Baseball C & C please

[LLD]

Capturing the action is one thing but capturing more "posed" photos and making them look as natural as possible is my goal here.
I took another one of older boys that I think would have been really good but there's a lady with stringy hair in the background that I did not see when I went to capture the shot. I was totally green at that time but now my camera eye sees those things a little more. What do you think?

 

[Mr_Mac]

I like the shot (not just because I too am a Cardinals fan) but the faces need some fill light. The pose seems good though the youngun' in the middle reminds me of kids taking their own pictures with a cell phone.

 

[.SimO.]

Agreed with Mr. Mac. Maybe even having them hold the batting helmets might have lit up their tones a bit more. Not sure if that would have worked but I most certainly would try something silly like that.

it does seem like light is available I'm assuming they are under the dugout portion that has cover? I can see a sharp light to shadow line across the center childs hat.

 

[Designer]

Yup, strange as it seems; you need flash in the daytime! Most cameras will include a control feature to trigger the flash as "fill".

Pose fairly good, but watch for the bill of the cap over the boy's eye.