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Bronx teenager playing baseball

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Bronx teenager playing baseball

Christopher Lucka (New York City, New York)
Photographed March 2010, New York City, New York

“It was dusk and the shadows were long and elongated, and I was captivated by the shadows of the players,” Lucka recalls of the fenced-in Bronx sports court where several teenagers were playing baseball. “There was enough light to get the ball in mid-motion. It’s one of my favorite photographs, to this day.”
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Thank you for the comments. I appreciate all of them. If any of you wish to see more of my work, then follow the link below. They're pretty varied in content. I have a website but it's not very good... I'm shooting in El Paso now, but I have quite a few shots from my New York period: Street Photography, Portraits, Experimental works. I keep in line with that style, currently.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sainthuck/

Posted by Christopher Lucka on July 1,2011 | 06:02 PM

i love silhouettes. They can be about any person - not just one identifiable person. I love this shot because it shows me what my eye can't see; my eye sees the arc of the ball as it moves; the camera stops that ball in motion, showing me something only the camera can do. (I like blurring that denotes action too.}

The composition, w/ 3 objects to catch your eye, is very pleasing.

Posted by beverly chethik on June 30,2011 | 01:28 PM

Yes, Americana. It is spontaneous, has a blank slate, hope, the batter is unimpeded, the future is glaring in as the sun glares. The batter has a concentrated and determined expression as he balances the motion of his bat against the coming ball. I expect a swing and a hit, but the photo is taken at the moment that it posesses only the probability of the future. The black and white makes the subjects more powerful.

Posted by Margaret on April 10,2011 | 01:16 PM

Ball, batter, shadow -- an instant perfectly captured. Admirable eye!

Posted by Harold Freeman on March 3,2011 | 07:23 PM



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