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Sports surprise
I don’t miss shooting film, especially for sports. With digital I can see when I’ve got the photo I need. I can also stay later at night football and basketball game because I can transmit photos back to the newspaper on my laptop.
About the only thing you don’t get with digital is surprises. With film I never knew what I had until I saw the negatives. A great sports action picture I thought I shot might have been blocked by an umpire or another player. I also might find a good picture I didn’t know I had.
The following photo was a pleasant surprise that I found when looking at my images from a softball game in Goshen.
Having the ball and the bat in the air makes this a good photo. And I couldn’t see those details on the tiny screen on the back of my camera, especially without my glasses.