Another intense moment in baseball: Intense for the base runner and catcher. A good throw to 1st and he is OUT !!!

Dave Chinn

Intense for the base runner and catcher. A good throw to 1st and he is OUT !!!

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Very nice Dave!! Well done.
Erv

Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Dave, action and expression- you got it all with this photo. ;)

Dave Chinn

Erv wrote:

Very nice Dave!! Well done.
Erv

Thank you, Erv !!!

Dave Chinn

Db7423 wrote:

Dave, action and expression- you got it all with this photo. ;)

Thank you Db, yes, facial expression in an action shot really adds to the story.

UntamedImages Loc: Utah

Perfectly timed shot! Tells the story very well. Nicely done and thanks for sharing

hb3 Loc: Texas

DEC wrote:

Intense for the base runner and catcher. A good throw to 1st and he is OUT !!!

Oh, very nice shot.... :thumbup:

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

The only thing I do not like about the composition is the runner's hand up to the mouth. And look at that pretentious war paint on the catcher's face. Otherwise, this is a good action shot.

Now for what I do not like: the highly stylized printing. The dark and gritty overall appearance and very muted colors. The over-lightening of the ball with poor masking. Way too artificial and heavy handed. The highlighting of the runner's right shoulder. The annoying copyright.

bedgmon Loc: Burleson, Texas

Nicely done! I like the intensity, I really never thought of the black paint that kids wear under the eyes that helps reflection as war paint, but I think I'll use the quote next time
at a little league game. I understand the fist in the face and it conveys to me that the runner is running as fast as he can. The eyes are what drew me in! It is a bit over processed for my taste, but I like it a lot. Wish I could catch an image like that with the grand kids..

Dave Chinn

O_S_O_K wrote:

Perfectly timed shot! Tells the story very well. Nicely done and thanks for sharing

Thank you, O_S_O_K, I appreciate your comment and glad you like it. Although, its not for everyone and thats OK.

Dave Chinn

hb3 wrote:

Oh, very nice shot.... :thumbup:

Thank you, hb3 glad you like it.

Dave Chinn

abc1234 wrote:

The only thing I do not like about the composition is the runner's hand up to the mouth. And look at that pretentious war paint on the catcher's face. Otherwise, this is a good action shot.

Now for what I do not like: the highly stylized printing. The dark and gritty overall appearance and very muted colors. The over-lightening of the ball with poor masking. Way too artificial and heavy handed. The highlighting of the runner's right shoulder. The annoying copyright.

Yes, the runners hand is annoying to me also, but as you can see there is and was nothing I could do about that. Again, the war paint ..... nothing I can do about.

As for you say highly stylized printing, dark and gritty overall appearance and very muted colors ...... oh well, its not for everyone and I do appreciate the comments and for you at least taking a look, thank you. Oh and the annoying watermark ...... I'm pleased with it.

Dave Chinn

bedgmon wrote:

Nicely done! I like the intensity, I really never thought of the black paint that kids wear under the eyes that helps reflection as war paint, but I think I'll use the quote next time
at a little league game. I understand the fist in the face and it conveys to me that the runner is running as fast as he can. The eyes are what drew me in! It is a bit over processed for my taste, but I like it a lot. Wish I could catch an image like that with the grand kids..

Thank you for your comment and taking a look. Yes, it is a bit over processed. Practice make perfect ??? If there was or is perfect.

bedgmon Loc: Burleson, Texas

DEC wrote:

Thank you for your comment and taking a look. Yes, it is a bit over processed. Practice make perfect ??? If there was or is perfect.

I forgot to add that the boy's expression and the catcher reminded me of a present day Norman Rockwell. You keep the processing just as you feel it. That seems to makes sense and makes you the author.
Matt Kloskowski has a free preset called the "300 Look" that is pretty cool and works great. He has it in hard, medium or light. An updated one is on page 5 of his presets. I don't use many LR presets, but I do like many of Matt's.
http://lightroomkillertips.com/?cat=8&paged=5
"You keep shooting, as Bryan Peterson would say.

Dave Chinn

bedgmon wrote:

I forgot to add that the boy's expression and the ... (show quote)

Thank you bedgmon, I really do appreciate the positive and encouraging response. I do plan on processing just as before. This is what I like and for those that don't .... well, I'll just leave it at that. Thank you for the link, I will have to give that a try. Dave