Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent, I prefer your alt 1 as it really captures the torture of the event... and yes I ride and follow closely cycling.... > On Sunday 18th August there was a major bicycle race in and around > Zurich, called the Zurich Metzgete, part of the cycling World Cup. Most > of the big names were there, including the Tour de France winner Lance > Armstrong and the Tour's king of the mountains, Laurent Jalabert--who > ended up giving up, an indication of how tough the 236 km course was. It > included a rather steep and long climb which the cyclists had to go up > five times. In the end, the race was won by an Italian guy who had the > wits to attack alone just before the top of the last climb and he rode > the last 17 km without any serious challenge from the main peleton. > Armstrong came in 3rd. > > So, here are a couple of my feeble attempts at sports photography. I > chose the top of the longest climb as my vantage point, figuring that > the riders would be passing me relatively slowly, and also hoping for > some interesting facial expressions. Here are two guys who look rather > relaxed, considering that they have just ridden uphill for several km in > 30+ degree heat: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_34.jpg > > Here, on the other hand, is a guy who is really suffering: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_34alt1.jpg > > and finally, perhaps my favourite, a group of press photographers taking > a short break: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_34alt2.jpg > > All three pictures taken with the M7 and 35mm Summilux ASPH on > Kodachrome 64. > > The complete PAW index is at: > > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > > and comments/critique are welcomed and appreciated as always. > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html