When to a cycling meet at Unanderra velodrome yesterday. Was a great day out, many thanks to Mick Probert for the invite. Here are but four of the 500 odd shots I took.
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Big Shots, some of the best sports photography.
How I have managed to not notice the sister site to the Boston Globes Big Picture is beyond me. Big Shots, their sports photos site is just as good.
Here are some of my faves.
Buy one, get one FREE!!!!
The 52 week project is still rolling on, and I have missed posting week 8 on the blog, so this week, I give you 2 for the price of 1! What a deal. The 1st ten callers will also receive a set of rusty and blunt steak knives. But wait, there is more. If you call now, yes, now, we will throw in a 2nd set of rusty and blunt steak knives for the unheard of price of $354.99.
Week 8, and it was the photo the masses had been asking for. A full frontal nude shot.
What an arse of a shot to set up. I really should have diffused the flash to soften the shadows a touch. Ah well, you live and learn. Pity there wont be a next time for the shower shot. Or will there? Stay tuned.
Week 9. The 1st day of spring, and I decided I would ride my push bike to work and back. A nice 50km round trip through dairy farms and some nice flat country.
That shot was taken on the way home yesterday. You wouldn’t realise I was humming along at about 25kph at the time. Well you might if you look at the look on my face.
There you go. 2 more weeks down in the 52 Week Project.
2009 Tour de France – The Big Picture
Oh how I have been waiting for this. The Big Picture has its Tour de France edition. Some fantastic shots, even if you aren’t a cycling fan like I am.
2/52
2/52, originally uploaded by norbography.
Week 2 of the 52 weeks project.
It is a pretty special time of year for a person who loves sports. In France they are riding the 3500km, 3 week bike race around France and neighbouring countries. In England, or to be exact for the first Test, Wales, they are playing the Ashes cricket series.
This is a photo of me enjoying both of them, from the other side of the world. Taken at 30 minutes after mid night, you can see two TV windows on the left screen (The MacBook Pro laptop) and on the right screen is the live timing, and other information I keep an eye on during the coverage.
Considering 10 years ago we hardly got to see highlights of the Tour de France, it is a pretty big thing to watch it live.
God bless SBS, the Australian broadcaster for both events. Sure as hell beats Channel 9.
le Tour.
To my fan out there in internet land, this blog MAY slow down a little in the next few weeks due to the fact that in a little over 24 hours, a few blokes will race push bikes around France. One of the few disadvantages of living at GPS coordinates -34.9,150.7 is that the Tour de France is on late at night here. Usually starting transmission at 10PM and winding up at about 2am. Sadly, this coincides with the times I do most of my posting to the blog. So, if you find things a little slow, why not have a look at the Tour. Even better, check out the fantastic photos at The Boston Globes site, The Big Picture. One set here, and another here.
©2008 REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel
©2008 Jasper Juinen/Getty Images
©2008 AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski
As you can see from above, there are some wonderful photos of what is a stunning piece of the earth.