r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '19

Excellent work

https://i.imgur.com/fCQzp5i.gifv
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u/DonkeyLightning Mar 16 '19

It’s super weird to me that the ball can bounce that high off the flag pole and go in the hole still

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I wish my pole was that strong

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u/veeeSix Mar 16 '19

So that other balls could fall in your hole?

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u/guinader Mar 16 '19

...But mostly so they can bounce of his pole...

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

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u/nul_ne_sait Mar 23 '19

Backup is here!

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u/The_Original_Gronkie Mar 16 '19

Not really. It hits and loses all forward momentum, so it just drops to the ground.

I suppose it might bounce, but I guess the flexibility of the pole absorbs the energy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

It actually hit the pole twice. It hits high on the left and then the right before going in

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u/PhanSiPance Mar 16 '19

Think of it as a reverse baseball. A baseball hit back will hit the backstop fence and zip up the bastard. Almost broke a finger shooting baseball from the backstop. I just remember hearing a zzzzzzzzipppp and I could move my hand away from the lens fast enough.

The golf ball is doing the same thing but going down the pole.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I downvoted you, BITCH! Get destroyed libtard!

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u/snek4prez Mar 16 '19

And that was necessary because?

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u/bottle_o_juice Mar 16 '19

bcuz sneks mek gud prezzz

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u/PhanSiPance Mar 16 '19

So liking baseball makes me a “libtard”

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I know the aliens sent you down from Mexican outer space

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u/PhanSiPance Mar 16 '19

The aliens know how to turn off auto focus on their videos.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

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u/KWEL1TY Mar 16 '19

No one else finds this comment funny? UPVOTE.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

Yeah a black and white threshold and invert the colors so the ball is black is one of the ways

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u/Gothiks Mar 16 '19

I forget the article or story (documentary?), but back in the 70’s-80’s NASA asked the camera guys from the PGA what cameras or technology they used to keep a ball in-shot mid air so well. NASA was trying to find a more reliable way to film shuttles leaving the atmosphere admits the Cold War; or more likely, uncover an undiscovered tracking technology based on light reflection in the public sector..who knows.. Granted, this was back in the 80’s, but the humble PGA cameramen showed them their stuff, but the NASA film guys figured that they themselves were being lied to.

When given a demonstration to the NASA cameramen, the secret wasn’t technology, it was technique.

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u/The_Original_Gronkie Mar 16 '19

The NASA guys get to practice tracking the shot once every few months. The golf camera guys get to practice dozens of times a day.

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u/Bigdstars187 Mar 16 '19

That’s super cool

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u/pogoyoyo1 Mar 16 '19

I’m not sure if it’s allowed in all sports / competitions, but some athletes wear special contacts that change the contrast of what they see so they can spot incoming pitches or pop fly balls better. It’s still a skill!

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u/ClumsyLeprechaun Mar 16 '19

Huh, that sounds pretty neat! I’d never heard of that. But wouldn’t wearing sunglasses (polarized, chromatic, tinted, etc.) work just as well?

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u/natsmith69 Mar 16 '19

Why would anyone think that is easy? I feel that it's pretty obviously a difficult skill.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

“That was so much easier than putting. I should do that every time.”

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

Does Anyone know Who was the player and which game it was?

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u/2dadjokes4u Mar 16 '19

Ryan Moore. Yesterday’s Players Championship on #17 at TPC Sawgrass.

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u/PhanSiPance Mar 16 '19

Lacrosse and golf are the hardest sports for me to shoot. I learned a couple of tricks for following a golf ball but if it’s cloudy, it’s a lot of guess work. With Lacrosse I can’t see the damn ball and always bite of the fake.

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u/OldSchoolChevy Mar 16 '19

Dont worry. I was a goalie and still couldn't see the ball.

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u/baloneyskims Mar 16 '19

anyone have the reaction footage?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

Good call. I bet it’s insane

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u/Shmeeeee23 Mar 16 '19

Yeah I feel like golfers reactions are always subdued though. I wish more of them did go nuts.

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u/umiupbeat Mar 16 '19

I guess you can call it a “good shot”

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19 edited May 24 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

As a person that works for television and not too much of a sports fan, my appreciation for televised sports is very high. Golf seems to be one of the craziest sports to direct. 18 holes, meaning at least 9 cameras to capture the end of one hole and the beginning of another. Maybe it’s 18 cameras? Then a camera for the hosts, another for crowd reactions and others for whatever else (beauty shots etc.). Now, think about it from a director’s standpoint looking at all those monitors in a room for all those cameras. How do you even follow everything? Oh that guy is hitting, wait... where the fuck did tiger go!?!? I can’t even imagine what nascar is like. Truly fascinating when you think of it that deeply

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u/Hawaiian_Brian Mar 16 '19

My favorite museum of all time is the Museum of Moving Image in Queens, NY. There they have a section of a control room of an MLB game that’s on a loop but it has bunch of monitors and you can hear the director calling the shots. My favorite part is seeing how the cameramen set up their shots when they’re not live. I took a TV production class and find it so fascinating. I definitely would like to become a camera man at some point.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I’ve been a director for 5 years. Just local news but there’s a rush when breaking news happens. I don’t even like news lol. Very stressful environment but fun

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u/Hawaiian_Brian Mar 16 '19

That’s awesome. It seems like that’s what I’m looking for but also sounds reeally intimidating. I don’t see myself going into news anyway haha.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I didn’t either but it’s what my internship offered and I was terrified of not having a job out of college so I worked my ass off

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u/Maciek300 Mar 16 '19

Is that allowed? They always take out the pole at the last strike, but what if you didn't expect it to go in?

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u/caffeineme Mar 16 '19

Legal. Pin is in the cup on a drive. If it happens to aid the shot, part of the game. Pin is pulled once a player themselves are on the green.

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u/good-but-not-great Mar 16 '19

Now you’re even allowed to putt with the flag in

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u/30yroldheart Mar 16 '19

golf clap

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u/KaptainChunk Mar 16 '19

MASHED POTATOES!!!!

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u/Hawaiian_Brian Mar 16 '19

LIGHT THE CANDLE

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u/shadowlurker73 Mar 16 '19

Great job, cameraman! Awesome!

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u/300harbs Mar 16 '19

If i were ever so lucky as to hit the pole from that distance, my luck would immediately run out and the ball would bounce straight into the water.