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I finally got my chance to shoot baseball with a DSLR. Only had a 70mm lens so couldn't get any good, close action shots but I'll probably talk to Martyn, our other photographer, and see if I can get the 300mm lens back for a few games.

At the begining of the game, I was just shooting like any other game but decided I'd try and freeze the ball since I couldn't get any decent shots from how far away I was with the lens I had. Since I was the only photographer there and I wasn't really assigned to the game, I just took some useable shots and just messed around trying new things.

Getting the ball in the frame was SO MUCH easier with the DSLR rather than the Panasonic Lumix FZ-20. Didn't have to worry about that horrible shutter lag and guess everything. Plus it was really nice to see what I'm shooting through the viewfinder.

I got the ball pretty frozen in a few since I just bumped the ISO up. I think the shutter speed was 4000 or 1250 or something. I've seen a few shots where the balls in focus with a head on shot from the pitcher. I'd like to get something like that. Not sure if the D70 can do that but I'll try once I get that 300mm lens.

Some other things I was doing was this shot, just getting some of the batter on deck warming up. This one, I'm pretty sure I bumped up the ISO so I could freeze the ball right in front of the batter (22) Decided it looked better in black and white. Honestly, I never know what really looks better. My personal preference I guess. I guess it just looks different. I took a few more like this from a few angles. Thing I hated was the sky. I had the shutter speed up pretty high and the sky kept comming out overexposed so all the sky is white.

Before I got kicked out of my spot near the visitors team dugout, I took a few of the sky using P mode (whatever that is) You can see the sky pretty well. I guess I just need to wait for a nice sunny day with a few clouds. Weather sucks this week. Nothing but overcast and rain. If I could zoom in closer, wouldn't have to worry about the sky. Probably up the angle too and get more field and less sky.

Maybe a track meet this weekend but not likely, probably just more baseball.

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Every Tuesday, we have SGA (Student Government Association) meetings. Its steady money but not the most exciting part of my week. I try to find new things to do in there. I guess people are kind of used to me being there and if anyones not, I don't really care.

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I went to jump practice today since I had some free time before my next assignment. I saw some new jump angles from TommyBoy on Flickr and decided I'd try some new ones. I liked how they turned out. I still haven't gotten a good landing shot though but i'll keep working. Maybe a high angle.