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March 24th, 2008

How did he shoot that?

Posted by: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Editor

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Alain Bernard of France is seen from underwater as he enters the water to set a new world record of 47.60 seconds during the 100m freestyle in the men’s semi-finals at the European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven March 21, 2008.  REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay  

Please forward my compliments to Wolfgang Rattay for a beautiful picture of Alain Bernard published in Libération on 22-23 March 2008.As a film technician, I am wondering where he has taken the picture from.

Jacqueline G. wolfgang-200.jpgThanks for noticing. This photo of Wolfgang and his camera may give you a hint about how he took it. Meanwhile, you should also check our Photo Blog, where Reuters photograpers talk about their job and their noteworthy photographs: GBU Editor