Our family went to a Salt Lake Bees game on Monday night this week. Unfortunately the Bees pitching fell apart in the last 3 innings and they lost 12-3. Ouch. In addition, Nathan was complaining about a tooth ache the whole time and wanted to leave as soon as he got there. Double ouch. (He had two baby teeth pulled the next day – but that’s another story.) The game was actually pretty fun for a while though. The weather was great and it was nice for Kellie and I to be out of the house with the kids.
We sat about halfway between 3rd base and the left field wall. We weren’t very close to the action at home plate so I decided to take out my 70-300mm lens and see what I could do. I thought I’d post a few of the photos and explain my lessons learned:
- I was pleasantly surprised that the 70-300mm lens did a pretty good job of getting me closer to the action, and the photos turned out decent even as the light waned. I had to kick up the ISO settings to 1600 eventually and cropped some of the pictures a little since I was so far away.
- The color of light changes as the sun goes down and the stadium lights take over. Remember to check your white balance settings!
- In a game with a depressing score, taking photos of the crowd can still be fun.
- My photos probably would have turned out better if I had taken a monopod along (if I had one of course – donations are welcome.)