Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 14, 2007, at 3:31 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > I've been working on a cycling photo project for the past month, > mining > slide and negative files from 25 years ago as part of a tribute to two > neighborhood kids -- Frank and Mark McCormack -- who grew up to become > world-class bicycle racers. Sort of their first five years or so in > cycling > and some of the people around them. It was presented as a produced > slide > show (5 50-inch video screens) at a retirement (! -- they're both > in their > 30s!) dinner Saturday night. > > Photos were chosen to present some personalities, so quality is not > slam-bang uniform. We've temporarily put it up on you-tube -- not > the best > quality venue -- so some of the out of towners could have another > look. > There is a sound track. > > And so can you have a look. Advice gratefully accepted, nay, > solicited. > > http://tinyurl.com/ypsr6h > > bill > > film used exclusively, running through a couple of leicas and > nikkormats. This is an excellent job! It is one of the few 5 minutes long You Tube videos I had the patience to watch for the entire length. I even went back and repeated it. The music and photos support each other very well. Also, I'm glad to see so many 40+ bikers with facial hair. It makes me feel that biking has a future. Larry Z (a Social Security collecting biker with facial hair)