Life on Earth

I don’t shoot many sporting events, but yesterday I shot the Tour de Leelanau, a bike race in Leelanau county that is in its 4th year. The Record Eagle was interested mainly in images of the winners at the finish line, and as far as these types of shots go, I succeeded.

I particularly like the image above of the women’s winner (Anne Samplonius of Montreal Canada) out of focus as she approaches the shadow of the finish line through puffs of pollen. I might be the only one who likes it though. Taylor Tolleson celebrated heroically after winning the final sprint to the finish and the race overall (below).

The rest of these images are of groups of riders. If you’re interested in seeing more images, go to my digital archive at this link: Tour de Leelanau Images

I happened to be in Minneapolis over the weekend and was able to experience the annual Mayday parade, ceremony and festival. It was fantastic– Complete with bureaucratic puppet heads (above) and blood donations to save those addicted to oil (below).

This year’s theme, A New Bridge: Infrastructure for Future Beings, was an obvious call out to the spending of funds to re-build other countries rather than on the infrastructure needs in the U.S. Still fresh on the minds in Minneapolis was the I-35 bridge that collapsed last year. Still, we are too busy chasing the carrots that our promised in front of us.

I also took audio, and will let you know when I get something put together for a quick slide show.