Home Run!

[edbook]

 I was in Bremerton for a meeting a couple days ago and driving by Lions Field I saw that there was a ball game happening.  I wasn't in a hurry but was in the mood for making some photographs.  I walked down to the field and liked the diamond grid produced and held my Canon G9 against a post and pushed the doohickey.  There's a delay between

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[lefin1]

With the point and shoot cameras, I've gotten into the habit of pressing the doohickey only slightly. That allows the camera time to pick a subject and focus. When I press it the rest of the way down, it takes a picture immediately. No delay. That has worked for several different brands of point and shoot cameras I own. The bad thing about point and shoot cameras is that, like your picture, it will focus on the chain link fence instead of what is behind it.

[edbook]

good point about using the half trigger... I usually use it when I can but not this time and I don't think it would have made much difference in this case...

When I was approaching the fence, I was thinking I would use the manual focus but decided I did want the focus on the diamond-shaped grid, I should have used both methods but the second batter was the last of the game and I was done before I was warmed up to the circumstances and conditions...

Peace

[lefin1]

Photographing sports, in my experience, is very difficult. But so are birds in flight. I was lucky today, and was able to capture a flock of pelicans on my morning commute.

[edbook]

I'd like to comment on your images here, critique if I might say