those are both really good shots. I have some shots of Paula Radcliffe in the London Marathon a few years ago, but they're not as atmospheric as yours. It's a difficult thing to get a good one.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ann Sanfedele > Sent: 19 April 2011 18:46 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO - 2 of Grete Waitz (CORRECTED) > > Thanks, Mark -- what is especially funny is that Is that I sent the > link to Christine of the building... and she just wrote and asked if > I had sent that one to the list - hehe! > > (It was a "companion" to one she recently took from roughly the same > spot ) > > Here is the other Grete W shot : > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/Talented-People/Talented-People-BW- > photos/3605515_N6r2N/1/1257775306_PD55kHx/Large > > > Mark Roberts wrote: > > >Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > > > > > >>Grete Waitz died today, awfully young... 57. > >>She won the New York City Marathon 9 times. > >>I got these two shots in 1980 - that year was her 3rd win and the > second > >>time she broke a world record. > >> > >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-City-back- > in-the-day/5908739_3pLhP/1/1257776747_SB5Pz6K/Large > >> > >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/Talented-People/Talented-People-BW- > photos/3605515_N6r2N/1/1257775383_97WxSPX/Large > >> > >> > > > >That first link goes to a photo of a building in Chicago. Yiu might > >want to check the URL. > > > > > > > >>Wish I'd gotten sharper shots - what is interesting to me in the > second > >>one is - who is that guy with the very high number > >>bsting her by a few feet in that shot? I think at some point I tried > to > >>find out if it was someone who later became something > >>of a star but now don't remember what I learned , if anything. > >> > >> > > > >It was pretty common for fast amateur male runners to finish with the > >women's winner. My friend Dave Coyne got himself on the front page of > >the New York Times a couple of times by finishing just behind or ahead > >of the women's winner. :) > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
