Congratulations to the Commack varsity softball team for their playoff win over Smithtown East. It was quite a pitchers duel. Very exciting if you’re a spectator; not so much if you’re trying to get action photos. Luckily, there was a little action near the end of the game. Another sunny day so my exposure settings were the same as for the previous game. All...
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Congratulations to the softball team for their win over Ward Melville. This was also a Breast Cancer Awareness game, in case you’re wondering about the pink shirts. There are a lot of photos in this gallery. I don’t generally go for sequences, but I did include a few that I couldn’t resist, especially the slide into home to end the game. Also, I was...
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Congratulations to the varsity softball team for their win over Brentwood on Tuesday. Lots of action in a very high-scoring game. It was a clear, sunny day so I shot in manual exposure mode and adjusted my ISO when needed. I generally try to camp out at 1/1600 sec. @ f/5.0 when I can. Most of the shots had an ISO of 320 although I occasionally went as high as 500 for...
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The Commack softball team is on a roll. They won a close game with Connetquot. Way to go, ladies. It was a lot colder than it looked, especially by the end of the game. And especially because I left my sweatshirt at home. Not a good move. By the end of the game I was shivering so much I’m surprised any of the shots were in focus. The light was really good – a...
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Congratulations to the softball team for their win over Ward Melville. Talk about dusty. You could tell it hadn’t rained in days. Every play kicked up clouds of dust. I was cleaning my equipment for a while after that game. Softball is a good excuse to discuss the subject of backlighting. Unlike the baseball field, which faces in the other direction, the softball...
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Congratulations to the Commack varsity softball team on their 10-7 win over Longwood. It was a great game to watch and a lot of fun to photograph. The pink t-shirts were driving my camera’s light meter nuts; I was at least a stop under every time I got near one. Don’t know what those t-shirts were made out of but it was highly reflective. The sun was fairly...
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