I think Sports World will be harder to find but sounds like a good challenge!

Once I heard Sports World Theme Park was used on some Japanese TV show, where they challenged themselves to run down the water tubes in a race. I never saw the clip of it, but if you have the inside track on that- I`d love to see it too!

I find now that I alternate between my Tokina wide and Tamron wide-mid, which allows me to cover the 11-50mm range. The wide is really only useful for, obviously, wide stuff. For everything else I use the Tamron.

Jason- Yep, agreed. Tripod, various lenses, fill the frame. In sync on this. Though except maybe flash in a haikyo. My recent efforts have shown this to be very tricky. Light up the place and it starts to look like just a dirty old building. Shadows and uneven light seem to be necessary to the mood.

Axel g and Dan- Thanks!

I love all the shapes and details…

Thanks for sharing.

To address the discussion on lenses going on here…….First, I do not think a wide angle lens is the be all end all of haikyo lenses. No one lens is, as any given haikyo might have nothing or little interesting to fill a wide frame up with. And only going with wide room/exterior shots does not bring the person into the haikyo on a personal level. We have all heard about “fill the frame.”

Second, to get the benefit of a wide angle lens one needs to shoot at, at least f/5.6 if not lower, like f/8 or f/11 and those shots cannot be handheld indoors, so a tripod is a must (and shouldn’t really ever be handheld even outdoors as long as space is allowed). Unless someone is shooting a wedding or a sporting event, where you are constantly moving or there is no space, then a tripod should always be used. Always…..

….unless, using a powerful off camera flash/speedlight. I’m still waiting for someone in the greater haikyo group to break that barrier, as I did first for the doctor’s clinic haikyo.

In the next month I should be able to photograph some haikyo here in Florida, as I look forward to contributing again to haikyo lore.

I love the composition of your ‘Double Dare’ shot. There’s something curious about the combination of curves, straight lines and a soft blue sky behind.

I definitely need to think about investing in a wider lens myself… My current duo of lenses give me zoom equivalent 28-100mm approx and an equivalent 40mm f/1.7 which takes 90% of my shots because of its bright nature.

I’m with Lee in that I love photographing remnants of the past and small details a little more than architecture. Seems we have a well-balanced team

Lee- Cheers, enjoyed your shots too- though a wide angle could well transform the way you look at haikyo.

It was definitely very interesting to see how differently we approach our haikyo photography, although looking at your photos, the purchase of a wide angle may well be in order…