Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, Road race! My road rage! I was expecting to see lots of Porsches, Ferraris , Corvettes und so weiter. Racing on real roads, just like the good old days. But no! I am pissed! I wish I had the digital ability or capabilities to show you what a REAL road race was like. Jerry Don Dory wrote: > If it is July then you will see images from the race. No surprise, the > Kenyans took first through 5th place. I took up a different place on the > course this year and it was not as good for photographs. Good enough > however to show you he said with a leer. OK, first up is a sense of > scale > to the canyon that Atlanta is becoming as we go from 2 million > residents to > over 5: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+28/PAW28_incanyon.jpg.html > > >> > > This woman is part of the sixth release of runners so she could watch the > first four before she had to move to the start line. She was a bit > intense: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+28/PAW28_intensity.jpg.html > > >> > > Of course, the fourth of July would not be what it is unless graced by a > liberty or two: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+28/PAW28_ladylib.jpg.html > > >> > > This was the first year that there was a median on Peachtree and this man > was a little bit confused as to why I was there. Bear in mind that > this is > a 15mm... > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+28/PAW28_mediandweller.jpg.html > > >> > > For the last image you have to bear in mind that 60,000 folks are running > past 20 feet in front of this family. It is good that they all read > though: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+28/PAW28_newsreader.jpg.html > > >> > > I hope you enjoyed this weeks images and you all have a good week > ahead of > you. >