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Subject: [Leica] As Seen on TV: John McMaster, LUG's own official photog at le Tour
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 09:21:24 -0500
References: <6319a99b292740edbf2e57e42d04bdae@WhizzEXM01.whizz.org> <34F1E330-3874-4E4F-9095-41FBC1758FB7@twc.com>

Kudos! Howard. Truly a man on a mission.

a note off the iPad, George

On Jul 13, 2016, at 9:17 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote:

> John?
> 
> Speaking as a 17-year fan of le Tour, good work! I enjoyed the album.
> 
> In a later post, you very helpfully mentioned the kilometrage (38) from 
> the start of Stage 11 of the TdF today to the town of Azillanet. I had 
> recorded the NBC Sports Network broadcast of today?s state to watch later, 
> but the recording didn?t catch the first part of the stage. So I recorded 
> it again in rebroadcast this evening in the U.S. and watched the 
> kilometrage count down to about 125, based on the 162-km length of the 
> stage. Then when a town (unnamed by the announcers) came up with 125 km to 
> go, I watched for the distinctive tan stone building with pink shutters, 
> doors, and picket fence on the right side of the road, as shown in your 
> image here 
> <http://johnmcmaster.com/PESO/France/LeTour_2016/content/L3007679_large.html>.
> 
> I found it. Better yet, the wide view as the video motorcycle tracked the 
> injured Belgian rider number 68, Edward Theuns, as he received first aid 
> showed not only that building but the left side of the road as well, just 
> at the point where you clearly had to have been standing to get that 
> picture, with the Tricouleur and a spectator in turquoise top and dark 
> shorts further down the road as shown in your image also. The 
> camera-wielding spectator in purple T-shirt is the only person with a 
> camera in his vicinity. Ergo, you have made the nationwide U.S. broadcast 
> of the TdF!
> 
> I grabbed an iPhone shot of the paused screen here 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/desktop_001/Le+LUG+__+le+Tour.jpg.html>.
>  Bask in this moment of glory!
> 
> ?howard
> 
> 
>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 11:02 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
>> 
>> Went to see Stage 11 of  Le Tour pass through Azillanet today, quite a 
>> spectacle...... I knew it would pass by quickly so only took a 35mm lens.
>> 
>> http://johnmcmaster.com/PESO/France/LeTour_2016/
>> 
>> C & C welcome
>> 
>> john
>> 
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In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.fr (John McMaster) ([Leica] PESO: Le Tour)
Message from hlritter at twc.com (Howard L Ritter Jr) ([Leica] As Seen on TV: John McMaster, LUG's own official photog at le Tour)