A Year in Photos

Photography, fiction, and personal essays form my three primary creative outlets. For this blog's first 18 months, I used it primarily for photography. As I've returned to creative writing, I'll use this blog for fiction, too. Sometimes, when reality needs to be discussed more than truth, I write personal essays.

This blog will continue to showcase as many above-average photos as I can muster. Hopefully my written work will be as good or better than the visual. Whichever drew you here -- photographs or fiction, I hope you enjoy both.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Giants Shutout the Dodgers (Part 2 of 2)

We started this week with photos from the June 27th Giants shutout of the Dodgers, so let's bookend the week with some more. We focused on pitching and fielding last time, so today we'll focus on sliding and batting. Did I have that planned? No, but it works. We'll end this set with the game's final out and the team's on-field celebration.


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I think that hit went foul.


In fairness to that guy, he did not swing that late. He did strike by totally whiffing the ball on that swing, so I don't feel to bad about photoshopping that ball in to add some drama. In the real pitch, the ball was off the frame. I copied that ball from another shot, gave it some motion blur to match the approximate motion blur on the bat, and that was that. So, yes, he missed, but he didn't swing super late.


Last strike of the game, and it was over.


It's time to celebrate.

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