Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry Jerry, the Peachtree Road Race is the world's largest 10K foot race in the world. It has been going on for 37 years. Liability issues will keep most races off the streets in the U.S. at least. I will try to capture some of the more exotic cars I see going by on a regular basis. Yesterday a very well tuned Lamborghini went by; the twelve cylinders were making such a sweet sound. On 7/15/07, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com> wrote: > > Don, > > Road race! My road rage! I was expecting to see lots of Porsches, > Ferraris , Corvettes und > so weiter. Racing on real roads, just like the good old days. But no! > I am pissed! > > I wish I had the digital ability or capabilities to show you what a REAL > road race was like. > > Jerry > > > Don Dory wrote: > > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com