The Fellowship of the Red-Ringed Tupperware Party (11)

DDA wrote in post #5929796
Actually, the standing places were free entrance. You just had to pay to be seated along the main line. So I just went there and tried to find a "good spot". Unfortunately for me, there were many people and lots of press photographers. As I had a good angle, some of them always came in front of me (but I was to far away to be able to tell them anything and I would have lost my spot if I had moved...

Example: I had a great angle for the start of Oscar Pistorius. Of course, a press photographer brought a chair and climbed on it just 20m in front of me

You can see his back here

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oh, that's frustrating!! What an inspirational shot that would have been too!

Permagrin wrote in post #5929819
Fokeh is foreground blur
Bokeh is background

F*ckeh I didn't know that one!

Woolburr wrote in post #5929797
Are you trying to sell this thing to Permie as a self-portrait lens?

lol!!

DDA wrote in post #5929830
F*uckeh

Is that G&N blur?

Permagrin wrote in post #5929829
oh, that's frustrating!! What an inspirational shot that would have been too!

Well, it is frustrating! But I've got plenty of other shots of him... And although he did improve his personal best (46''25), it's not enough to qualify for the Games 400m. But he still has good chances to be taken in RSA 4x400 relay...

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I'm confused...why are all these people from other countries trying to make the Swiss Olympic team?

And here, I liked the faces of the people in the public. Especially the little girl in the front row

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Woolburr wrote in post #5929854
I'm confused...why are all these people from other countries trying to make the Swiss Olympic team?

They're not trying to make the Swiss Olympic team, they're trying to make their own country team. But it was the last competition before the deadline. So many of them came for a last chance...

Seing the emotion on the faces of the few who did make it was really great. You could see it was as if they had won a medal in an important championship...

As you can see, Sally McLellan (AUS) did make it (100m hurdles)

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Woolburr wrote in post #5929813
Bokeh refers to the characteristics of the out of focus areas of an image. Large aperture lenses tend to produce smoother, more visually appealing bokeh. The number of blades in the aperture also plays a major role as well....the more blades, the smoother the bokeh tends to be.

Oooh technical, thanks

Permagrin wrote in post #5929819
Fokeh is foreground blur
Bokeh is background

Gives a new meaning to "Hey look at that fokeh!"...just don't say it in public whilst pointing at people

In2Photos wrote in post #5929824
Bokeh refers to the quality of the OOF highlights. Lenses can exhibit good, neutral, or bad bokeh. Good bokeh is typically found when the outer edge of the highlight smoothly transitions to the edges. Bad bokeh typically has a hard ring around the highlight.

MFD is just over 7 feet.

Yes! It is subliminal. You weren't supposed to point that out!

Nice, thanks

DDA wrote in post #5929862
And here, I liked the faces of the people in the public. Especially the little girl in the front row

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Wonder what the woman at the top has dropped...(the one looking at the floor). Send your guesses on the back of a postcard...

DDA wrote in post #5929880
They're not trying to make the Swiss Olympic team, they're trying to make their own country team. But it was the last competition before the deadline. So many of them came for a last chance...

But there were some people from the US there -- and the US Olympic Track and Field trials were held in Oregon a few weeks ago... I guess I am confused...

DDA wrote in post #5929880

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That is a great shot that captures a lot of emotions

timbernet wrote in post #5929901
But there were some people from the US there -- and the US Olympic Track and Field trials were held in Oregon a few weeks ago... I guess I am confused...

There are lots of trials around the world to get into the respective Olympic teams.

DDA wrote in post #5929880
They're not trying to make the Swiss Olympic team, they're trying to make their own country team. But it was the last competition before the deadline. So many of them came for a last chance...

Seing the emotion on the faces of the few who did make it was really great. You could see it was as if they had won a medal in an important championship...

As you can see, Sally McLellan (AUS) did make it (100m hurdles)

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That one is nice Didier!

DDA wrote in post #5929880

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Great bokeh

(and emotion)

timbernet wrote in post #5929912
Great bokeh

(and emotion)

Nice teeth, too.

Didier, that last one is fantastic.

On another note...I just talked to Samy's (because the UPS guy has gone by w/no stop) and they WON'T give me the tracking number for my package. They say that they don't want people to re-route the package...I said "look if they deliver it elsewhere I'd like to know about it" and he said "you'll have to go through us". I've never bought from a business that won't give you your tracking number.