MLMUG's Picture of the Month
Judged by Stan Horwitz
By Stan Horwitz Background: I shot this photo, called Split Second, on June 3rd, 2006 during an evening baseball game at the Camden Riversharks Arena. A friend from Connecticut is the president of the booster club for the Bridgeport Bluefish, their minor league baseball team. She invited me to join her and two bus loads of Bluefish booster club members at this game. This photo was one of many that I shot with the intention of capturing a baseball in mid air. When I got home and reviewed my photos from that game, I was stunned to find this photo. It is a bit noisy, but the baseball is crystal clear. The stripes on the ball can be seen when I print this photo at 300dpi. I was situated directly behind the visiting team's dug out. My camera was on a tripod. Photoshop CS2 was used only to boost the contrast and sharpen the image. [WebEd Note: it has been resized and resampled as a jpeg for the web and printed newsletter.] Technical Specs: Date: June 3rd, 2006 at around 7:30pm Camera: Canon Digital Rebel (6 megapixels) Original Format: raw Focal Length: 160mm on a 70-300mm Canon zoom lens Aperture: f5.0 (automatic setting) Exposure: 1/125 seconds (automatic setting) ISO: 800 Flash: none Would you like your photo to appear in this column? To submit your photo, please send it in jpg format to [email protected]. Please abide by the following submission rules:
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