Scott wrote:
> On Jan 24, 9:20 am, MagillaGorilla <magi...@sandiegozoo.com> wrote:
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>>Scott wrote:
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>>>On Jan 23, 4:49 pm, MagillaGorilla <magi...@sandiegozoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>Scott wrote:
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>>>>>On Jan 23, 8:01 am, MagillaGorilla <magi...@sandiegozoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>b...@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
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>>>>>>>On Jan 20, 8:12 pm, "amit.gh...@gmail.com" <amit.gh...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>>>>On Jan 20, 9:05 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson <usenetrem...@jt10000.com>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>High Road jersey:
>>>>>>>>>http://www.velonews.com/view_full.php?image=/images/int/13934.21801.f...
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>>>>>>>>it looks stapleton picked up some discounted jerseys from performance
>>>>>>>>and had them screened with a design he made in MS Paint.
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>>>>>>>You underestimate the horror of the sale-rack Performance
>>>>>>>jersey designs.
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>>>>>>>I don't mind it. It's minimalist, which is OK, or maybe means that
>>>>>>>Stapleton hasn't succeeded in rounding up as many sponsors
>>>>>>>as clutter the Lotto jersey in the background.
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>>>>>>>But it doesn't matter. Any jersey looks good in a victory salute.
>>>>>>>Okay, any jersey but Castorama.
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>>>>>>>Ben
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>>>>>>That's actually a great looking jersey. Most if not all pro jerseys
>>>>>>today have complicated micro-designs that do not translate well to
>>>>>>spectators watching a peloton go by.
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>>>>>>Jerseys with simple macro-designs such as La vie Claire, System U,
>>>>>>Mapei, Rabobank are much better.
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>>>>>>I like this Team High Horse design.
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>>>>>Its funny that some folks think that the logos on the jerseys should
>>>>>be designed such that they're visible to the spectator. Unless your
>>>>>rider is doing matched sprints, old school-style complete w/
>>>>>trackstand, then he better NOT be going slowly enough that the
>>>>>spectators can read the damn logos.
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>>>>>Jersey designs should be done in such a way that the logos are readily
>>>>>visible in finish line photos such as the one linked by the OP or in
>>>>>podium presentation pix.
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>>>>>Everything else is just a blur.
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>>>>TV spectators, dumbass.
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>>>yeah, those shots of the peloton zipping through fields of sunflowers
>>>are so conducive to picking out logos on jerseys.
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>>Hey Party Boy....99% of the time, the camera is travelling at the same
>>speed as the cyclists they are filming, maybe 10 feet from them at most.
>> Why did you pick the 1% when it's not?
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> Doesn't matter where the camera is, what matters is what's being shown
> to us.
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> 85% of the time we see Phil, Tom, and Bob's ugly mugs while they
> yammer on about who knows what. 10% of the time we see shots of the
> peleton from afar. 4% of the time we MAY see a rider up close. The
> remaining 1% of the time we see podium shots or replays of the finish
> from the overhead view.
So when you watch the Tour de France on Versus, you're telling me 85% of
the time your TV screen shows the commentators and not the cyclists?
Dude, you are legally blind because that's simply not the case.
Magilla