The Olympics photography thread

[London_Calling]

Haven't had time to hunt around too much but, to start things orf, here's a couple that stood out for me:



Surreal toy models (note the distance from the stands to the track):

Wide angle context:

wotcha got?

 

[Melinda]

Oooh there are some CRACKING ones on the ESPN site.

 

[London_Calling]

Show us.

 

[Melinda]

Im looking! Im looking! but Louis smith is going for the first ever GBR gymnastic medal!!!

E2a: He won bronze!

 

[Melinda]

 

[Melinda]

This one is Sports Illustrated



ESPN

 

[Melinda]

Micahel Phelps (left) out touching the Serbian Cavic in the 100m butterfly.

 

[London_Calling]

This is extraordinary, it's the one Phelps won (on the left) that he really shouldn't have - touching the wall (at the top of the frame) first, he won it my 1/100th of a second because the guy on the right glided the final inches to the wall:


Check it out:

 

[London_Calling]

LOL - beaten by 1/100th

 

[Melinda]

beat ya!

Great minds etc!

Its an amazing photo that Phelps should have framed and hung over his bed!



Cute one- the Williams sisters winning doubles gold!

 

[Melinda]

 

[London_Calling]

David Coleman: "Juantorena opens his legs and shows his class"

 

[Melinda]

I wonder if they've done it for the women's steeplechase!

 

[Melinda]

"A multiple-exposure image of Wang Feng and Qin Kai, who won the men's synchronized 3m springboard title to continue China's diving domination."





"A long shutter-exposure image of Chris Cowill and Jevon Tarantino, who placed fourth in the synchronized 3m springboard"


Are these too big? Im on a massive screen and cant see how big they come up.

 

[London_Calling]

They're fine, apart from the last one which looks like two dog turds.

 

[Melinda]

Persson Jorgen of Sweden

 

[Melinda]

They're fine, apart from the last one which looks like two dog turds.

We each see what we want to see!

 

[JTG]

Why's David Moyes playing table tennis?

 

[Melinda]

"Despite what this picture suggests, Chris Hoy WASN'T given half a lap's head start, he just rode very, very fast. "
From: www.cyclingweekly.co.uk

 

[London_Calling]

If you photoshop the ball out of that, it looks like he's reversed onto something long and girthsome.

 

[Melinda]

Rebecca Romero The amazing Laoshang velodrome




Nicole Cooke coming home victorious.

 

[CharlieAddict]

 

[CharlieAddict]

 

[Melinda]

^^^ Oooh!

 

[Melinda]

 

[Melinda]

One for Twisted!

 

[Firky]

Sports photography is almost as turgidly shite as athletics it's self.

 

[Melinda]

Sports photography is almost as turgidly shite as athletics it's self.

Or as predictable or your threads?

 

[London_Calling]

Sports photography is almost as turgidly shite as athletics it's self.

To borrow from others' observations about Cheesy:

me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

 

[London_Calling]

Tbh, that's not about photography, and it's not even at the Olympics, it's about promo.