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Info Created and uploaded by Diliff - Nominated by Laitche (talk) 17:24, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
Support Nice portrait in Wimbledon color. -- Laitche (talk) 17:24, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Laitche, it was an image that I was considering nominating myself. For those wondering who Katie Swan is, she is a 16 year old British girl, one of the top ranked junior tennis players and probably one to look out for in the top womens competition in coming years. She's easy on the eye too (!), which will probably help with her popularity in the future. Diliff (talk) 18:08, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
- I would have had a great action photo of her too, but the damn camera mis-focused on the background at the wrong moment. Diliff (talk) 18:09, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Laitche, it was an image that I was considering nominating myself. For those wondering who Katie Swan is, she is a 16 year old British girl, one of the top ranked junior tennis players and probably one to look out for in the top womens competition in coming years. She's easy on the eye too (!), which will probably help with her popularity in the future. Diliff (talk) 18:08, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support. Diliff (talk) 18:15, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 19:19, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support oppose, this pictures of Tennis aren't typical Diliffs! --Ralf Roleček 21:06, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) Johann Jaritz 02:18, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support Another Sports Illustrated-level shot. Daniel Case (talk) 04:32, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support Great! Btw, how did you manage to get your pro-level equipment into the stadium? --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:22, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Well this was at the qualifying for Wimbledon, which is actually extremely relaxed. Anyone can come (for free!) and there is no security. So I could always get a perfect seat right at the edge of the courts (see a photo here showing the courts - there's a small strip of grass between each court for spectators). It's much harder at the actual Wimbledon tournament because you have to line up for four to five hours in the morning to get a ticket and security is tight. But actually I did get into Wimbledon with a 150-600mm lens. Security did check it, but they were not very smart about it. The rules say you cannot take a lens greater than 300mm. But actually my lens is about 280mm in length when not extended. So they said I could take it in. ;-) They didn't realise that 300mm was focal length, not physical length! Also I guess they didn't know it extends quite a lot at 600mm. Next year I want to try to get a press pass through Wikimedia though, it would be much easier (no more waiting 5 hours for tickets) and the court access would be much better too. Diliff (talk) 10:16, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks David. Interesting system... Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten, I'm tempted to quip ;-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 11:37, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- It's a crazy system, and it gets busier and more popular every year (and therefore you have to arrive earlier every year). But at least you can always get a ticket on the day, unlike many other major tournaments like Roland Garros, and that means you can get the right ticket to support your favourite players, which isn't possible if you have to buy the ticket for a specific day months in advance. Diliff (talk) 12:49, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks David. Interesting system... Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten, I'm tempted to quip ;-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 11:37, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Well this was at the qualifying for Wimbledon, which is actually extremely relaxed. Anyone can come (for free!) and there is no security. So I could always get a perfect seat right at the edge of the courts (see a photo here showing the courts - there's a small strip of grass between each court for spectators). It's much harder at the actual Wimbledon tournament because you have to line up for four to five hours in the morning to get a ticket and security is tight. But actually I did get into Wimbledon with a 150-600mm lens. Security did check it, but they were not very smart about it. The rules say you cannot take a lens greater than 300mm. But actually my lens is about 280mm in length when not extended. So they said I could take it in. ;-) They didn't realise that 300mm was focal length, not physical length! Also I guess they didn't know it extends quite a lot at 600mm. Next year I want to try to get a press pass through Wikimedia though, it would be much easier (no more waiting 5 hours for tickets) and the court access would be much better too. Diliff (talk) 10:16, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Cayambe (talk) 06:43, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support -- Lothar Spurzem (talk) 10:51, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support —Bruce1eetalk 10:54, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support Jacopo Werther iγ∂ψ=mψ 11:01, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support --El Grafo (talk) 11:38, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:33, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support --DXR (talk) 19:51, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support --· Favalli ⟡ 02:04, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support — Julian H.✈ 13:30, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
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