Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Don. I purposely chose a location that would not be totally overrun. People tend to cluster at the mountain passes and at the finish. In this case, I took advantage of my local knowledge and chose a spot where I knew there would not be huge crowds and I could have an unimpeded view of everything. Plus the convenience of a bar and outdoor tables for the wait. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 3 Sep 2023, at 10:12, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > From the pictures the attending crowd was a little sparse. It could be the > length of the stage or your chosen location wasn't as exciting as a late > downhill portion with bends in the course. > > On Sat, Sep 2, 2023 at 2:50?PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> There are 3 grand tours in professional cycling?the Giro d?Italia in the >> spring, the Tour de France in July, and the Vuelta a Espa?a in >> August/September. Today, the 8th stage of the Vuelta passed through what >> I >> call ?my playground?, the mountains in the interior of Alicante province. >> As usual, I picked a spot to watch the race that would allow for good >> photo >> opportunities: going uphill (meaning relatively slow speed) and late in >> the >> stage, so that the peloton would be broken up into several groups. I drove >> to a bar 6 km from the penultimate mountain pass of the stage, a place >> which I visit on two wheels myself, and things worked out great. I had a >> nice vantage point and took a lot of photos. These are the initial serving >> that I particularly liked: >> >> https://www.greatpix.eu/Vuelta-a-Espa%C3%B1a-2023/ >> >> Tomorrow, I will climb the Carrasqueta on bicycle (unless it is >> raining?cycling uphill on wet roads is OK but descending on wet curvy >> roads >> is not OK). >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> photo at frozenlight.eu >> >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> >> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information