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The Race

Fantastic!

I like the subtle lighting, the foreground elements drawing you into the photo, and you captured quite a powerful moment.
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Good stuff. It wasn't that dark in real life, was it?
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Almost. I stopped down a bit so I wouldn't blow out the highlights on the swimmers' legs and in the pool, but without that window lighting (from behind me and to my left) I wouldn't have been able to get a shutter speed high enough to freeze them. I think I was shooting 1/1000 @ f/3.5 ISO1600. That pool has super high ceilings and the lighting is about 50 years old.

Originally posted by: ivan2
great shot, was that like a remote flash or something?
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All the highlights in the foreground are natural window light. 🙂


Here's another from the same swim meet. This was my first time ever shooting swimming; I may have to go again and set up remote flashes next time.
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...09/012509-sports01.jpg



Thanks for the comments!
 
Nicely done, oh man, I have so much to learn and play with my D40x.

Little by little, I just need to practice more.

Regards

Eltano
 
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