[LRflex] Re: Photo of a lifetime...
- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:03:29 +0200
A good may come out of a bad ...
Wish I had been there too
Well, not quite :-)
Amitiés
Philippe
Le 17 juin 11 à 17:35, David Young a écrit :
>
> By now, many, if not most, of you have heard of the rather sad,
> Vancouver
> Riot, after the home-town team lost their bid to wind Hockey's biggest
> prize, the Stanley Cup.
>
> Vancouver is, normally, a great town, and it is unfortunate that a
> small
> group of thugs and miscreants have cost the city its reputation and
> its
> citizens, millions.
>
> However, from the midst of the mayhem, there emerged a photo that
> has to be
> the photo of a lifetime for Getty Images photog, Rich Lam.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kissing-couple-vancouver-riots-photo-viral-canucks-win/story?id=13866244
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3d5ntlx
>
> Now, for the rest of the story....
>
> According to Rich Lam, he spotted the couple and thought she had been
> injured, and was being helped by someone, so he shot "a couple of
> frames",
> and then went on with his work.
>
> Only later, after someone told him they were kissing, did he check the
> frame, and realize what he had!
>
> He tracked them down, and it turns out that it was not all that it
> seemed.
> The couple had found themselves between the rioters and police, and
> as the
> police advanced, she was knocked down by a brush with a policeman's
> shield.
>
> He then tried to comfort her, and gave her a quick kiss, to say "It
> will be
> all right". And that's when, by chance, Rich Lam tripped the
> shutter.
>
> All I can say is... I wish I'd taken that shot!
>
> Cheers!
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