Photograph by Mike Powell for NEWSWEEK
There is no question, Usain Bolt of Jamaica is now the undisputed "World's Fastest Man." Today he added the 200m gold medal to the gold he had already won in the 100m. Mike Powell made this image as Bolt soaked up the cheers from the ecstatic crowd. Using a 300 f2.8 lens, set at 1/1000th of a second at f3.2, the effect of the lens and aperture is to throw the background out of focus sufficiently so as not to be too distracting, but at the same time, also retaining enough information to make out the reaction of the crowd. This picture illustrates how sometimes you don't need to see an athlete's face in order to make a telling photograph of their big moment. And for that reason, this is my selection as Picture of the Day. —Simon Barnett, Director of Photography, NEWSWEEK
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