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Alone in the Outfield
Alone in the Outfield
arron_christensen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Odd II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II
Location: Fenway Park, Boston MA
Date: Apr 22, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/640 sec
Galleries: Sports
Date Uploaded: Apr 22, 2008

The shot was one of many from my trip to the ballpark Sat evening. I just liked the way JD Drew was isolated, surrounded by the grass. I had to use a high iso due to it being a night game, and with my cheap zoom, I feel I do lose a little on this.

Photoshop was convert from RAW, crop, curves, selective color (green and red), hue/sat (reduce purple fringing around jersey), reduce noise, unsharp mask, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 169
Avg (all users): 5.6013
Avg (commenters): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 5.5106
Avg (non-participants): 5.6396
Views since voting: 657
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 158
Comments: 8
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05/05/2008 06:28:57 PM
Greetings from the critique club! Good choice of subject for this challenge for a couple of reasons. One - he is by himself. Two - coincidentally enough he is number 7.

For ISO 1600, you handled the noise quite well however if you had an opportunity to shoot at a low ISO I can only imagine how sharp this would have been.

The composition works well and makes good use of negative space.

Colors are rich and nicely saturated without going overboard.

Overall well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/28/2008 09:39:08 PM
Good true color and sharpness. He appears to be daydreaming. I'd prefer seeing his face.
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04/27/2008 09:56:09 PM
Wow. Sharp.
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04/25/2008 08:07:11 AM
it's kind of cool to notice how the ground gets beat up and trampled where the outfielders tend to line up - the darkness of the green grass really emphasizes the baseball player - the odd uniform number adds to the theme here
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04/25/2008 01:07:02 AM
good exposure but perhaps more movement would add more wow. 6
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04/23/2008 12:02:09 PM
I'll just have to give J.D. a 7!
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04/23/2008 02:52:19 AM
good shot.
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04/23/2008 12:45:36 AM
and tearing up the grass, i see. lol cool pic
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