[Leica] Monday Misc

[Philippe]

Yes, post more of them :-)

My remark was about the title, not your selection of images/people.

And yes again, the drive and XXXL cards in modern cameras are wonderful :-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 9 juil. 2018 à 16:00, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
> 
> Hello Philippe,  it was interesting that while I was editing down the
> images to tell a story I excluded a number of good images that showed the
> diversity you suggested was lacking.  I believe I will post those tomorrow
> as they are strong images; more in the way of portraits and character
> studies than "race" images.  Interesting in how I photographed the race as
> much of the middle was shot in trap focus and using the motor to catch
> people as they came through the point of focus.
> 
> All the best.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 9:36 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
>> Nice piece of PJ Don.
>> 
>> Your subjects look a different fauna than Jim’s … same America? Great !
>> :-)
>> 
>> You titled one of the shots « diversity », the lack of which I was
>> surprised to find, but was finally comforted with the great last image and
>> its caption :-)
>> 
>> Amities
>> 
>> Philippe
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Le 9 juil. 2018 à 15:23, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit
>> :
>>> 
>>> Good morning for most and afternoon for the rest, today's post will  be
>>> rather long as the Peachtree Road Race entertained more than 60,000
>>> participants.  If you prefer start at the first link and just move
>> forward
>>> in the gallery.
>>> 
>>> We will start with the LUG obligatory cell phone shot.  This was taken at
>>> the beginning of the race just as the wheel chair racers had rolled past:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Patriotic+cell+phone+klatch.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> With the exception of the serious runners the race is a bit of a street
>>> party.  For the most part very friendly:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Friendly+typical+mid+race+group.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> A frequent sight is the hydration station where runners can keep running
>>> by.  As a note this was taken with a Russian Helios 85mm 1.5 I purchased
>>> from a lugger many years ago:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Water+lines+at+the+race.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Costumes were widely seen, for the ladies Wonder Woman was popular:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Wonder+Women+at+the+race.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Sideline distractions were common:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Race+distractions.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> This is America so political discourse was evident:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Politics+in+America.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> However, for the most part patriotism was most on display:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Patriotic+racers.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Distractions were not just on the sidelines.  This is a play on the local
>>> mass transit:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Marta+at+the+race.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> I found this girl who had been left alone finding entertainment where
>>> millennia of children have, drawing with a found rock:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/left+behind.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> For color this is typical of early mid race participants:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Diversity+at+the+race.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> I will end with what you won't see in most accounts of the USA.  For the
>>> most part people support the concept of the country and support each
>>> other.  This elderly woman was in a tent labeled Team Beverly and had
>> wide
>>> support:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/America+at+it_s+best.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> All the best and apologies to Brian if the length causes him to take time
>>> from serious work.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Don
>>> don.dory at gmail.com
>>> 
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