VERY creative- love how you set up the shot- never would have guessed that it was a toy figure- By the way- the border made perfect sense to me- but I guess not everyone is into baseball enough to get it- Glad you got 1st- you deserved it!
This is really an exceptional shot. Man, I don't really like baseball, but the perspective on this is amazing! (And yes, I had to play it plenty as a child - even coached for a while with my father!) I like your use of borders and the lighting, color, DOF, focus are all right on target. Excellent job - and congrats (albeit a little late) on your blue ribbon!
This is awesome!! Being a huge baseball fan I got it the minute I looked at the photo. I think the border is brilliant, don't let the criticism of it deter you from using one again. It was very fitting for this!!!
Thank you all for the comments and votes! I was shocked that I finished so high. I put the border on to simulate a strike zone. I guess if you aren't really into baseball then it didn't make a whole lot of sense. I think it adds to the picture, but it will be the last border I ever use!
Here is the original uncropped shot. The McFarlane figure is Kerry Wood. Other then cropping the image there were no adjustments. Hope you all aren't disappointed!
Disappointed??? This has got to be the most BRILLIANT idea that I've ever seen!!!!!
wow man great concept and shot ... you picked the right toy to use too ... as mcfarlane toys are the top for details and it helped in this shot... people voted under 5 ??? no way
No wonder I can never get a good score. People are way too critical of a great shot. Fantastic shot. I'm sure the 1's and 2's are from people trying to raise their own standings. Cream does rise to the top though.
I liked this shot...and i was glad that you didn't use the technique willm used with his car shot...i was pretty sure you didnt strap on a tripod to the ball :)
Thank you all for the comments and votes! I was shocked that I finished so high. I put the border on to simulate a strike zone. I guess if you aren't really into baseball then it didn't make a whole lot of sense. I think it adds to the picture, but it will be the last border I ever use!
Here is the original uncropped shot. The McFarlane figure is Kerry Wood. Other then cropping the image there were no adjustments. Hope you all aren't disappointed!
I'm so tickled that you placed 2nd!!!!!!! I love this (as I said during the challenge)! Now fess up...is it one of those Starting Lineup or McFarlane baseball figures???? My son says it is, and we even have a little bet going as to who the figure is. Great job...very COOL!
Unlike most people who didn't like the border, I happen to think that the border helps to accentuate the proportion. It may also be that it reminds me of a computer baseball game, and it is the target that I am supposed to get the ball into for a strike. Because of that it seems to me to 'add' an element into the photo, making the corner for the baseball to hit. BTW, it is painting a corner, singular not plural corners. Well, congrats on the ribbon.
Great shot! Very nice dof and framing. Hope you or your camera didn't get hit by the ball. The border is distracting though and I don't see how this relates to the challenge. 7
The quality of light is so different between the photo and the ball that this fine idea falls a bit flat. Good compositions though; might try it again with a flatter light on the ball, angled further back to match that on the pitcher.
For me, this doesn't really convey proportion very well. It looks like an overly softened Kerry Wood action figure (the pitcher looks plasticized) with a baseball held up in front of the camera. Overall, it's a nice photo, but I think having the baseball out of focus and the pitcher in focus would have been better. I do like the composition, though.
Excellent! I'll be interested in seeing how you did this. I'm assuming it's a still photo with a ball in front of it, but it looks very realistic. Very nice!
A ribbon winner in my competition. Good luck! I have the tiniest of suggestions. Use clean ball. jajaja. I feel just a bit out of balance with the pitchers hand overlapping the border, but not foot. I might try to keep them both inside frame, or both encroachiing. Normally, I am not a fan of borders, but I think you have used one very effectively tying in your great title, and illustrating your concept. Just great work. 9
Wish I'd thought of that first! I think I know how you did this and it's a pretty ingenious idea. I am not crazy about the border, but it won't affect my rating. Really cool. BTW...the only 10 I gave out this challenge!
I suspect this is a completely fabricated image with a ball held in place and a picture of a pitcher pitching in the background, but you pulled it off very well and deserve a good score.
Excellent shot! But I cannot understand what's so cool about the silly borders a lot of good pictures are equipped with. From me all such "ideas" are rewarded with 2 points less than if the images were "clean". Because of the border I give this one a 6 instead of 8. Sorry!
Most interesting frame. It seems to be the most important thing you submitted. The incidental photo is also very good. Too bad you were stressing the frame. I think you'd have had one of the top photos of the week, had you had the photograph alone.
I cannot wait to see how you did this. I love this shot but something about it bothers me just a bit, I wish the pitcher could be in focus as well to really add to the illusion of out of proportion. An 8
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this is a great image. point of view and depth of field really makes this image trully a unique one. border in my opinion is intrusive and cuts into a big chunk of the ball, may be a more subtle border does a better job. i do not know how exactly you have done this shot, but i assume you have suspended the ball in front of the camera and took it like that, if that is the case, this technique can be used to create many interesting shots. so i would like to thank you for insporing me in a good direction.. i gave your image a 9
Great handling of DOF. I suspect this was a stationary ball - but it doesn't matter - it works extremely well and makes the point dramatically. Your border does nothing for you except detract from the image.
I was wondering, "How'd you do that?" and then it struck me. I'm guessing you propped the baseball on something and had the pitcher mime the act of throwing a ball. Pretty clever. I haven't decided how I feel about the border. It kind of looks like the framing guide in a viewfinder and I suspect that's what you were aiming for. This is by far the best photograph I've seen today. I think it says more about forced perspective then proportion but maybe the two go hand in hand.
I really really really want to know how you did this. I am a big baseball fan and this is something I would love to hang in my office. Great shot, I pick this to take it all! My vote: 10+
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