Watching the Game

For the nifty-fifty sooc theme -- taken on my walk home, after photographing the fountain, I decided my camera would be okay in the rain a few more minutes when I saw all the people with umbrellas at the park watching their kids play baseball. Set the aperture at 1.4 to go for a very shallow dof so none of the kid's faces would show...wouldn't have mattered, clearly!

[Hope D Jennings]

Love this pov! What a cool image!

[April]

I really like this composition, with the curve of blue, the lines of red, and the squares of green.

[Lisa Poland]

Great POV! The weather seems to be quite different there.

[Loopy-Lou]

Great shot

[8yearson]

I love my nifty fifty but often forget to use it.... Gorgeous dof created here and good detail on the sodden spectator!

[Osia Strasner]

Wonderful POV and DOF....those are dedicated parents! Same here with the nifty fifty....I always feel so limited with it... :-(

[Newbank Lass]

Wonderful shot. Looks like it captures the essence of the mood.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Aah ! I like it

[Maggiemae]

Makes a good and colourful photo! Good for the parents still out there!

[mikeharris]

Well seen, good shot.

[Joan Robillard]

Remember sitting in the rain watching my grandnephew play baseball. Sports parents are amazing.

[Alison]

Lovely shot, although I really want it to be a touch sharper? Great idea though.

[Annie D]

I have watched in the rain many a time - gorgeous capture

[Margaret Obey]

I love the watching figure in the foreground

[Emiko]

This is lovely shot! Hope your camera is ok...

[Babs]

Great capture and it tells such a story. Love the rain on the umbrella.

[Leana Niemand]

Great POV and a lovely shot.

[Richard Hickey]

Incredible picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Lin]

Fabulous pov and dof.

[Rosie Kerr]

Dedicated parents... it takes me back. I love rain on umbrellas.

[megan]

Great capture! Be careful in the rain though....I ruined a camera that way!

[Penny Price]

Love this shot. Nice comp and great use of DOF.

[Simply Amanda]

Super dof here.

[june milner]

Thought it must be England with all that rain. Nice shot

[Pam Knowler]

Great capture!! Those poor parents!!

[robbynmarie]

Rain, umbrella, togetherness, sports. Great shot.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's not always great to stand and watch a game in the rain, but boy is it important for the kids! Great catch.

[Angelieke]

Great capture!

[Gena Pegg]

Oh boy..do I relate to this. It is not far off iin our future. Great capture. The comp, colors and focus are lovely.

[Kathie]

Great capture. Makes you feel like you're there.

[Kathleen Hickey]

Wonderful slice of life! Anyone with kids can relate.

[Taffy]

@khrunner Thanks Kathleen! This is on the opposite corner of front window and it always impresses me to see the parents and other family/friends out there in all kinds of weather watching their kids play.

[Shanne]

this is very effective - I like the way it uses the dof of the nifty fifty to produce an interesting image

[Sandy]

Lovely colorful composition.

[Junko Y]

Well composed snap of a loooooong time in those parents' time in the rain. I had a super-huge "golf" umbrella I used for watching sporting events in the rain, but never took a chair along.