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Juliet: The Queen will not attend tonight�s closing ceremony, as Buckingham Palace said there was no official role for a Head of State in the ceremony

08/12/2012 07:08:03 PM · #176

JulietNN

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

08/12/2012 07:11:01 PM · #177

I know Sieg, I am still paranoid! Nothing has gone wrong today bar that scorpion I stood on, so I am paranoid for other people now !!! LOL

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

08/12/2012 07:24:01 PM · #178

I would have to say the closing ceremony was a bit of a let down.

08/12/2012 07:47:38 PM · #179

Originally posted by SDW:

I would have to say the closing ceremony was a bit of a let down.

That's 'cause you weren't privy to the sideline commentary of two Brits! LOL!

Juliet. Scorpion? Are you frickin' kidding me?

JulietNN

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

08/12/2012 07:56:31 PM · #180

Lol, yeah horrible thing, bark scorpion.

Well, I can be less paranoid now, Queen is in Balmoral, William is on holiday, spotted the Prime Minister and Princess Anne. Okay phhhhhhew!

RayEthier

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

08/13/2012 05:53:16 PM · #181

Originally posted by SDW:

I would have to say the closing ceremony was a bit of a let down.

I can't say that since I did not watch them.

Ray

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

08/13/2012 06:13:09 PM · #182

The closing ceremony was pretty good, not as good as the opening ceremony but that was exceptional.

All in it's been a great Olympics and I have thoroughly enjoyed it.

The coverage by the BBC was outstanding with its 24 dedicated High Definition channels you could pick what you wanted to watch live.

Looking forward to Rio in 2016

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

08/13/2012 06:35:54 PM · #183

Olympics withdrawal...

Tommy_Mac

Nikon D800

08/13/2012 06:40:07 PM · #184

Originally posted by tanguera:

Olympics withdrawal...

Yup...I was just searching for something...I'll take anything..fencing, table tennis, badminton....anything!!! :-)

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

08/13/2012 11:52:34 PM · #185

I'm going crazy...I dvr'd the whole closing ceremony. They keep saying The Who will perform, but I've been through it 5 times scanning and moving through it 30 seconds at time...watching parts. I've seen everyone in the world EXCEPT the who.

I was close to the end, they said first the protocol, then the Who. There's some young band after the protocol, but no who!

Ah, I just heard the very end of my recording, said they'd be back in an hour with the closing "party" featuring The Who. Boo...missed it on my DVR.

Is it online anywhere?

Bad form, NBC!

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

08/14/2012 01:09:07 AM · #186

Originally posted by Neil:

From memory (because I only half-watch these things), there was some young whippersnapper of a singer (whom I'd never heard of) singing 'Pinball Wizard' (after °Freedom° from George Michael), but later on Entwhistle and Daltrey were definitely on , "See me, Feel Me..."

ETA_ actually, we haven't deleted the whole thing from our HDD, so I'll check.
Yeah, The Who are right at the end after the torches are lowered and extinguished. Playlist

Message edited by author 2012-08-14 01:35:01.

PGerst

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

08/14/2012 01:37:38 AM · #187

NBC aired it last night just before the replayed the closing. I did tape it. If you can't find it online, I'll burn it for you.

Originally posted by Neil:

bobonacus

08/14/2012 04:29:27 AM · #188

I have to say I thought London did a fantastic job across the board, combined with the great bbc coverage across all the extra HD channels ... I've watched more tv in the last 2 weeks than I have for the rest of the year :) .... serious withdrawal now though!

I was lucky enough to get to a few events and the atmosphere from the crowds was outstanding, all athletes were supported and cheered regardless of nationality ... here's a couple of pics :)

08/14/2012 11:37:36 AM · #189

I'M SO JEALOUS,

bobonacus!!!!! Were you on the field???

bobonacus

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

08/14/2012 11:40:40 AM · #190

Originally posted by tanguera:

Were you on the field???

I wish ;) We were just 17 rows back from the front though so with the 100-400 I could get some close shots :)

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

08/14/2012 11:59:30 AM · #191

Originally posted by bobonacus:

We were just 17 rows back from the front though so with the 100-400 I could get some close shots :)

i smell a free study ;-)

nice stuff, btw!

FrankRobinson

Canon EOS-50D

08/14/2012 12:01:29 PM · #192

Originally posted by bobonacus:

Originally posted by tanguera:
Were you on the field???

I wish ;) We were just 17 rows back from the front though so with the 100-400 I could get some close shots :)

You were lucky to get in with it - I have been doing security (Army, not G4S!) for the whole games and there are three pages of policy banning 'big' lenses for anyone without press accreditation. I was practically on the field of play for a couple of things but couldn't take in my 50D and 120-400... Boo!

Well done though - it's important to stick it to 'the man'!

bobonacus

08/14/2012 12:14:35 PM · #193

Originally posted by FrankRobinson:

I had no problems at Eton, the Olympic park or the o2 arena ... the restrictions said 30cm (which I printed in case I was challenged) and I locked the lens at 100mm which made it less than 30cm .... I'd have come unstuck with that if someone was challenging that rule and knew how to unlock the 100-400!!

I did however go to Victoria park to watch the hockey bronze match and they wouldn't let me in with the lens!! I only had it as I was going to an olympic event later ... their web site said nothing about restrictions, which I showed them and they compromised by making me hand over my batteries! The stupid thing is because they searched the bag before going through the metal detection I bypassed that as the security guard took me to the office to hand my batteries in!!

FrankRobinson

Canon EOS-50D

08/14/2012 12:30:13 PM · #194

Clever...

Unfortunately since I was responsible for implementing security (at the Royal Artillery Barracks), I couldn't really justify tinkering with the rules! Damn it. Not that the shooting was that visually exciting anyway.

I was thinking about heading down to the Thames Barrier one morning though (just down the road from here)to assuage my lack of shooting. Any other top London based ideas?

FrankRobinson

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/14/2012 02:25:36 PM · #195

Just to prove I really was there (on the right from your perspective!)

A gen-u-whine olympic torch... they wouldn't let us relight it!

Giles

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

08/15/2012 01:34:27 PM · #196

great video here about reuters photographers

3 bodies on them and 4-5 remote bodies postitioned around.... heaven or hell haha

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGsbcTJZMM&feature=player_embedded

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

08/15/2012 02:20:09 PM · #197

What a gig!

Brent_S

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70 2.8L II

08/15/2012 06:07:45 PM · #198

I sat down to lunch a while back with one of the Reuters photographers based here in Seattle (he's on the cover of the Thinktank Photo brochures). He described his typical day at work locally as well as some of the events he travels to and I told him I would kill for his job. He said he here's that all the time, and he watches his back, lol!

Tommy_Mac

Nikon D800

08/21/2012 01:09:00 PM · #199

The best commentating yet!!!:

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