Baseball U9

My first time with baseball, 8 and 9 year olds. The pitcher is a friends son, so was a fun time. Only Real issue i had was the sun was setting at thier backs so made for a hard time getting their faces. Shot with 70-200 vr and 70-300 vr. Per some advice i shot the first half at like F4, when it got a little darker I had to drop to 2.8 and bump up my Iso a bit. All the 70-300 shot at 5.6.. All taken from a monopod. Any advice always taken with a smile.

The hit

NIKON D200    ---    300mm    f/5.6    1/2000s    ISO 250

The wind up

NIKON D200    ---    135mm    f/3.5    1/6000s    ISO 250

The pitch, dont you think the parents could just move them cars somewhere else?

NIKON D200    ---    98mm    f/2.8    1/8000s    ISO 250

Eye on the ball

NIKON D200    ---    300mm    f/5.6    1/1250s    ISO 250

and my fav shot, even though the focus is off a bit..

NIKON D200    ---    170mm    f/2.8    1/3200s    ISO 250

Shot like 300, this is out of the first 40 or so I have gone through,

 

Thank you, The kids are pretty little so the field is not very long. Those were taken from behind the back fence with 70-300 Vr. Makes me lust more for the 300 F4 (or 2.8, I wonder how much its going to take to sell that to the CFO) and a Tc.

 

Thanks topher, I did on some that I posted on my website for the parents. How do you like your smugmug account? I have been looking for a shopping cart program, or a decent host site?

 

Thanks, and thats funny. Ive never run in to another cafe member. I'll keep an eye out next time.