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Subject: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW 28 Peachtree Road Race images
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Jul 15 18:10:07 2007
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Hoppy,
Years ago I quit shooting the Kenyans as still photography can not capture
their grace in running.  Long apparently effortless strides with their heads
moving vertically not a millimeter a still shot just does not do them and
their athleticism justice.

Thanks for taking a look.  Like many cultures, some think by looking the
look they are what they pose to be.

On 7/15/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> Entertaining, as always, Don. I want to set you a mission for next time to
> show us the lithe and graceful Kenyans as well.
> Magnificent athletes.
> I note that the family blithely reading newspapers at the race's edge
> appear to be wearing athletic shoes. Perhaps they are
> absorbing the event and effort by osmosis. In the old days I might have
> been tempted to make them a present of a used wet sponge
> from the water station. I think these are no longer in use though. Perhaps
> a quick squirt from a water bottle might refocus their
> attention.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW 28 Peachtree Road Race images
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
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Don
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In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] IMG Don's PAW 28 Peachtree Road Race images)
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