple elements. I'm probably overthinking things a bit, but hey, thats how i'm shooting these days!
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I think the wide angle makes this one a little different. Often, sports images are shot with a telephoto, so you don't get ANY context. Yes, this shot is shallow, but the wider angle and background gives a little more context and different perspective.
Apr 18, 2013 at 12:13 PM
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neighbourboy wrote:
Oooh, the processing on this feels different from your normal, and I looove the tones and feel. Maybe it's just that I don't see a lot of color from you, but this is fantastic.
--David
thanks buddy! I played with some VSCO recipes and tweaked it. Pretty happy with the result (although I dont think i could reproduce it )
This is a perfect example of great youth sports photography, in my opinion. Parents don't necessarily need to have the great action play, but they do want to see their child's face, in the natural state of play. It doesn't matter if the ball is in the photo. The athlete seem unaware the camera is there. He probably looks like that on 1st base a lot. It's a great photo, nice angle, wonderful light and color.
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