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Waterball!
Waterball!
EddyG


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Challenge: Team Sport Action (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Pinckney, MI
Date: Sep 11, 2004
Aperture: ƒ/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2000 sec
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Sep 14, 2004

 This was taken at a fireman's fund-raiser on September 11th. I was looking for an "out of the ordinary" team sport to photograph and Waterball seemed to fit the bill... I'm hoping there won't be a lot of other Waterball photos in this challenge...

This was my first time ever even seeing Waterball, but the concept of the competition was pretty easy to grasp once it was explained to me. A metal ball is suspended on a cable about 12 feet in the air. Two teams, each with two fire hoses, try to push the ball to the other team's side using the force of the water. In each six-minute game (the teams switch sides after three minutes), the object is to keep the ball on the other team's side of the line for as long as possible. Whichever team logs the most time with the ball on their opponent's side wins the match. The second hose (the backup hose) can only be used once the ball has been pushed past a certain point on the cable.

The best part of the day was that they allowed four members of the public to play in one match, so I actually got to put on firefighting gear and play Waterball! It was great fun (especially on a hot summer day.) I can see why firefighter's enjoy this sport!

Taken hand-held with the Canon 70-200/2.8L IS.

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 138
Avg (all users): 6.5652
Avg (commenters): 7.9286
Avg (participants): 6.1519
Avg (non-participants): 6.7136
Views since voting: 2877
Views during voting: 520
Votes: 299
Comments: 35
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/22/2004 04:21:39 AM
Great shot Eddy!
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 09/22/2004 02:10:14 AM
Way to catch an out of the ordinary shot. Well done.
 09/22/2004 12:12:14 AM
Congratulations on your 8th placing. Eddie G you are an amazing photographer. Great shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/21/2004 08:05:31 AM
funniest and best shoot for me! 10
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 09/20/2004 11:31:55 PM
Good capture of the "water ball" in a semi-team-sport.
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 09/20/2004 11:07:51 PM
Different - they look like they're having fun
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 09/20/2004 04:16:39 AM
fun shot
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 09/19/2004 10:38:04 PM
nice!!! i love it. 10
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 09/19/2004 10:13:25 PM
this is so cool!
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 09/19/2004 10:42:18 AM
Cool sport. Very interesting image and capture. Nice and crisp too. Hard to fault the image really, looks excellent.
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 09/18/2004 03:01:32 PM
great shot
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 09/18/2004 07:02:33 AM
great capture! love the colors, the action. you have definitely captured the essence of the moment. hope this does well for you.
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 09/18/2004 02:27:15 AM
ogh this is a new sport I like the way you have one side behind the water somewhat softer which throws the emphisis on the front row really good action
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 09/18/2004 12:32:03 AM
I was looking for shots that would stick out? Just a beautiful shot! You better win!
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 09/18/2004 12:01:36 AM
wonderful image. not your typical team sports action, is it? didn't even know they played that. excellent capture with its "action" so very well captured!
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 09/17/2004 10:52:29 PM
What an unusal shot of a team sport! Nicely done.
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 09/17/2004 05:55:03 PM
A really fun photograph here. Can see this scoring high and would be disappointed for you if it didn't. Well done.
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 09/17/2004 04:48:49 PM
:-)
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 09/17/2004 03:15:18 PM
Great capture of the ball in mid-air, and an excellent angle from which to shoot this picture. Thanks also for photographing a unique team sport!
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 09/17/2004 01:08:15 PM
How cool! What a great picture!
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 09/17/2004 12:27:31 PM
I don't understand ... These firemen have "Girlie legs"? :-) Actually, I really like the image. It has bright color contrasts, action, perspective, pretty good focus - at least on the central area of interest, and I really like how everything gets hazier as you move back further into the image (obviously due to the mist and spray in the air). And, it's different than everything else. Congratulations and good luck in the challenge.
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 09/17/2004 11:01:06 AM
Definitely a unique take on the challenge -- I wouldn't have thought of that! This is one of my favorites.
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 09/17/2004 05:23:13 AM
hahahaa... wonder how the rules is
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 09/17/2004 04:38:16 AM
This is a terrific photo, and got top scoring from me. I couldn't find a thing you could have done differently to improve on this photo.
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 09/17/2004 03:31:28 AM
what great fun on a summer day! Kinda reminds me of my youth. good pic 6
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 09/17/2004 02:07:18 AM
Wonderfully fun topic!
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 09/17/2004 12:13:17 AM
looks more like goofing off than a sport
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 09/16/2004 11:28:25 AM
Good picture , nice shot.
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 09/16/2004 10:11:11 AM
Funny and good.
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 09/16/2004 01:39:33 AM
A great subject. Good composition. bumping from 8 to 10.
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 09/15/2004 12:45:08 PM
Unique and humorous. I like everything about this shot. 10.
 09/15/2004 03:32:28 AM
nice pic, and a well deserved boost in points for submitting something original :)
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 09/15/2004 03:31:25 AM
At least it's not football :-). Beautiful shot!
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 09/15/2004 02:47:04 AM
very nice
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 09/15/2004 12:24:24 AM
Summer fun. What a blast. This inverted tug-a-war is a fatastic "worth a thousand words" picture. My second favorites submissionto date. Great shot.
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