Interestingly, the fact that this shot was scanned from a small print makes it look as 
though it was shot many years ago with folding camera or something of that ilk. It 
adds to the mystery and romance. However, I'd love to see it scanned from the neg at 
hi-res as well.
Paul


> We used to have a dock jump competition the weekend before Labour Day,
> down at Toronto's Islands.  Well, it wasn't so much a competition as
> an excuse to have a few beers and watch crazy guys ride their bikes
> into the water.
> 
> Even though no one ever got hurt or drowned or anything, the insurance
> company for the dock owner put a stop to this fine end-of-summer
> tradition.  This was taken at the last dock jump, two years ago. 
> Scanned from 4x6 quickprint, so the quality is what you'd expect:
> 
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2681920
> 
> Feel free to comment.
> 
> cheers,
> frank
> 
> -- 
> "It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it
> as a hobby." -Eliott Erwitt
> 

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