Have you heard that the swimmers in Greece will have to swim in a pool with no roof. The "jokers" in Greece, despite having 8 years to prepare for the games, have said that they do not have enough time to finish the roof on the Olympic pool.
It will be 104' approx in August at midday. The water will be too warm for fast times and the glare of the sun will make filming for TV difficult.
Apparently, they are looking at moving heats ( apt word for them ) to early morning or late evening, after the finals !
What effect will this have on results, especially for swimmers who are doing multiple events ( like Phelps ) ?
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Originally posted by knelson
If finals are in the evening, there shoudn't be a huge contrast problem, though, should there?
If the sun has gone down far enough that the outer wall of the building is casting its shadow across the pool, it won't be a problem because the entire pool will be in diffused light instead of direct sunlight. It's the midday and afternoon events that would be a problem. Even if the finals are in the evening, most of the events are videotaped anyway. What if there's a significant problem in one of the earlier events that warrants sports coverage, like one of the favored swimmers experiencing some setback that takes him or her out of medal contention? The networks will want highlights.
The worst video problem would probably come late afternoon, when part of the facility is in shadow but part is still getting direct sunlight. This is when it's a problem for football, when half the field is either blown out or so dark you can't see it. The pool would be that much worse. Imagine direct sunlight hitting the stands on the opposite side from the camera, while the swimmers mounting the blocks are in shadow. They would just be silhouettes.
There's another big problem with this also. We have to balance the cameras for the color of the light hitting our subject, else the subject will look orange or blue. Shadow light is much more blue in color than direct sunlight. If you have the cameras balanced for the sunlight, and a shadow creeps across the pool, everyone seen in the shadow areas will turn blue.
I hope that tarp isn't blue. That will look like ass also.
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Originally posted by knelson
If finals are in the evening, there shoudn't be a huge contrast problem, though, should there?
If the sun has gone down far enough that the outer wall of the building is casting its shadow across the pool, it won't be a problem because the entire pool will be in diffused light instead of direct sunlight. It's the midday and afternoon events that would be a problem. Even if the finals are in the evening, most of the events are videotaped anyway. What if there's a significant problem in one of the earlier events that warrants sports coverage, like one of the favored swimmers experiencing some setback that takes him or her out of medal contention? The networks will want highlights.
The worst video problem would probably come late afternoon, when part of the facility is in shadow but part is still getting direct sunlight. This is when it's a problem for football, when half the field is either blown out or so dark you can't see it. The pool would be that much worse. Imagine direct sunlight hitting the stands on the opposite side from the camera, while the swimmers mounting the blocks are in shadow. They would just be silhouettes.
There's another big problem with this also. We have to balance the cameras for the color of the light hitting our subject, else the subject will look orange or blue. Shadow light is much more blue in color than direct sunlight. If you have the cameras balanced for the sunlight, and a shadow creeps across the pool, everyone seen in the shadow areas will turn blue.
I hope that tarp isn't blue. That will look like ass also.
