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16-OCT-2004 MisterMax

Strike 1 *
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Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

In the background, the Smith Memorial to Pennsylvania officers from the Civil War.

Foreground, the stump of a tree that went down in one of the two "thousand year" storms last fall.

Why the boy and his father thought this was a good place for batting practice, I don't know.

Canon PowerShot S400
1/500s f/7.1 at 9.1mm hide exif
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Date/Time16-Oct-2004 13:17:10
MakeCanon
ModelPowerShot S400
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length9.1 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/7.1
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-0.67
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest 16-May-2005 22:38
off topic comment, but... dangerous endeavor...with soccer shoes the kid could have been slipped right down the stump...
Mister Max16-May-2005 21:36
Here's the play by play, Abs: Kid and father come from a soccer game on the nearby field. Father decides baseball may be a better sport for the kid and takes him for batting practice. Father seems to have the theory that standing in a tilted batter's box will help his swing. Father, who is off screen to the left pitches a tennis ball. Kid doesn't have the arm strength to swing with his hands together. He swings (righthanded), I shoot. He misses by a mile. Another pitch; he misses again. They leave, declining my offer to send them a copy of the picture.
ctfchallenge16-May-2005 15:51
i like this even better now. -Abstract
btw i didnt understand his swing...right hand is at bottom so if i understand correctly...he was facing you, you threw the ball, he missed the shot and you clicked the photo...right?
Guest 16-May-2005 15:31
MisterMax, now it looks better for me. Well done, excellent catch of the moment.
ctfchallenge16-May-2005 12:30
Abs, you're right, it is better when I remove the stump.
Before I took this, I was photographing the stump; when the batter took his position on the stump, I didn't change my view - I still saw the stump, now with a boy. But this challenge is about proportion, not about stumps, so the stump is gone.
Guest 16-May-2005 00:29
Excellent. I agree with Abs, cropping out the bottom would emphasize the disproportion.
ctfchallenge14-May-2005 06:32
i like this one, especially the ball.
btw, you can emphasize the disproportional feeling by croping from the bottom. that space kind of gives away the distance between subject. just my 2 cents. -Abstract