I give it a 10! Doesn't get much better than that.

Her dive is a thing of beauty.

Quoting "Solo" below - Bare ankles and calves? I tremble for the moral hygiene of the Republic!

I literally spat out my coffee. Thanks for the chuckle.

I am the photographer for my son's high school swim team. I am impressed with the photographer's reasonably clear shot of a diver. I didn't realize that fast enough lenses (i.e. large aperture) and film were available to get a shutter speed this high in that era. I know I have a tough time doing it nowadays. Still, I am indoors in much less light, though I am using a fast lens at f/1.8. It is hard to avoid too much noise for my taste.

The lady has excellent diving form!

[This was before film. The exposure was made on an emulsion-coated glass plate with a stereographic camera that captures two images simultaneously. - Dave]

From the brevity of her bathing costume, not just legs and feet, but arms, bare, I would have guessed this to be more like thirty years later!

[The shuttlecock silhouette. - Dave]

This photo must have been difficult to take with the cameras and emulsions of the day.

Can anyone give us info on how it was done?

[A mistaken notion. A fast shutter and fast emulsion. - Dave]

Thanks, Dave. I learn a lot from your website, that's for sure, and enjoy doing it.

Bare ankles and calves? I tremble for the moral hygiene of the Republic!

Seriously, though, this woman's musculature seems exceptional to the fin de siècle social standards imposed on women, requiring them to be weak, zaftig, and subject to "the vapors." Our subject has clearly been bootlegging some hours at the gym.

This is not this woman's first dive. She's been practicing.

What a strong beautiful line in this woman's dive. Athletic and elegant at the same time. Pity she must wear a skirt as part of the bathing costume, though.