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28 July 2008, 08:16 AM | #1 |
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Le Tour de France on Les Champs Élysées...
Well well well... Next time ... I'll watch it on T.V. real cool to be there but man oh man ... I waited almost three hours to see very little - but real nice since they go by 7 times.
A once in a lifetime experience - maybe twice... I like crowds. Needless to say - I never saw so many Nikon DSLR... Very few Canon consumer DSLR but thousands of Nikon with all kinds of lenses, Tamron, Sigma, Tokina, one guy had a D3 and a Sigma on it... A few D300 with 28-70/2.8 Inspector Clouseau was there... And a few more pictures from today... |
28 July 2008, 09:01 AM | #2 |
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Great photos. In the last photo near the very front you can see the hint of the yellow jersey. Awesome. As usual; your work is stunning.
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28 July 2008, 11:11 AM | #3 |
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Thanks for the memories. I was there about 10 years ago. I agree one has to wait hours for the riders to go past, the streets are so crowded, it is difficult to get to the front of the barriers.
It is a great spectical event. It's incredible how fit those guys are, definitely an amazing parade in a stunning location.
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Thanks for the great pics and some memories.
Me and Cyn enjoyed seeing the pics you take. When are you coming by? The guest room awaits you.
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When I was in Paris for the last stage of the TDF about 10 or so years ago, I took this amazing photograph. A local bike shop blew it up to post on their walls, they liked it that much.
I gave the negative to a friend, he never gave it back, said his baby chewed it up It was a photo showing the unmistakable arched cobble stones-crystal clear, and a blur of highly coloured riders and their bikes wizzing past. I wish I had that photo. Anyway, thanks man, for taking me back to Paris, it was an experience I'll never forget.
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29 July 2008, 04:59 AM | #7 |
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nice photos! thanks for sharing... Cheers, Bill P.
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Patrick, your photos make me tear up with joy!!!
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Damn, I love your pictures!!!!!
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31 July 2008, 09:51 PM | #11 |
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Great pictures Patrick.
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excellent photos. i was in Paris for the TDF in 2004 and watched last year's opening stage in London. Next season I am thinking of training for the Etape!
It is hard to take good pictures of fast moving cyclists which makes your photos all the more impressive. Thanks for sharing.
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