This is a still time-lapse image (???) showing some of the action in a game between two teams that belong to the Vintage Base Ball Association. They follow the base ball (not "baseball" at the time) rules of the mid-1800s. Back then, pitching was done underhand, and the players didn't use gloves. The only official stood well behind the catcher and didn't voice his opinion on anything unless the players couldn't resolve it on their own.
Nikon D3S on a tripod and in burst mode and aperture priority, f/11, shutter speed from 1/500 to 1/800 sec, ISO 1000
processing
- Five shots were chosen from the sequence of well over 20 and layered with the earliest on the bottom. The second layer had the player when he was farthest from the base. Because he was masked to 50 percent opacity, there needed to be a first layer with grass below him. The second layer and the third, which had the baserunner masked to 75 percent opacity, were both given a motion blur treatment. The fourth layer players (baserunner and, I think, it was the shortstop covering third) were at about 85 percent opacity. The foreground players are at full opacity. It is the second layer that shows the background.
- Topaz Simplify -- Watercolor II
- Alien Skin Snap Art -- Watercolor, Color blend mode
- two textures from Flypaper Textures -- Darker Color and Color blend modes, reduced opacities, partially masked from foreground figures
- Alien Skin Exposure -- aging of paper
- Nik Color Efex -- Darken/Lighten Center
- copy of Snap Art Watercolor layer -- Saturation blend mode
- two more textures from Flypaper Textures -- Multiply (aging and vignetting) and Color (increased warmth) blend modes, reduced opacities, no masking
- four B&W layers -- two Fractalius, one Snap Art Stylize Line Art, one Simplify edges, all at Multiply blend mode and reduced opacity and minimally masked
