Bringing Heat

[swmdrayfan]

Took this one last week. Cropped to focus on the pitcher's release and the stress on his arm.
John

[Old Timer]

Nice timing on the realease. I understand your reason for the crop, but I always have trouble with an image that places an outward looking face so close to the border. May just be a problem of mine, but I like to see more room to the right to balance the image more. I'd be interest to know how other feel about this.

[swmdrayfan]

Nice timing on the realease. I understand your reason for the crop, but I always have trouble with an image that places an outward looking face so close to the border. May just be a problem of mine, but I like to see more room to the right to balance the image more. I'd be interest to know how other feel about this.

Larry, I think it runs about 50/50. Normally I don' t crop as tight as this. I wanted a little more room on the right as you said, but invariably someone would have wanted to see the tight crop.. . It's one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't kinds of things.
John

[masdog]

Great timing on the release point. It looks like the vein is going to pop out of his arm.

[Old Timer]

Larry, I think it runs about 50/50. Normally I don' t crop as tight as this. I wanted a little more room on the right as you said, but invariably someone would have wanted to see the tight crop.. . It's one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't kinds of things.
John

I think your right. What it always comes down to is what do I want my photograph to look like. There are some general rules, but rules were meant to be broken. In the end the only one that I really have to please is myself, so I take comments like mine to you with a grain of salt.

[swmdrayfan]

I think your right. What it always comes down to is what do I want my photograph to look like. There are some general rules, but rules were meant to be broken. In the end the only one that I really have to please is myself, so I take comments like mine to you with a grain of salt.

Exactly!! We know what we like... I generally try two or three crops of some baseball photos to see which might be more effective for a post in the PR forums. Sometimes a photo I post here won't be the same crop as one I post on my webjournal or website. I think most fans are not too judgemental as they just want to enjoy the pictures. However I've become a little more discerning when viewing baseball photos (and others for that matter) by other photographers. That's where PR has helped. Now if I can apply a little of that....

[JETA]

I love the pic and it makes me scream ouch!

Last weekend I got the same thing in my sons arm while pitching. The pics aren't too good because I had to shoot through chain link. I've got to go through them and see if there are any that are forum worthy.