INDOOR SWIMMING
February 8, 2006
Indoor swimming is a real challenge sometimes. Be sure to allow anywhere from 5 min. to 15 min. for your camera to warm up and get used to the humidity. I’ve had lenses fog badly if I’ve left them in the cold car for a while before coming into the pool area. The light in indoor pools is usually dim. For example, this photo was shot at 1000 ISO, 1/200th sec., f.2.8, 17mm, Nikon D2-H. I got this swimmer on a turn, so he was sharp at a 200th. “Panning” the camera is difficult because swimmers are bobbing up and down, but you can sometimes catch other peak action when a swimmer comes to the surface for air in the breaststroke and butterfly. This crop is “loose” because the whole idea of the assignment was to show this temporary tent above an otherwise outdoor pool.
Caption: Tyler Adams, 15, made his turn during a practice lap on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2006 at the Lexington Dolphins practice under a tent-covered pool at the Cumberland Hills neighborhood club in Lexington.
I know exactly what you’re talking about David. I spent about thirty minutes inside that sauna on Wednesday afternoon.. Luckily I was only shooting a VOSOT, but nevertheless, I must have wiped the lens of my P2 camera fifteen times in order to capture 45 seconds of forgettable television.