Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >