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

[Peter Dzwig]

No. I don't get it either.

However the week before I had seen some photos that Salgado took in the 50s of
the Tour so I thought I would go along and have a look - with a camera!

...and yes the spectators *are* idiotic and nothing short of dangerous in *some*
cases (as are the camera bikes), but not in most.

Peter

On 04/09/2016 00:19, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> 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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