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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Wayback Photos - 1969 to 2011 Award Winners
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:05:45 -0800
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I am a big fan of basketball. Other sports I can take or leave, but I 
pay attention to basketball.

The Harlem Globetrotters
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters )
had a big star named Meadowlark Lemon.
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon )
He was one of the very best basketball players of all time. He was so 
good that when he was getting ready to throw a ball through the hoop, he 
often did tricks like bouncing it between his legs, or shooting from 
behind his back, or bouncing it off his head, or spinning it on the end 
of his finger. He didn't just make great hoop shots. He made great hoop 
shots after doing extra things with the ball, just for fun.

These pictures that Alan has posted remind me of Meadowlark Lemon. Alan 
is so good at photography that he can do things that would confound the 
rest of us, and still get fabulous pictures. I don't think it would be 
good for a camera for the photographer to dribble it between his legs 
before shooting a picture behind his own back, but if it could work, I'm 
sure Alan Magayne-Roshak could do it.

If you haven't looked at every one of these pictures, you should.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Awards/