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Olympic Hockey
Jeanine Leech, Photographer
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South Park | PA | United States | Posted: 9:07 AM on 02.25.10 |
->> Anyone notice the photographers (seen in lower left corner of my TV screen when it pans left) using some sort of foam core or cardboard attached to the end of their lens? Why? What is the purpose?
There doesn't appear to be holes in the glass for the photographers to shoot. They are shooting through the plex.... |
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Carlos Gonzalez, Photographer
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Minneapolis | MN | USA | Posted: 9:16 AM on 02.25.10 |
| ->> When you are shooting through the glass you often get reflection of things behind you (the fans). The cardboard and/or gaffer tape setup helps eliminate those reflections. |
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Jeanine Leech, Photographer
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Jean Levac, Photographer
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ottawa | on | canada | Posted: 12:22 PM on 02.25.10 |
| ->> Yes we use them to cut down the reflections. They are pretty bad in here. |
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G.J. McCarthy, Photographer
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Dallas | TX | US | Posted: 12:30 PM on 02.25.10 |
->> If any of you folks want to know what it's like to shoot ice level hockey here in Vancouver, take a piece of saran wrap, wad it up a few times (go ahead and lick it for good measure), then wrap it over the front of your lens and try to get some shooting done.
Or, skip that and just have a colleague kick you in the nuts a good two or three times.
That's pretty much it. Welcome to the big leagues!!
- gerry - |
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Jeanine Leech, Photographer
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South Park | PA | United States | Posted: 1:21 PM on 02.25.10 |
| ->> Despite the "saran wrap" in front, I think you guys are getting great shots. I've shoot behind the plexi before and mine are not as clear and vivid as the ones I've seen from Vancouver. |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 1:28 PM on 02.25.10 |
| ->> GJ I'd like to try.....can you call my ex and ask to get my nuts back first though. |
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Gregory Greene, Photographer
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Durham | NH | USA | Posted: 1:57 PM on 02.25.10 |
->> Agree with Jeanine on the quality of photos from Vancouver.
That one of Ryan flipped in the air was so crisp and the
colors are so vivid it's hard to believe it's through the
plexiglass. Do they clean the glass for photographers at
the Olympics?
I'm usually shooting through smudges and puck marks which
have far more influence on the end result then any kind of
light reflections. I'm shooting from the causeways though
with no fans directly behind me who might have a pocket
cam with a flash. |
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Thomas B. Shea, Photographer
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Pearland/Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 2:10 PM on 02.25.10 |
| ->> I remember seeing that hip check in yesterdays game and thinking, that is going to make a great photo. Wally nailed it. |
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