Monday HS Baseball

Normally I use a 300 f/2.8 lens. Today I took the 70-200 f/2.8 VR mounted on a D300. Shot in RAW, but I had to crop so much, I'll use a 300 next time.

Here are my efforts

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Is the baseman allowed to block access? I'd like to know the rules that apply. Also since when did they use concrete blocks for the base? With kids diving in, that doesn't seem such a bright idea? Or perhaps that concrete square is in fact a soft cushion!

In any case, I like the action shots.

Asher

On your lens choice, would you do better with a x1.4 on your 70-200 so you could frame the closer bases
or get the pitcher and several other bases in one shot? The 300mm might be rather tight, or not?

Is there a 100-400mm /Nikon lens too? That might seem a good choice as well.

Asher...

As far as I know, the baseman cannot totally block access to the base, which is not concrete.

I was thinking of the 1.4 TC, though it would put me a f/4...maybe it would still blur the background a bit?

That's the trouble with the 300....the shots are too tight.

Thanks for looking, and I appreciate the comments.

These look good to me. Unless you need big prints, some cropping should not be a big problem.
Home is where the catcher will often try to completely obstruct the runner. That has caused career ending colisions.
f/4 at 200+ should blur quite nicely. The old Minolta 70-210 f/4 has a cult following, mostly for the bokeh.