B. You can really get lost exploring photos on Flickr, I really like the compfight tool that allows you to only search creative Commons photos. I like the idea of using photos that you have permission to use for none comercial uses. I also like the archival photos from the Library of Congress, very cool for social studies teachers.
C. My favorite photo, Hmmm? I guess this would be one of my new favs, after all the great pictures of my beautiful wife and super kids, that is.
I just love this shot of Tom Boonen of Beglium riding in front of Olympic gold medalist, Fabian Cancallara of Switzerland, during the 2009 Paris-Roubaix bike race. Both riders love this race and relish the opportunity to win it every year. Boonen is a previous winner and has a ton of Flemish fans supporting him. In the background you can see the yellow and black, Lion of Flanders flags waving for their Flemish hero, Boonen. Cancallara is one of the strongest and fastest racers in the world but lost this race to a hard charging Boonen. I can sense the urgency and excitement of this spring classic race in this photo. I also love the fact that this great photo was taken by an amateur photog. This photo looks very similar to the types of photos taken by British, cycling photographer Graham Watson. In short this is a really cool photo that distills the essence of last years race down to one well shot photo.
Your description made the photo more interesting to me, an amateur photographer, amateur bicyclist, and one who knows little about bike racing. Thanks for the details!
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