Friday Afternoon Baseball

1 and 3 are outstanding....2 is pretty darned good also...

Wow....I am very impressed by this lens. You do good work sir.

 

Its great...just seems a bit over sharpened. To me anyway...

Not as crisp as the others.....



Can't wait for next week

 

Great shots Frank. I'm going to have to give shooting baseball a try sometime.

 

Really nice work....and what a smashing lens/extender combination that seems to be.

Of the three pics, I really dig the last one....the way you've caught him up in the air after a funky hit...terrific!

 

Wow, beautiful shots, Frank!

 

Great shots Frank.

Like Rod, I prefer the 1st and 3rd, but that's not saying the 2nd is bad. Actually, the first is my favorite. I like the action.

 

Excellent shots.

 

well you picked right back up on your shooting Frank
Very well done.

 

that rust sure wore off fast
#1 is the best dirty pic I ever saw

 

Way to go Frank that first one is great and the second doesn't look hot here at all. You are going to love that lens and you will see it performs fantastic with a TC. Well no shooting here tomorrow or for a few days we have a bad nor'easter coming in with a ton of rain in the forecast

 

These make my heart beat a little faster. I hope to shoot some next week.
Great job Frank

 

at the posted size it really looks fine on USM

 

Frank,
I think that of the three shots, the first is far and away the best. It is well composed, well exposed and captures the action at a critical point. the yellow plastic horizontal fence cap is a bit distracting, but the background is what the background is, and you've tamed it as well as could be expected using a large aperture. My only suggestion is to crop a bit off the bottom (at the point where the ground comes into focus). Other than that, well done.
The second andthird are nicely composed and in focus, but the subject matter you captured doesn't excite me as the first image does. Without an explanation, I'm not really sure what is happening in the third shot.
My son played what we call Rep. baseball (I believe you guys in the States call those teams Travel Teams), and then University baseball, and now Senior ball here in Toronto, and I've shot his games on a number of occasions, so I appreciate the problems you have doing this kind of photography, and doing it well.
I think in general, your stuff is pretty good, and some of it is excellent. Fine tuning and practice I think will help you improve your batting average.

 

#1 Rocks ,great shot