Jonathan Poritsky

Jayson Werth crosses the plate after his homer gave the Phils a 3–0 lead. (John Heller/AP)

As I’ve been hon­ing my pho­to­graphic skills, I’ve started to notice the great pho­tog­ra­phy that sur­rounds us more and more. While perus­ing the Phillies web­site today, I noticed this crop of Jayson Werth. I love grain in pho­tos. While film grain is my true love, dig­i­tal grain has found a place in my heart recently. A clean chip and a nice lens will let you make some really nice crops, and this one is no exception.

I par­tic­u­larly like that this pic just looks dirty, like it was peeled off a frat house floor, how­ever we are not unable to look at the pic. Werth’s is obvi­ously focused on run­ning, but the pic cuts through to some of his emo­tions. This is a team that works its ass off and has incred­i­ble bats, but the pitch­ing can never hold on to the leads which the slug­gers pro­vide. As Werth runs out his homer, you an see almost a trep­i­da­tion that pitcher Adam Eaton won’t pro­tect the lead he has provided.

The game rapidly turned from 6–0 to 6–5, so Werth would have a point. In any evet, it’s a great pic and I wanted to share it with you folks.