Thanks, Denise! I appreciate the kind words! When I am shooting sports, I’m usually at a very shallow depth of field as it focuses on the play at hand. The tag out photo — that is indeed the ball. In front of it is the poof of dust from where the ball hit the ground. My camera shoots 10 fps, so I always have it firing away when shooting sports. I probably had 10-15 shots from this sequence to pick from. Action photos are hard to leave out a bit because if you don’t really focus on the action, it can take away from it. So if it’s a wide shot, the full image might take away with what you are trying to capture. I do that sometimes, but more with the idea of showing action inside of something. Most places are very open to photos etc. There’s just a few who level restrictions, and even then it’s usually pretty lax.

I had the same kind of interference from security at a hockey game once. I was just trying to practice taking action photos and they made such a big deal of it. Irritating!

Thanks so much. I’ve always been an action photo nut, so when I get the chance I like to take advantage of it.

Thanks for the thoughts. I never think about tonal range in black and white and photos until somebody mentions it … and then I start looking closer at it!

It brings me back to when newspapers were great. Now, they tend to not be. Even with black and white.

Yes, they are all photos. That’s what happens in a photo challenge.

Thanks so much! 😀