[Leica] [IMG] PESO - Le Tour de France 2016

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

I have always wondered about this - wait patiently for hours to see a
hundred cyclists whizzing by in a matter of minutes, while trying your best
to cause an accident by running along with them. Seems to me to be the
sports equivalent of watching paint dry - or am I missing something?

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:

> I promised these months ago, so... A few shots (mostly of people) as the
> Tour de
> France passed nearby in the summer. These were taken on the approaches to
> Gordes
> on the way to Mont Ventoux, about an hour before the crash after which
> Froome
> started running up the mountain...
>
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/
> LeTour/Waiting+for+the+Tour+-+1-1.jpg.html>
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/
> LeTour/Waiting+for+the+Tour+-+2-1.jpg.html>
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/
> LeTour/Waiting+for+the+Tour+-+3-1.jpg.html>
>
> Eventually they are sighted after many people have been standing for hours
> is 35C+
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/
> LeTour/Here+they+come-1.jpg.html>
>
>
> Finally the Tour passes in a flash and I only got time to get a decent
> shot of
> the peloton
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/
> LeTour/Le+Peloton-1.jpg.html>
>
> All Fuji XE-2 and zoom lens.
>
> Your comments and constructive criticisms are as always welcome.
>
> I have a question for you guys: the images have been shrunk to fit the
> gallery
> requirements. The originals are pin-sharp, but on my screen the gallery
> images
> look far from sharp. Is it my screen? the gallery? or the shrinking
> process?
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look.
>
> Peter Dzwig
>
>
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