Softball weekend, so I was back on the field with the 70-200mm f2.8 to get shots. Saturday’s games were late, two under lights. Sunday started in heavy fog.

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Won’t get much love here on #pixelfed but of all the softball photos I take (and I shot almost 1,000 today in two scrimmage games), these catcher shots with the dust cloud coming from the glove are my favorites.

The trick to these with the Canon R7 is electronic first curtain (to avoid rolling shutter distortion of the bats and ball, less of an issue for this shot), 1/2500 sec shutter speed and let the camera worry about aperture and ISO (this ended up at f/3.2 and ISO 200).

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Sports photos never do well on here in terms of likes, but when I am taking softball photos on a dirt field, I love these catcher shots with the cloud of dust released from their glove as the ball hits.

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While not my preferred genre, I have been taking softball photos for my daughter’s team. This weekend we stopped by one of her friend’s games and I snapped some shots through the fence in the golden hour. (Normally my shots are from the field side of the fence in the harsh midday sun or looking directly into the rising sun 😢).

This catcher with her bright yellow gear stood out in the golden light and I snapped quite a few photos of her. I’ve not seen the yellow gear before, but I like it!

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