This week, I'm on mlb.com

[dr4b]

Again, not really me, but one of my photos, this time of Rakuten pitcher Hiroshi Katayama.

AFL teams get help from Japanese pitchers

(Which I took last August.)

You know, I wonder if there's something wrong with my zoom lens or camera or just with me, because I feel like I took MUCH better photos last year than this year.

Comments

[februaryfour]

If you're talking about the quality of the pictures, I smacked/dropped my camera a few too many times and got horrid pictures by the end of the camera's life. If you're talking about framing... er, Photoshop is your friend (and I have it for you...)

[dr4b]

I have an SLR camera. If I dropped it and it affected the photos it would be because I broke the lens, but I don't THINK the lens is broken... but for all I know there is something wrong with it on the inside, maybe.

[zqfmbg.livejournal.com]

I guess I haven't been paying attention, but what do you think is wrong with your photos?

[sorakirei.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[dr4b]

I can't really explain it exactly -- but looking back on the photo set that that photo came from I'm like "Damn, those are good. Why haven't I taken anything recently that makes me proud like that?"

[zqfmbg.livejournal.com]

Ah. Seems unlikely to be an equipment problem, then, or else you'd be able to pin it down... like "it looks like I'm looking through a fishbowl", or "one corner is ALWAYS distorted weirdly". I'm not exactly good at this myself, but I'd suggest trying to figure out what it is about your older photos that is lacking with your more recent photos.

For me it's the other way around, but in the beginning I had next to no concept of filling the frame. These days I often still don't. :)

[ohhim.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall that last year you spent more time in the camera well, which gives you better angles (level/up with players, vs. down to action).

[isamum.livejournal.com]

That's a great pic!

I think what's troubling you is called composition and maybe exposure. ;) These are the two biggest bugaboos in photography.

[dr4b]

I don't think it's composition but it very well might be exposure.

Also all the filming through fences is getting to me, perhaps -- I haven't been making the effort to put the lens up to the fence this year because I don't want to piss people off.

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Also, are you comparing last year's best with this year's average?

[shoebox-bird.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[shandrew.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's really an excellent photo. Awesome work!