Another photographic challenge - breaststroke / myLot

@JudyEv (382021)

Rockingham, Australia

March 3, 2021 9:25pm CST

The collage shows swimmers in the breaststroke events at a swimming carnival in Mt Barker, Western Australia. From a photographic viewpoint, this stroke didn’t lend itself to any spectacular shots. The hands and arms are under the water most of the time and the head is only out of the water long enough to breathe. Quite a few of the photos make the swimmers look as though they’re praying. And perhaps some of them were. Again, there was a variety of ‘poses’ with some swimmers coming well up out of the water and some keeping their heads down more than others. You can see that the girl top right has had to tuck her long hair into her cap.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135723)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Mar 21

You did good getting them.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502427)

• Italy

4 Mar 21

The girl top left???

I thought that the one top left was a boy... did she lose the top part of her swimsuit?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar 21

Thanks, Anna. I have a lot of trouble with left and right! I've corrected it now. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502427)

• Italy

4 Mar 21

@JudyEv

This is another thing we have in common, so many times I tell to my husband "now turn right.... NO, NO I wanted to say left"

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@DaddyEvil (174405)

• United States

4 Mar 21

@LadyDuck I do that once in a while, too, and then correct myself and say, "My other right."

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84780)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

4 Mar 21

I can see where that might be a challenge to photograph.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar 21

Each stroke had its challenges in different ways.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148730)

• Roseburg, Oregon

4 Mar 21

Those are really nice pictures that you took.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar 21

Thanks. There's not much action but that's the way it was.

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@DaddyEvil (174405)

• United States

4 Mar 21

But there's no water flying everywhere. *sigh* All you had to do with these swimmers was wait until they bobbed up to breathe and snap a shot of them.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar 21

True but they're not really 'doing' much, are they? They could just be posing for all the action that's going on.

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@DaddyEvil (174405)

• United States

4 Mar 21

@JudyEv Well, true, but that's not the photographer's fault. You get the shots you need.

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Fleur

@Fleura (35007)

• United Kingdom

4 Mar 21

Brilliant photos, once again. I love the way you've captured the movement of the water in a bow wave!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar 21

Thanks very much. I'd like to be able to say it's all intentional but that would be a fib. lol

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Bojel

@jobelbojel (36796)

• Philippines

6 Mar 21

This style is the most difficult of all. You captured the great action at the competition.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Mar 21

Thanks. It was quite a challenge but we learnt a lot from it.

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Bojel

@jobelbojel (36796)

• Philippines

6 Mar 21

@JudyEv Which event do you like most?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Mar 21

@jobelbojel Probably the easiest one to photograph was the backstroke as they are looking up at you.

DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

4 Mar 21

Tough to capture, but you did well considering.

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DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

5 Mar 21

@JudyEv

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Mar 21

Thanks.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222302)

• United States

4 Mar 21

More great shots!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Mar 21

I have some failures coming up soon so you'll be able to have a laugh.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

4 Mar 21

this was the stroke that i was best at in swim club! It is a great long distance stroke as you don't have to churn your legs as fast!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382021)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar 21

Some really glided (glid?) through the water; others were bobbing up and down at a great rate. lol It does seem to be the stroke that takes the least effort..

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

4 Mar 21

@JudyEv swam at a high level it is a really demanding stroke. But when going for a distance, it is the easiest stroke!

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