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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:29 pmLet me paint the scene...
My gym had a special competition this morning, followed by a barbeque. I went for the food
The first thing I realised when I walked in was that I should have taken my camera with me. There was excellent morning light from high windows and the "graffiti" on the brick walls in that light was amazing.
Fortunately, I did have my iPhone.
The iPhone has terrible shutter-lag, so timing was of the essence. Weightlifting is quite dynamic.
This is Jimmy, a dark-skinned Scotsman! The weight isn't terribly heavy, but he was doing multiple reps of the snatch movement - 21, 15, 9 - to make up a set.
I have done a B&W conversion and added some texture. Unfortunately the image reproduces a bit too dark here. Clicking through to the larger image may give a better result.
In the colour photograph is Marty. This is untouched from the iPhone except for a bit of sharpening. The vignette affect is from the natural window lighting as described earlier.
I decided not to clone out the weights, water bottles and skipping ropes because gyms are always untidy!
My gym had a special competition this morning, followed by a barbeque. I went for the food
The first thing I realised when I walked in was that I should have taken my camera with me. There was excellent morning light from high windows and the "graffiti" on the brick walls in that light was amazing.
Fortunately, I did have my iPhone.
The iPhone has terrible shutter-lag, so timing was of the essence. Weightlifting is quite dynamic.
This is Jimmy, a dark-skinned Scotsman! The weight isn't terribly heavy, but he was doing multiple reps of the snatch movement - 21, 15, 9 - to make up a set.
I have done a B&W conversion and added some texture. Unfortunately the image reproduces a bit too dark here. Clicking through to the larger image may give a better result.
In the colour photograph is Marty. This is untouched from the iPhone except for a bit of sharpening. The vignette affect is from the natural window lighting as described earlier.
I decided not to clone out the weights, water bottles and skipping ropes because gyms are always untidy!
