Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/22

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Subject: [Leica] Meet Nathan Espy
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Mon May 22 11:12:52 2006
References: <4cfa589b0605220939m127cb8d3l5a6138c0593731a0@mail.gmail.com> <C097621F.10DB5%bdcolen@comcast.net>

It was the face I wanted to share - the context - the baseball context
- was a side-note. He was wearing a River Cats jersey over "civies"
(this was at a "meet the team luncheon" for us high-rolling
season-ticket holders). If he weren't so tall I could imagine him
playing in the early 20th century - he has that look - but his body is
all 21st century athlete.

Adam

On 5/22/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
> Nice shot of an interesting face, Adam, but I assume you know that there's
> nothing in the shot that says baseball, Sacramento, River cats, history
> past, or anything but - interesting face. If interesting face is what you
> wanted, you definitely got it; there's a real hint of, uh, mischief there.
> But if you want us to see any of those other things, you missed...
>
>
> On 5/22/06 12:39 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Nathan Espy is a hitter. He plays first base and designated hitter for
> > the Sacramento River Cats. He's hitting right around .400 with a
> > substantial number of at bats which means, if you don't follow
> > baseball, that's he Damn Good.
> >
> > He also has a face that's right out of baseball's historic past:
> >
> > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/NathanEspy.jpg>
> >
> > I missed the focus just a tad on this one - the next one I got but by
> > that time he had reacted to being photographed so despite the soft
> > eyes I choose this image as the keeper.
> >
> > Comments/criticisms welcome.
> >
> > Shot on a milky day with a Canon 1Ds Mk II, 70-200 f2.8L zoom. I
> > needed more reach than any Leica lens I own would give me (the 560 is
> > a bit of overkill for this kind of work).
> >
> > Thanks for looking.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
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In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Meet Nathan Espy)
Message from bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Meet Nathan Espy)