What is going on in this picture?
https://mgoblue.com/images/2019/4/28/WPW19_CWPA_Prin_mgb_1548.jpg
What is with their legs? Are those shadows? Are they in a pool? I'm stumped.
April 29th, 2019 at 11:13 PM ^
Dipped in chocolate.
April 29th, 2019 at 11:57 PM ^
No, the dress is blue and black.
April 30th, 2019 at 12:10 AM ^
Yanny
Laurel
That’s racist
April 29th, 2019 at 11:18 PM ^
Mind blown
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April 29th, 2019 at 11:22 PM ^
Obviously, they all skipped shaving.
April 29th, 2019 at 11:41 PM ^
I think they're all prosthetics. Hopefully the fugitive will chime in with his theory
April 29th, 2019 at 11:50 PM ^
Poor application of sun block over spring break.
April 30th, 2019 at 12:03 AM ^
The NCAA will probably rescind all scholarships from the team for use of an illegal colorant of the lower legs. That is an unfair advantage that deserves far more regulation then paying football players in the SEC.
I didn't know one of the actors from Modern Family was an assistant coach. That is pretty cool.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:21 AM ^
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that is a keen eye my friend!
April 30th, 2019 at 12:10 AM ^
Bruises. Water polo is a tough sport below the surface. I used to be married to a water polo player. I’m pretty much an authority on this.
April 30th, 2019 at 12:26 AM ^
Obviously didn't cause that but yes water polo is rough. So easy to play dirty when you're already kicking your arms and legs around to stay afloat. My dad played in amateur leagues when he was younger. He said there was a team from Chicago that wouldn't cut their toenails. And then they're treading water and stab you.
Look up the history of water polo. A way to get turnovers was to literally hold people under water until they passed out, died, or let go of the ball.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:14 AM ^
When I was in school, I was a lifeguard at the rec buildings (and at Fuller Pool, which was the greatest job ever!). One day, my boss asked me if I wanted to work Sunday to guard at the IM pool for The Flounders, a group of men who rent the pool to play water polo when the building is closed. I said, "sure." He failed to mention that they play nude! Years later I was told that it was because their games were becoming too rough and this was a way to decrease the contact. I'm not sure I buy that.
You must have somewhat enjoyed the assignment if you stayed on for years.....
April 30th, 2019 at 10:23 AM ^
Among many, many, many things I do not miss about my first wife, the constant shopping for new swimsuits because the previous ones were ripped and stretched from being tugged and pulled on constantly is one of them.
She wore two suits for every practice and game. For weekend tournaments, she commonly brought 5 or 6 swimsuits. She played D1 in college and then played on club teams after. These were not cheap suits you pick up at Target.
Fortunately Adidas didn't make them or they all would have been swimming nude in the first 5 minutes.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:39 AM ^
Swimsuits are far less expensive than wives. I'd rather have multiples of the former.
April 30th, 2019 at 11:04 AM ^
I take issue with fortunately.
8th grade me asks: Fortunately??
Female water polo: The original use of the term “grab them by the p***y.”
April 30th, 2019 at 12:14 AM ^
My wife thinks they were probably stomping grapes, like "I Love Lucy."
OHOhhohhh Ohhhhhhj owwwwwwww
April 30th, 2019 at 12:25 AM ^
Their legs...what are you some kind of Class A Prevert?
April 30th, 2019 at 12:31 AM ^
Isn't it just a shadow?
Can't be a shadow. Its perfectly straight across, except 1 leg on the girl on the right doesn't have it
Has to be a shadow because the lady (coach?) on the far right is wearing khakis with the same line running across her leg. Also the girl on the far left (to the right of sock guy) has the same line, but just above her ankle.
Or they all waded through a vat of grape juice at some point.
Can't be a shadow. The plaque in front of the girl in the center with the deepest coloring, doesn't exhibit a shadow.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:01 AM ^
The leg on the girl on the right has it just below the knee.
April 30th, 2019 at 12:36 AM ^
They are gonna hit you with their stumps!
It's a shadow from some kind of platform. A light source is behind the platform. This causes a shadow from the platform to appear across their lower legs.
Looks like they are wearing some form of nylons to keep legs warm ...
Need more iron in their diet.
You're stumped?
Would you rather have bi-colored stumps for legs, like they do?
We should be asking this guy
Bad photography. Judging by the backdrop and lighting stands behind them this was a spot set up for team photos but the photographer didn't have a wide enough lens or enough space behind to get the whole team in a shot while standing, so the shadow that their flash cast on whatever they were standing on made it into the pic. Looks like they're on the pool deck and the photographer is standing on the edge.
Either that or the dipped in chocolate theory.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:09 AM ^
This is it. The combination of the flash positioning and the depth of the lens and something obscuring the light caused the problem. The nature of the light (not harsh) tells you that some kind of bounce flash is going on and not a direct flash. The distortion of the coach on the left of the picture tells you that the focal length is pretty wide angle, and the photographer is therefore pretty close to the team when the picture is taken. If the photographer was maybe 10 to 15 feet back, there would be less distortion, and the flash would disperse and spread more evenly and fully.
They’re tan lines from their training suits that go down to mid-thigh. They’re wearing their match suits.
Also... why is the coach only wearing socks? Seems like an odd choice for a poolside setting.
He looks wet head to toe, like he got tossed in as a celebration after the win. Not sure why he would then ditch the shoes and not the socks though.
Clearly they are special socks. That will be the subject of another post, though.
As a medical person I can tell you that it is a genetic condition which causes arms and or legs to have two shin tones. Medically speaking it is known as duobus coloribus extrematus. Or in this case the lower or inferior extremities (legs)
Michigan has been recruiting two toned water polo players for awhile now. They are generally acknowledged to be superior athletes in water-based sports.
They all had their "walking" legs upgraded to "treading" legs.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:11 AM ^
I think they're in a pool that slopes up. Guy on left is shading a shadow towards the right, and the girl to the right of him has line on her shin, if it was a shadow I think the girl in front of her would block the light pattern casting the shadow.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:33 AM ^
If the pool slopes up, how do they keep the water from pouring out?
April 30th, 2019 at 10:42 AM ^
I'm going with post-match (match? game? chukker-fest?) ice bath.
April 30th, 2019 at 11:06 AM ^
They have really bad Farmer's tans