Path: ...!news.misty.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: sobriquet <dohduhdah@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: rec.photo.digital
Subject: Re: Timing - know your subject - Olympics
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 20:15:04 +0200
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 51
Message-ID: <v8gjb8$29to2$1@dont-email.me>
References: <4p5qO.12854$Ymbe.2761@fx37.iad> <v8c749$1dcdp$1@dont-email.me>
 <f6MqO.2588$2yaa.1360@fx42.iad>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 20:15:05 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="11591ce5d7fcf3fda0e0750b600b1f2b";
	logging-data="2422530"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Bn6cFtl+p8pSWdsk21lZAdQqlGa2sG6g="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:m8g4n9hXHN9JqhZbYKRbpT4zG1c=
Content-Language: nl, en-US
In-Reply-To: <f6MqO.2588$2yaa.1360@fx42.iad>
Bytes: 3450

Op 01/08/2024 om 15:30 schreef Alan Browne:
> On 2024-07-30 22:22, sobriquet wrote:
>> Op 30/07/2024 om 14:55 schreef Alan Browne:
>>>
>>>  From the surfing competition (taking place about 16,000 km from Paris).
>>>
>>> Monday, the famous waves of Teahupo’o gave Gabriel Medina a ride to 
>>> remember. The Brazilian star made the most of the moment — as did a 
>>> photographer who caught Medina in a remarkable pose of celebration.
>>>
>>> The image, captured by Jerome Brouillet for Agence France-Presse, 
>>> showed Medina and his tethered board appearing to perform parallel 
>>> levitations above the South Pacific Ocean. Rather than a scene of 
>>> serenity, however, the photo told a striking tale of the Olympics’ 
>>> competitive spirit, given that Medina was using his right arm and 
>>> raised index finger to make a “No. 1” gesture while in midair.
>>>
>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5TTUYT33WZ2KOLF2JVXOVWWU2I_size-normalized.jpg&w=1200
>>>
>>> “I was not surprised about that, I was prepared,” the 39-year-old 
>>> photographer, who has been shooting surfing and other sports for most 
>>> of a decade, said in a phone interview Monday evening. “I and the 
>>> other photographers on the boat were supposing he was going to make a 
>>> kick-out, and that’s what he did.
>>> “So I pushed the button,” he added with a laugh.
>>>
>>> <WaPo>
>>>
>>> Alas - there is no technical detail in the image file that I DL'd.
>>> Elsewhere perhaps.
>>>
>>> As to the location, the surf conditions there are exceptionally 
>>> compact and fierce.  Fro shore you would barely know there were big 
>>> surf-able waves.
>>>
>>
>> Looks like an iconic pic.. on X there is a version with better quality:
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/Gf8sdcY.jpeg
>>
>> The clouds under his feet look kinda weird.. almost like he's standing 
>> on a platform.
> 
> This was the best take of several (per the photog).  Can't control every 
> element.  Some say that cloud is "proof" that the photo was 'shopped. 
> (And it manifestly was not - there is video of the event).
> 

Clouds can be weird.. saw this pic on fb today (supposedly not manipulated):

https://i.imgur.com/DqtmqjX.png