Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

These two shots were taken with D500, 80-400 4.5 - 5.6 vr lens, 1/5000 @6.3 iso 1100.
I am trying to push the iso and the shutter speed as to not get motion blur.
Comments welcome.

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mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA

I'd say mission accomplished! You might want to level up the second shot just a bit as long as you are in the crop tool. great shots!

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

Nicely done. It's interesting that in the second one, both players are looking at the umpire. I wonder what he was saying!

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

Wow! Crystal clear... Razor sharp... and at ISO 1100 the noise level is totally doable...
Appears that wide open this lens' acuity may be a tad sharper at 116mm (35mm equivalent: 174mm) then at 400mm (35mm equivalent: 600mm)
However it's so close as to be negligible i.e. unimportant which shouts volumes about the optic's wonderful rendering attributes...

And once again, superb timing in both captures...
You're a master of baseball imagery...
Filling the frame with a perfect angle of view...

Thank you for sharing Jules...
I grow professionally every time I view your work...

IsoBob Loc: Hamilton, NJ

Nice shots but I would go with a little motion blur to show the action!
Bob

pkrohn

Seems both images have frozen the motion nicely. At 1/5000 there should be no problem freezing motions. In my experience, when over 1/1000 typically the motion will freeze with a Nikon D3s and 70-200mm 2.8 lens. Nice work. Do you know where the focus point was in each photo? I have run into issues where I think there is motion blur only to find out I missed the focus point e.g. focused on the body instead of the face.