irish times sports section

thebaz

3 great photos in the Irish Times Sports section in the broadsheet today :-

1. Front page photo of a fight at a GAA match in Meath - wondersfull overall phot - the expressions in the crowd .

2. Back page another superb photo of a Motor Cycle crash at GP yesterday.

3. The photo of rugby player Bob Casey -- i though good as well .

Maybe one day , i could take some shots like that , gotta aim high

B0rG

Well sports photographers have their big white tubes for a reason...

Paddy@CIRL

I dont have a big white tube and I've shot for the Times ....

I also got a 4 page article in New Car Magazine with two of those pages having one shot from a 350D with a 50 1.8 ...

thebaz

Out of curiosity and ignorance what is the white tube -- some kind of reflector or a stabiliser for the long zoom ?

Peteee

thebaz wrote:

Out of curiosity and ignorance what is the white tube -- some kind of reflector or a stabiliser for the long zoom ?

From Wikipedia

"Larger sized L-lenses, such as the 70-200mm and 100-400mm zooms and longer focal length primes (300mm+), usually have an off-white barrel (sometimes referred to as the color "putty") to reduce heat absorption under the sun that may otherwise affect the performance of the lens, as well as to identify Canon's lenses, for example at sporting events."

Basically, they are huge ass Canon lenses! Painted white they dont absorb as much heat, and thus it keeps the optics cooler

Junior

Paddy@CIRL wrote:

I dont have a big white tube and I've shot for the Times ....

I also got a 4 page article in New Car Magazine with two of those pages having one shot from a 350D with a 50 1.8 ...

Yeah but I do