06-21-2006, 03:09 AM
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#1 | | Member
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| Photos of Flying Flickers at Flickershutter
I had the pleasure of shooting some amazing action on Sunday. These 137 photos are the keepers from just four bouts--one in the round of 8, the semis, and the final.
This gallery introduced the multi-camera technique for shots of both touches. In pro baskeball there are about 23 cameras, most on fixed mounts, that fire in unison (they must in order to catch the arena strobe illumination) whenever the master shooter squeezes off a frame. Such a system makes a lot of sense in fencing.
These photos were taken with a modified Sony DSC-R1. It's combination of fastest shutter lag among non-industrial cameras (a true 7mS, although I had it set to 12 mS because of some interfacing glitch), ease of handling, and excellent photo quality make it the first decent choice of camera for this application. http://flickershutter.com/June%2018,...HMF/index.html
Enjoy!
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06-21-2006, 03:24 AM
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#2 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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| Excellent photos, thanks! 
Were there more weapons than foil fenced? By the way, here's a great example of how names on jacket/lamés should not look.
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06-21-2006, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen By the way, here's a great example of how names on jacket/lamés should not look. |
too big ZZ? | 
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06-21-2006, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Excellent photos, thanks!
Were there more weapons than foil fenced? | It was only foil that day.
Hehehe, best shot of the set: http://flickershutter.com/June%2018,...ages/016g.html
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06-21-2006, 04:32 AM
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#5 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by downunder too big ZZ? | Not all capital letters, laddie. 
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06-21-2006, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Not all capital letters, laddie. | Wow, you're strict! Sure you're not German? 
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06-21-2006, 04:52 AM
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#7 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by OROD Wow, you're strict! Sure you're not German? | Very sure, thank you.
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06-21-2006, 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Not all capital letters, laddie. |
wow i actually didn't see that at all.
weird. | |
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06-21-2006, 05:06 AM
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#9 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by downunder wow i actually didn't see that at all.
weird. | Ooops. Actually, I messed up the link. This is the photo I meant, it's much more visible here: http://flickershutter.com/June%2018,...ages/072r.html
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06-21-2006, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen | ah yeah thats just a little clearer | |
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06-21-2006, 05:42 AM
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| That is some awesome camera work. Those are probably the coolest fencing pictures I've ever seen.
Seeing the blades at those exact moments is like watching a bullet impact against something in super slo mo. It's like another thing completely.
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06-21-2006, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen | Bad rule, too literal. His name would then look like it read Des-met; and get misspronounced by everyone. Might even miss a call to the strip over the PA system.
There are surely hundreds (if not thousands) of other names that need at least one lower case letter. | |
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06-21-2006, 08:26 AM
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| Interesting to see the 's' bending on impact of some of the touches.
I seem to remember someone on the forum did a study on flicking and came to the conclusion that the majority of his hits did the same thing and accounted for a number of non-registering hits.
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06-21-2006, 08:31 AM
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#14 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by JMcC Bad rule, too literal. His name would then look like it read Des-met; and get misspronounced by everyone. Might even miss a call to the strip over the PA system.
There are surely hundreds (if not thousands) of other names that need at least one lower case letter. | It should say "DE SMET", not "DeSMET" or "DESMET".
Not to be nitpicking, but there's a rule against lower case letters but no rule against adding a space between letters.
And I will not let myself be drawn into a rules discussion. I'm sorry I brought this up, now please enjoy the excellent photos instead!
(I certainly did, even though it was 'only' foil. )
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06-21-2006, 09:20 AM
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| Very cool pictures. Shows a lot of detail. I am starting a separate thread regarding rules that will link to some of the photos here.
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06-21-2006, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by JMcC Bad rule, too literal. His name would then look like it read Des-met; and get misspronounced by everyone. Might even miss a call to the strip over the PA system.
There are surely hundreds (if not thousands) of other names that need at least one lower case letter. | Agreed. I really don't see the point in prohibiting a single lower case letter with certain names.
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06-21-2006, 10:07 AM
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| Great photos, Bernie! Really nice work...
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06-21-2006, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by OROD | Yeah, that one's great, but I'd submit this one for the running for that title too. 
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06-21-2006, 12:20 PM
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| Depending on the landing, Red Card? | |
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06-21-2006, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen It should say "DE SMET", not "DeSMET" or "DESMET".
Not to be nitpicking, but there's a rule against lower case letters but no rule against adding a space between letters. | DESMET | |
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