Fenced In -- OUT!

Nice day in Grove City for GCC Baseball the other day -- albeit a bit cool. Took the D300 and my Nikon 80-400 AF-VR f/4.5-5.6 lens to the game. With the hood on, I just leaned on the fence and shot away, high-speed. An ISO of 640 was giving me 1/1000 sec. at f/8 so I turned off VR (vibration reduction.) I'm told that VR > 1/500 sec. slows down the image capture. Shooting through the fence (see it behind) did not hinder me. Got some good shots that day -- a different one of Cory here was used on the GCC sports Website. Same exposure data on the shot below (he was OUT!), but the focal length was only 86mm -- I cropped this image for a closer look.

Also sharpened it using the Unsharp Mask:

I've concluded that my 70-200 AF-VR f/2.8 is best for basketball, and the 80-400 with its reach is better for baseball. It's fast enough in good light, although I wish it were an AF-S lens for faster focus!