High School Baseball at AT&T Park: My daughter's high school (Sacred Heart) boy's baseball team gets to play in a special event each year at AT&T park against rival St. Ignatius here...

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High School Baseball at AT&T Park

Mar 30, 2015 14:59:43 #

Chris F. Loc: San Francisco

My daughter's high school (Sacred Heart) boy's baseball team gets to play in a special event each year at AT&T park against rival St. Ignatius here in San Francisco. I took my new 7DII and new Canon 100-400 II on Saturday and sat about 5 rows up from the field just down the 1st base line. I really love this new camera for sports. The focusing, the frame speed and the clarity are excellent. I can't wait for the MLB season to start now!

I shot most of these in shutter priority mode with a variety of shutter speeds, some as high as 1/8000. ISO was set to auto, it was a bright day so nothing lost there with picture type set to landscape and white balance set for sun. Please see below, there will be 14 shots once all uploaded so it may take a few minutes. I've enabled downloads so feel free to check them out. I thought the clarity was very good.

Chris

Sacred Heart Batter

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Pitcher Sequence

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Ouch! Can you find the ball?

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Mar 30, 2015 15:15:15 #

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good action series Chris.

Mar 30, 2015 15:18:55 #

Chris F. Loc: San Francisco

Thank you Earnest. I like your new avatar too!

Chris

ebbote wrote:

Very good action series Chris.

Mar 30, 2015 15:21:48 #

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Thank you Chris.

Chris F. wrote:

Thank you Ernest. I like your new avatar too!

Chris

Mar 30, 2015 19:40:41 #

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

Very good set!

Mar 30, 2015 20:00:01 #

Chris F. Loc: San Francisco

Thanks for your nice words and looking. It was a fun afternoon.

Chris

rlaugh wrote:

Very good set!

Mar 31, 2015 07:41:23 #

jwt Loc: Texas Hill Country

Great action series Chris all are crisp and clear. Good job! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Mar 31, 2015 08:34:29 #

Chris F. Loc: San Francisco

Hi Jim, thank you for your comments.

Chris

jwt wrote:

Great action series Chris all are crisp and clear. Good job! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Mar 31, 2015 09:21:01 #

Risingblue

What shutter speed completely froze the ball?

Mar 31, 2015 12:11:15 #

Chris F. Loc: San Francisco

Hi Risingblue, 1/1000 if I'm looking at the right shot. For some shots, especially with the pro pitchers, I go up to 1/8000 and it is still not fast enough. I've worked at this for a while and have made a few observations based on my results on this very same subject / issue.

The fastball is one of the easier to capture the threads. The ball is thrown fast, but the threads don't spin as quick. Curves and breaking balls are much harder. The threads are spinning quite fast and are much harder to get in focus.

Taking a shot from behind home plate is easier for ball focus than shooting as I did from the side of the batter. However, I don't think the shots from that perspective are as neat as those taken from the side.

It's all fun and I like shooting at the park during the regular season.

Chris

Risingblue wrote:

What shutter speed completely froze the ball?

Mar 31, 2015 12:20:47 #