Baseball 2009

I love baseball. So, as a photographer, naturally I like to take pictures of baseball. I had bought a new lens early in the year and wasn't to sure about when I would use it. On a beautiful day in early May I set up a chair in the garage near the overhead door. I used my black hoodie for the backdrop and set up my tripod. With the big door open, it let in tons of great natural light. And with the new lens (Canon 50mm, f/1.8) I had a lot of freedom in lighting this ball. This was shot at 1/3 sec, f/22 with no flash. I did some minor levels adjustments in Photoshop Elements 6. The fun part of this whole picture is that being early may, my birthday actually, the bees were starting to come out and check everything out. So while shooting this baseball I was also chasing bees around my garage with a cardboard box. I found they were living in my overhead door, coming in and out of an old hole that was right above my setup. After a little bit of great stuff foam, the bee problem was gone. This has gone on to become one of my very favorite still life shots and has been used to create other images. I'll post those also.