[Leica] As Seen on TV: John McMaster, LUG's own official photog at le Tour

[Douglas Barry]

Well done Howard, if you'd been working for the FBI they wouldn't have given 
up on the D.B. Cooper case...

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard L Ritter Jr" <hlritter at twc.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 3:17 AM
Subject: [Leica] As Seen on TV: John McMaster,LUG's own official photog at 
le Tour


> 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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