Monday, August 28, 2006

Maria Sharapova at US Open

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  1. This is a world-class tennis player caught [perhaps the word shot would be more appropriate] in the act by a world-class photographer. Did you get hit by the tennis ball? I like your pix.

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  2. I wish I were world class.

    The pictures were heavily cropped as my lens can't reach that far. Shooting tennis, I think you need at least 200mm, I think 200-400 would be nice if you were lucky to be on court side, like I was on that day. If you shoot from far above, you can forget about it.

    thanks for your compliments nevertheless.

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  3. Sounds like shooting tennis and playing tennis are equally challenging. I've got a Tamron 70-200mm lens for my FM2.

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  4. THAT'S something totally new to me. You have a 70-200.

    Are you secretly hiding it somewhere?

    Come on, load some film and take some pictures.

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  5. Yes, it's buried deep down a rubbish mound in my study.

    Yep, man. I shall try to do just that if fungi have not started to colonize it.

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