My old wrestling chat buddy, known as Best Ringside Observer (or BRO for short), continues to attend live pro wrestling shows in his area and continues to take his camera along (luckily for us) to document the jaw-dropping in-ring action.
When something catches BRO’s interest, he often uses the zoom feature on his camera to get a closer look. For example, he seems to be enjoying the long, muscular legs and skin-tight pants on these two warriors judging from the many photos that cut off their upper bodies and focus tightly on the good stuff below the waist. BRO is obsessed.
God I love a tight Figure Four Leglock — their legs tied in a knot, the dominant wrestler aggressively dry humping his victim’s calf, the victim howling like a trapped animal and slapping the mat.
Apparently BRO gets the appeal of this hold too, as he zooms right in to savor those powerful legs in action, working to harm the victim’s leg.
BRO also appreciates a snug and colorful pair of trunks, as do I. When the design, cut, or fit of the wrestler’s gear is especially appealing, BRO uses his camera to get within kissing distance.
The wrestlers can’t tell what he’s focusing on — they don’t know he zoomed in so tight. They probably think he is photographing their nice smiles.
BRO knows that the best thing about attending a live pro wrestling show — instead of catching it on television — is the ability to focus on whatever your eyes are drawn to. Instead of waiting for the cameraman and director to cut to a close-up of a wrestler’s thick chest, or tight trunks, or flexing leg muscles, you can just turn your gaze (or your camera) on whatever scene captures your imagination.
When you watch wrestling with another dude, you can’t always tell what he’s enjoying about the match. Unless he expresses some verbal feedback — “Mmm, nice boots on that guy,” or “Wow, check out that big bicep” — you just don’t know what is going through his head and whether it coincides with what is going through your head.
But give him a camera and you can quickly discern what caught his eye. In BRO’s case, he zooms in on exactly what I would’ve zoomed in on.
And to be honest, I don’t really know whether BRO is using his zoom lens to capture these breath-taking close-ups, or if he is actually getting up from his seat and crawling in the ring with these studs to examine them more closely. BRO is a very dedicated fan and I’m sure would be willing to risk physical contact, but I suppose the liability lawyers would stop him.
And I know what some of you are thinking about these ultra close-ups: “When he zooms in so darn close on one body part, we can’t even see what’s going on. We can’t see the entire scene playing out, and parts of the wrestlers’ bodies are cut off??”
Well, you can just go watch those YouTube matches where the camera is located in the balcony if you need to see everything. This Blog is about the beauty and appeal of pro wrestling, and this Blogger prefers the camera to be as close as possible to the action. So BRO — just keep on doing what you’re doing. You know I love it.
