Where's the ball?

Yesterday we were walking around Tampere and on our way to a market about 2 kilometers from our home. Incredibly nice weather, no hurry and of course I had my camera with me. It's that time of the year again. I can't go anywhere without my camera because if I do, everything that I have ever dreamt to photograph, instantly shows itself and comes to gloat at me. Right under my nose. And then there's me. Without my camera.

So I definitely had my camera with me. We were in Kaleva, Tampere district and for the first time in my life I saw someone play Cricket. I have seen it on TV of course, but not live. "Well this is a fine opportunity for me to practice my sports photography", I thought.

It's a good thing that the sun was shining so I could play more with the shutter speed and aperture. What I learned again was that photographing is hard. Sports photographing is hard. The cameras lens which I had with me, was at its maximum focal length (270 mm) all the time and I was as close as I could. Maybe in the future I need a better long-focus lens for events like this.

I did not get the kind of photos which I could be exceptionally proud of. But I'll post these here anyway because something happened when I was photographing. These photos could be in the same category as the Is there a contest for almost perfect photos?

All you have to do is follow the ball. So where is it?