Rough day at the office.

ronlane · Apr 10, 2022

Even though they won 12-5. So good to be back at the ballpark and shooting again. It's been a couple of years since I was able to shoot minor league ball.

terri · Apr 10, 2022

This looks heavily processed - but I like it! You definitely captured the player's post-game exhaustion.

Glad you were able to make it out!

smoke665 · Apr 10, 2022

To me there are two types of photography, one that records a scene and one that displays the essence of the scene. IMO it's not fair to compare them, any more than you'd compare a photo to a painting. I think you made an excellent choice here.

ronlane · Apr 10, 2022

terri said:
This looks heavily processed - but I like it! You definitely captured the player's post-game exhaustion.

Glad you were able to make it out!

It's not heavily processed. This was late in the game about 6-7th inning and this player was done for the night. The dugout is not lit well at all and I shot it a little underexposed.

Now I did process it much more than I would if I were delivering to a client, wireservice or paper but that is the art of it and my creative license at work.

smoke665 said:
To me there are two types of photography, one that records a scene and one that displays the essence of the scene. IMO it's not fair to compare them, any more than you'd compare a photo to a painting. I think you made an excellent choice here.

Thanks Smoke. Since I was shooting for the team, I shot to 2 cards and gave them a card that was unprocessed. The images I kept, I took the liberty of processing in a different way.

SquarePeg · Apr 11, 2022

I like this a lot. Even without the title you know he’s having a tough day.

You give the team unedited images?

ronlane · Apr 11, 2022

SquarePeg said:
I like this a lot. Even without the title you know he’s having a tough day.

You give the team unedited images?

Thank you.

carlosalberto · Apr 11, 2022

excellent shot! I like what it conveys!

jeffashman · Apr 12, 2022

Very nice shot!

Dean_Gretsch · Apr 13, 2022

Ron, in my humble, nonvaluable opinion, this is my favorite ever from you. I love the lighting and the subject is just wonderful. Nominated for April POTM.

ronlane · Apr 13, 2022

Dean_Gretsch said:
Ron, in my humble, nonvaluable opinion, this is my favorite ever from you. I love the lighting and the subject is just wonderful. Nominated for April POTM.

Thank you Dean. Even I get lucky once is a great while.

Jeff15 · Apr 13, 2022

Very good shot.....

slat · Apr 17, 2022

A perfect title to for the moment. Nice shot.

Red Wolf · May 6, 2023

ronlane said:
Even though they won 12-5. So good to be back at the ballpark and shooting again. It's been a couple of years since I was able to shoot minor league ball.

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Great photo. You captured the moment beautifully and finished it to be true to the feeling of the moment. Nice work.