Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-22 Thread frank theriault
On 7/22/07, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 02:26:51PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > > > > Pictures from the Prologue (on Saturday), and from the Ashford area > > during Sunday's Stage One will be posted when I return to the USA. > > As I mentioned in another post,

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-21 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 02:26:51PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > > Pictures from the Prologue (on Saturday), and from the Ashford area > during Sunday's Stage One will be posted when I return to the USA. As I mentioned in another post, I was having equipment troubles with my 80-200, and only reall

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-10 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 03:02:58PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: > > The Prologue Stage is often held outside France. That's what's being run > in England as part of Le Tour. All the other stages are in France. > > -Adam Not so. In fact the very first stage, run on Sunday July 8th, (the stage Bob in

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-09 Thread David Mann
On Jul 8, 2007, at 1:57 AM, Bob W wrote: > has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france > before? I could imagine it's 6 hours of waiting followed by a 2 minute flurry of intense activity. I think you should spectate the mountain stages... http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/120

RE: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-08 Thread Bob W
9 July 2007 05:35 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Photographing le Tour > > Nice shots - thanks. I particularly like the one of the couple > sitting in a park with the city skyline in the background. > I hope you saw the Finish on television - it was classic! > IM

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-08 Thread Stan Halpin
ginal Message- >> From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 08 July 2007 17:44 >> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >> Subject: RE: Photographing le Tour >> >> well, despite them getting the country wrong, the tour went >> ahead. I didn'

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/7/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >...sorry - one-handed typing - I sent that accidentally. > >...I photographed people waiting. The peloton itself passed in about 5 >seconds, according to my metadata - they are very fast. After that >were a few wannabes, and then Greenwich relaxed in

RE: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-08 Thread Bob W
Flash gallery: http://www.web-options.com/TDF/ -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 July 2007 17:44 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: Photographing le Tour > > well, despite them getting the country w

RE: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-08 Thread Bob W
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob W > Sent: 07 July 2007 14:58 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: Photographing le Tour > > has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france > before? > > tomorrow it is due to pass through green

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-08 Thread Peter Jordan
Navigation clearly done by a female. (wait for incoming flames) Cotty wrote: > The Tour de France, right? > > In England. > > Am I missing something here? > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/7/07, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: >The Prologue Stage is often held outside France. That's what's being run >in England as part of Le Tour. All the other stages are in France. Being a fat bastard with no leanings to physical activity of note, I was therefore oblivious to this. Th

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 02:33:47PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote.. > From: > Bob W > > has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france > > before? > > > > tomorrow it is due to pass through greenwich from about 11am. the > > clocks will start running when they get to the meridian lin

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: RE: Photographing le Tour > Ok, maybe this is a stupid question, but if it's the Tour de France, > what's it doing in Central London? The French never had a good sense of direction. William Robb -- PDM

Re: RE: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >Ok, maybe this is a stupid question, but if it's the Tour de France, >what's it doing in Central London? Stopping by an alley in the east end somewhere to pick up some, um, "pharmaceuticals"? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Adam Maas
John Sessoms wrote: > From: > Bob W >> has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france >> before? >> >> tomorrow it is due to pass through greenwich from about 11am. the >> clocks will start running when they get to the meridian line. I have >> been scouting for a useful vantage

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread AlunFoto
2007/7/7, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > what's it doing in Central London? > > > > Sarko's Napoleonic tendencies? > Substituting bombing with doping? Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

RE: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Bob W
> > > Ok, maybe this is a stupid question, but if it's the Tour de France, > what's it doing in Central London? > Sarko's Napoleonic tendencies? Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread David Savage
On 7/8/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Tour de France, right? > > In England. > > Am I missing something here? Nope. But they're not touring England, just passing through. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W > has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france > before? > > tomorrow it is due to pass through greenwich from about 11am. the > clocks will start running when they get to the meridian line. I have > been scouting for a useful vantage point today. the one I like be

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Cotty
The Tour de France, right? In England. Am I missing something here? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pd

RE: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Bob W
I'll stay in bed then... -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Norm Baugher > Sent: 07 July 2007 15:58 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Photographing le Tour > > Just got off the phone

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Norm Baugher
Just got off the phone with Lance, he said anywhere in Greenwich is fine... Norm Bob W wrote: > has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france > before? > > tomorrow it is due to pass through greenwich from about 11am. the > clocks will start running when they get to the meridi

Re: Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread David Savage
On 7/7/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france > before? A...no. > tomorrow it is due to pass through greenwich from about 11am. the > clocks will start running when they get to the meridian line. I have > been scouting for a us

Photographing le Tour

2007-07-07 Thread Bob W
has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france before? tomorrow it is due to pass through greenwich from about 11am. the clocks will start running when they get to the meridian line. I have been scouting for a useful vantage point today. the one I like best is shortly before me