Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I take it this means you won't be covering the games in 2010? :) AB On 2/13/06, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > Adam Bridge said & asked: > >>ps: I think diving shots from Barcelona are like sunsets: cheating. It > may have been the most fabulous backdrop for diving I have ever seen. > That's NOT to take away from the image you posted, by the way. <grin> > Did you feel that way shooting it?<<<< > > Hi Adam, > First off shooting diving out doors is the only place to really get the > best > photos without air duct pipes, ceilings and whatever heating-air > conditioning systems creating distracting backgrounds when shooting indoor > pools. > > Barcelona was just incredible with the city as soft out of focus > background, > most of us were shooting ASA 100 film therefore at 2.8 or 4.0. the city > wasn't a distraction and actually added to the scene. > > I never thought about the background once we were into competition, simply > because the athlete's position in the dive is all that matters. Actually > this particular dive is a piece of cake to shoot with a 400mm lens. > > All you do is focus on the lead edge of the diving tower at the left, diver > walks up, get's mentally prepared, as soon as he starts to move a muscle > you > are locked on him through the viewfinder. > > You know the kind of dive he's going to perform so as soon as he lifts off > into the lay up, "click!" And that's it! :-) No more frames necessary > because once he leaves this position and drops away there are no pictures. > > Then all you do is tick his name off your list, while you power tan waiting > for the next diver. > > Oh it's a very tough life ... at times. Then? ;-) > > But Winter Olympics? That's a whole new set of rules and physical demands! > Do I miss them, winter games? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! :-) > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >