Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/17

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Subject: [Leica] Called strike at the knees
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue Oct 17 06:41:30 2006
References: <4cfa589b0610162200x797c1786ued98e805db335d8b@mail.gmail.com>

Helluva catch!

Ric


On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:00 AM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> One other image from a baseball game.
>
> I like this image a lot and not because of some great compositional
> contribution but because it's a perfect called inside strike at the
> knees that pushed the hitter back and you KNOW it's that way because
> you can see the ball descending past his knees as it crosses the plate
> and the shadow of the ball, about the cross the plate, shows it'll
> pass right over the corner of the plate.
>
> And yes, it was a called strike.
>
> So I've combined my two passions here in one moment. Yes, I wish he
> had been looking up a little to see his face, but it's a baseball
> moment: ephemeral and intense.
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/CalledInsideStrike.jpg>
>
> And, no, this wasn't shot in multiple image mode. I don't shoot
> baseball that way any more. I've learned that here. Training for the
> moment, having situational awareness is so much more important than
> shooting at 10 fps.
>
> Thanks to Ted and all of you for helping me see better.
>
> Your comments are welcome and invited.
>
> Adam
>
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