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p.1 #1 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Just wow. Amazing shots

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/2008_olympics_opening_ceremony.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/destinationbeijing/photos/galleryid=183709.html

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Aug 08, 2008 at 05:03 PM

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p.1 #2 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

After seeing those shots I can't wait to see this on TV tonight...all 4 hours of it.

Aug 08, 2008 at 05:05 PM

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p.1 #3 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Wow... what spectacular photos! They give me goosebumps, not to mention an even greater sense of appreciation for and enjoyment of traditional Chinese culture.

Aug 08, 2008 at 05:54 PM

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p.1 #4 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Holy smoke! What awesome images! Taken with Canon gear?

Aug 08, 2008 at 05:58 PM

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p.1 #5 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

AGeoJO wrote:
Holy smoke! What awesome images! Taken with Canon gear?

Only the ones slightly out of focus

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Aug 08, 2008 at 06:03 PM

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p.1 #6 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

sivrajbm wrote:
AGeoJO wrote:
Holy smoke! What awesome images! Taken with Canon gear?

Only the ones slightly out of focus

No OOF images here..... So you are implying that.....

Aug 08, 2008 at 06:08 PM

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p.1 #7 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Unless the images, were taken with Canon gear, the topic in itself is already on the fence of being not appropriate on the Canon Forum. Guys, please leave "political views" off this thread; right, wrong or indifferent as this is a strictly photography forum.

Aug 08, 2008 at 07:03 PM

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p.1 #8 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Ariel Bravy wrote:
Wow... what spectacular photos! They give me goosebumps, not to mention an even greater sense of appreciation for and enjoyment of traditional Chinese culture.
Couldn't agree more! Also anticipation for what is to come in contemporary Chinese achievements.

Aug 08, 2008 at 07:36 PM

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p.1 #9 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Photon wrote:
Ariel Bravy wrote:
Wow... what spectacular photos! They give me goosebumps, not to mention an even greater sense of appreciation for and enjoyment of traditional Chinese culture.
Couldn't agree more! Also anticipation for what is to come in contemporary Chinese achievements.

+1

Aug 08, 2008 at 07:41 PM

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p.1 #10 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

FREE what ? Canon gear ? Sure, Count me in.....

Aug 08, 2008 at 07:57 PM

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p.1 #11 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

sivrajbm wrote:
AGeoJO wrote:
Holy smoke! What awesome images! Taken with Canon gear?

Only the ones slightly out of focus

Aug 08, 2008 at 08:09 PM

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p.1 #12 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Simply wonderful images of an amazing show.

I'm afraid these games will always be tainted by what happened before them. It's a shame actually, sports and politics don't mix that well.

Still, that doesn't mean those photos are nothing short of stunning. Everybody, emjoy the games!

Sayeret18 wrote:
very stupid things

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Aug 08, 2008 at 08:10 PM

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p.1 #13 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Some amazing images! Very inspirational.

Aug 08, 2008 at 08:13 PM

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p.1 #14 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Beautiful pictures. Excellent work.

Mufutau

Aug 08, 2008 at 08:24 PM

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p.1 #15 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

The ceremony was excellent. It's a shame it was delayed for TV broadcast in North America. It looks like I'll be watching most of the stuff live online...

Aug 08, 2008 at 08:28 PM

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p.1 #16 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Ralph Conway wrote:
sivrajbm wrote:
AGeoJO wrote:
Holy smoke! What awesome images! Taken with Canon gear?

Only the ones slightly out of focus

Aug 08, 2008 at 08:32 PM

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p.1 #17 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

EltonTeng wrote:
Ralph Conway wrote:
sivrajbm wrote:
AGeoJO wrote:
Holy smoke! What awesome images! Taken with Canon gear?

Only the ones slightly out of focus

Only six? That is hard! But they are still great! So who is talking about AF-problems?
It looks amazing. Great and happy. I would never have imagined THIS is a fascistic diktatorship.

Ralph

How do we know these weren't manually focused?

No way! In such horrible light conditions its not possible to find manual focus!

Ah! That reminds me I wanted to ask all that AL-focus debate, why sports and animal photographers today are not able any longer to find their focus manually? That is the power an DSLR gives you. It worked for more than 50 years and made SLRs important. There is enough light to focus manually in most sport activities, I think.

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Aug 08, 2008 at 08:46 PM

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p.1 #18 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

These are more beautiful than the coverage from CCTV I watched earlier today.

Aug 08, 2008 at 09:00 PM

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p.1 #19 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

Wow awesome pictures... I was going to watch the opening ceremonies on TV, but now I feel foolish for thinking it actually starts at 6:30pm prime time

Aug 08, 2008 at 09:15 PM

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p.1 #20 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

I have been watching the games as they have been broadcast. And the most noticeable statistic, that I have seen, is the equal use of Canon & Nikon gear. For close up's I see both D3's & MK3's with respective WA's & Speedlites. For long shots, it appears that the 400 & 500's are the most common telephoto's between C & N. Just an observation. Either way, the images that are coming out of Beijing are amazing.

Aug 09, 2008 at 08:43 PM

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p.1 #21 · 2008 Olympics opening ceremony

I say it's 4x5 digital back.
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(Source: http://en.beijing2008.cn/)

Aug 11, 2008 at 03:43 AM


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