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Wimbledon photographers

  • 25-06-2010 2:34pm
    #1
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys, there's a bit of a blog on the Wimbledon site about catching the right moment, mostly in regards to the historic match yesterday...
    "The eventual turning point came so quickly…," he recalls of the Isner v Mahut match. The main concern was to have the scoreboard clearly in the background as well as Isner reacting in euphoric relief. "Otherwise it could have been an Isner victory picture anywhere. As it happened, I framed it perfectly with the scoreboard and caught Isner falling backwards with his racket falling out of his hand."

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Comments

  • #2
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭swingking


    The EXIF on that picture shows the photog used an aperture of f4. Not sure how they managed to keep everything sharp.


  • #3
    Morrisseeee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Morrisseeee


    Well caught moment, but if I had been there, I think I would have liked to catch the crowd, as they gave a great reaction aswell.
    the photog used an aperture of f4. Not sure how they managed to keep everything sharp
    Looks grand to me, the background is slightly OOF. Remember he wanted to catch the scoreboard aswell ! He wouldn't have been too far away either, unlike at soccer/rugby games.


  • #4
    Thecageyone
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    Great shot. Right place, right time. Right idea.

    Don't sports photographers often use f/2.8?


  • #5
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    If the tog was 15 meters away f/4 @ 100mm will give a total dof of 4.19m, so that seems ok to me.

    The racket looks photoshopped in though!


  • #6
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Thecageyone wrote: »
    Don't sports photographers often use f/2.8?

    Often, but not always.

    With such tight access, he may have been using a 70-200mm lens, which may (or may not) have been f/4. With bright weather, he may have decided to shoot f/4 just to give a little extra clarity in the background, or because light increased, and rather than use a higher shutter speed, he increased the aperture. The only one who knows is the photographer.

    A very good shot, all the same.


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