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Old 26-03.-2005, 05:09 AM   #1
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I used to think that these photosharing sites like Flickr are mostly a bunch of crap like pictures of dog's noses up in the camera. Well they are. But sometimes some really cool stuff shows up on them like pictures taken in the last 24 hours from the Track World's out in LA. Here's a link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonr/sets/184053/
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Old 28-03.-2005, 02:32 AM   #2
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I am going to the Track today (Sunday) for the finals and I find this site very informative. I will be taking some PICs and if things go right I will give a link.



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I used to think that these photosharing sites like Flickr are mostly a bunch of crap like pictures of dog's noses up in the camera. Well they are. But sometimes some really cool stuff shows up on them like pictures taken in the last 24 hours from the Track World's out in LA. Here's a link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonr/sets/184053/
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Old 28-03.-2005, 11:27 PM   #3
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Well, I went to the Worlds and they were great. The track is really first class and the compitition was super. Only one thing that really got me pissed. They would not let any cameras with an interchangable lense over 3 1/2 inches be used. Also no flash. Wow, I got really terrible PICs. All the pro photo guys had all the good shots but the best the public could get was poor snapshots. I guess its all about $$$.
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Old 29-03.-2005, 01:46 AM   #4
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"All the pro photo guys had all the good shots but the best the public could get was poor snapshots. I guess its all about $$$."

Wow that sucks.

Here's my vote for the hottest cycling babe Charlotte Becker from Germany http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2...s_05_sun_0113_R
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Well, I went to the Worlds and they were great. The track is really first class and the compitition was super. Only one thing that really got me pissed. They would not let any cameras with an interchangable lense over 3 1/2 inches be used. Also no flash. Wow, I got really terrible PICs. All the pro photo guys had all the good shots but the best the public could get was poor snapshots. I guess its all about $$$.
Quite frankly all the amateur photographers who went to the railing and blocked my view and blinded me with their flashes pissed me off more. None of the pros who went to the same locations did this.
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Quite frankly all the amateur photographers who went to the railing and blocked my view and blinded me with their flashes pissed me off more. None of the pros who went to the same locations did this.

I agree that photographers that block someones view are quite rude and I had no intention of doing this but from my seat I could have taken great PICs without bothering anyone. The flash that I wanted to use is effective to about 50 ft when used correctly and would not have been any worse than the guys shooting pro. they were shooting towards the crowd on plenty of shots and I never noticed anything annoying about it. I feel that my PICs (even thought not used for profit) are shown to very many folks that can be turned on to track racing and become and may become a fan.
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Boy, they are good. I like the layout of the site as well. Great design. Thanks for the link roundsquare1.
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I got some PICs on the web finally. Not the best but it gives you the idea.

http://members2.clubphoto.com/james...wner-ab24.phtml
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Quite frankly all the amateur photographers who went to the railing and blocked my view and blinded me with their flashes pissed me off more. None of the pros who went to the same locations did this.

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I did have front row tickets. The layout of the seats is such that no one's view is blocked by another spectator who is seated with their butt in the chair. However there is space in front of the many of the seats on the straightaways, in my case 2-3 feet and this went for many yards, for an inconsiderate lout to get in there. Also, even on the front row, an inconsiderate lout can get in the aisle and stand there at the railing.
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I did have front row tickets. The layout of the seats is such that no one's view is blocked by another spectator who is seated with their butt in the chair. However there is space in front of the many of the seats on the straightaways, in my case 2-3 feet and this went for many yards, for an inconsiderate lout to get in there. Also, even on the front row, an inconsiderate lout can get in the aisle and stand there at the railing.

sounds like they need to have better security/ushers in the building. stuff like that never goes unattended at hockey games or other sporting venues
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sounds like they need to have better security/ushers in the building. stuff like that never goes unattended at hockey games or other sporting venues
They sold popcorn and I almost had to intervene to stop some unsupervised children from dropping kernels on the track. I yelled at them a few times until finally some people who were ushers / I assume big brothers came down and sat with them.
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