The Abandoned Baseball

by Richard X. Thripp

Uploaded 1 Jul 2008 — 6 favorites

The Abandoned Baseball

The game is over, and the ball, forgotten. I found this on the ground outside the baseball field at the park. I moved it to where the grass was more brown (no one waters it), laid in the dirt, and shot this. I used a really large aperture — F1.6, so just the front of the baseball would be in focus, but nothing else, so the subject would seem singled out. I couldn’t even go down to F1.4, because I was maxing out with a 1/4000 second shutter speed.

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2 responses

  • Johan Hendrikse

    Johan Hendrikse gave props (1 Jul 2008):

    love the lighting and the detail in this capture, wonderfully done

  • supfred...

    supfred... gave props (27 Mar 2009):

    very cool shot

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