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Into the pool

Another one of those cases where I simply take too many pictures and the newspaper prints the ones I liked least.

I really should not give them so many options...but that's okay, I'll just post them on here.

This time it was the District 5-4A Swim Meet.

Now...it's been a looooooooong time since I've shot swimming...so, like jumping in a cold pool, it took me a while to adjust.

The newspaper ran a pair of swimmer photos from the breaststroke event.

Now, in my opinion, all swimming photos look the same unless you're underwater shooting...or directly above them. They are always splashing about and contorting their faces to breathe. It's pretty much par for the course.

The great swimming photos have a unique vision or angle...these are not great. It didn't help matters that I was trying to shoot in the equivalent a back-yard sauna. Walked in the door and my glasses stayed foggy for about 3 minutes.

Glass foggy...not that big a deal. Several thousand dollar camera lenses foggy...near panic sets in. Under the right conditions...fungus can actually grow INSIDE the camera lens. It's a death sentance for photographer equipment.

After about 20 minutes...my lenses were clear enough to shoot. Sort of.

It was dark in there...and I mean like, there were no lights and only the overcast light from the two walls of windows as the light source. Now, it was plenty bright enough to see with your own eyes, but every photographer knows that it's a world of difference between bright enough for your eyes and bright enough for sports.

Anyways, I made it work after playing around with the settings on the camera and the flash on a few of them. I have no doubt that I can shoot swimming now...but I don't want to shoot it there again.

Here are some of the ones that didn't make the paper....enjoy.

Jason Palmer/Times Record News
Hirschi senior Jacob Scott swims during the Boys 100-yard Butterfly during the District 5-4A Swimming Championships at the North Texas Rehab Pool Saturday afternoon.

Jason Palmer/Times Record News
Rider sophomore J.T. Ford won the Boys 500-yard Freestyle during the District 5-4A Swimming Championships at the North Texas Rehab Pool Saturday afternoon.

Jason Palmer/Times Record News
Old High junior Pedro Silva won the Boys 100-yard Backstroke event during the District 5-4A Swimming Championships at the North Texas Rehab Pool Saturday afternoon.

Jason Palmer/Times Record News
Old High junior Pedro Silva swims during the second heat of the Boys 100-yard Freestyle event during the District 5-4A Swimming Championships at the North Texas Rehab Pool Saturday afternoon.

Jason Palmer/Times Record News
Iowa Park senior Afton Geil won the Girls 500-yard Freestyle event at the District 5-4A Swimming Championships at the North Texas Rehab Pool Saturday afternoon.

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