It's that Time of Year Again... by kwind

It's that Time of Year Again...

It's baseball season and today was my son's first "prospects" team game. Prospects is more competitive than "house" ball and has the boys playing double headers every Sunday against out of town teams. Here's my soon to be 13 year old pitching. I left the house at 10:45am and didn't get home until 5:30pm. Then did a quick edit of 450 pictures (got it down to 120 pics) and sent the good ones out to the team. It's now 9:00pm and my eyes need a break. I'm off to watch Outlander and will catch up with you all tomorrow! Hope you had a great weekend.
Awesome capture Kim - he looks so determined to pitch the perfect ball.
April 18th, 2016  
Fabulous capture! Good luck to them on their season.
April 18th, 2016  
this is a brilliant action image Kim!
April 18th, 2016  
My sport is baseball.....from Little League to Majors. Love this shot. Great action. Hope is was a strike.
April 18th, 2016  
Looks like serious stuff!
April 18th, 2016  
This captures the moment perfectly.
April 18th, 2016  
This is a fab shot. Love the action and perfectly focused.
April 18th, 2016  
Super capture of your boy in action! Nicely done.
April 18th, 2016  
A super action shot !
April 18th, 2016  
Awssome, action capture. Good luck to your son and team. You certainly captured the moment!
April 18th, 2016  
A study of concentration.
April 18th, 2016  
Looks so concentrated. This is a Super action shot & I like it in b/w
April 18th, 2016  
Fantastic shot
April 18th, 2016  
Wonderful action shot!! Love the expression on his face!! I am going to my first baseball game on 6th May with Taffy and her husband Jim - Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs. A whole new experience for me - so excited!! Fav for your great image!!
April 18th, 2016  
Fantastic action shot and perfect in mono. Fav
April 18th, 2016  
Superb action shot. He has a very determined look on his face!
April 18th, 2016  
Great action shot. Love the look on his face - great concentration.
April 18th, 2016  
Super action shot, love the look of determination on his face.
April 18th, 2016  
Fantastic shot!
April 18th, 2016  
super action shot - love that concentration on his face
April 18th, 2016  
that is an awesome shot of of your son, these are the photographs we will treasure the most!
April 18th, 2016  
great freezing of action
April 18th, 2016  
Fantastic shot!
April 18th, 2016  
Great action shot!
April 18th, 2016  
Fantastic action capture!love his expression!Fav!
April 18th, 2016  
Great action shot!
April 18th, 2016  
Excellent action shot and I love how the B&W effect brings out the details.
April 18th, 2016  
Wow great action shot and cool in b&w
April 18th, 2016  
Great action capture
April 18th, 2016  
Excellent b/w action shot
April 18th, 2016  
A super action capture
April 18th, 2016  
Perfect capture of the moment. Fav.
April 18th, 2016  
Lovely action capture, there is a lot of determination in his face. FAV
April 18th, 2016  
Love that concentration. Fav
April 18th, 2016  
Cool capture Kim. How did you edit them so quickly?? Do you use Lightroom? Sounds like a busy summer for you guys then. Is your daughter still swimming?
April 18th, 2016  
Great capture.
April 18th, 2016  
A great action b&w capture!
April 18th, 2016  
Nice capture and the look of determination/concentration of his face is really great
April 18th, 2016  
fabulous action shot! works so well in b&w!
April 18th, 2016  
Great action shot
April 18th, 2016  
Beautiful sport action shot.
April 18th, 2016  
Superb action photo - love the expression on your son's face - perfect
April 18th, 2016  
Great action shot
April 18th, 2016  
A great action capture!! FAV
April 18th, 2016  
Love the determined face, great shot!
April 18th, 2016  
love this! Great action and movement and bw
April 18th, 2016  
awesome timing! love his concentration! brilliant
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April 18th, 2016  
That's a great shot, your son looks like a natural!
April 18th, 2016  
Perfect focus, great action shot.
April 18th, 2016  
@kiwichick I'm brutal when I edit baseball shots. I only keep the best and they must be focused! I went from 500 to 250 shots in about five minutes. I do my first purge as I look at each one. If it's blurry or doesn't grab me it's gone! Then I do a second look and eliminate ones that are similar. Then on my third I start to straighten, crop, etc. I don't do much fancy editing as the parents are happy with any and all. When it's my kid or one that I really like I'll spend more time on it processing. I use Aperture to edit. Kennedy doesn't swim competitively anymore and Gage doesn't do it at all. Ball should take us to the beginning of August (assuming he makes the July rep team).
April 18th, 2016  
Those parents and kids will really appreciate those pictures. I did that back in my track team (and football games) days when it was still film - and I've been retired 13 years and had stopped that at least 5 years earlier. Still have kids and parents stop me to tell me they still have the pictures and how much they enjoy them. Guess I was taking kids pictures since the mid 70's. You're really good at catching the action - this is terrific in b&w.
April 18th, 2016  
A very great action shot, such expression. I'm sure the other parents must really appreciate your efforts.
April 19th, 2016  
Nice of you to do for the team. REALLY nice. A priceless gift. This is perfect timing on the pitch too. The season will be amazing I am sure!
April 19th, 2016  
Awesome action shot. Love that you send out pictures to the team. How very kind of you to give them such a gift!
April 19th, 2016  
such a great action shot of your son!
April 19th, 2016  
Super action shot, love the expression on his face. Have you read the Outlander books?
April 20th, 2016  
@ukandie1 I've read them all... Three separate times! They are fabulous.
April 20th, 2016  
@kwind Me too :)
April 20th, 2016  
Fabulous action capture -- and a great expression.
April 20th, 2016  
Absolutely fabulous shot xx
April 20th, 2016  
Nice shot - love the expression!
April 21st, 2016  
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