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Swing and a Miss

Swing and a Miss

Some friends were playing in a slow pitch softball tournament and they wanted some photos of the event. They asked me to shoot the photos. I welcomed the opport...
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Some friends were playing in a slow pitch softball tournament and they wanted some photos of the event. They asked me to shoot the photos. I welcomed the opportunity to shoot some action shots and to improve my people photo skills.
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camera

NIKON D500

settings

settings

Aperture 8/1 ISO 320 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 150/1

upload_date

upload_date

Aug, 2017

Views

138

Likes

+6

Awards

Winner in BACKYARD SPORTS Photo Challenge

Top Choice

Peer Award

Magnificent Capture

Virtuoso

Top Ranks

Top 30 rank week 1

Categories

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It may be a swing and a miss, but it was a winning shot... Congratulations on your Backyard Sports Award.

thank you very much for your thoughts and kind words Terrance.

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