Professional Cycling - most brilliant tdf photo or artwork

would like to fill some bare wall with a large, framed photo or artwork of the tdf. could take a jpeg to kinkos and have them print a poster from it. anyone know of a classic photo i could poach off the web? have been googling around but have not yet found just the right thing. am thinking of a coloroful peleton streaking through a field of sunflowers, etc... cheers

Why not support an artist?

http://www.grahamwatson.com/

Mark

could take a jpeg to kinkos and have them print a poster from it.

:roflmao: Good luck. I hope you like pixels.

Anything BUT Leroy Neiman

:roflmao: Good luck. I hope you like pixels.
got some great results with digital photos taken in italy. fine quality, large images, sharpened up in fireworks, then printed poster size at kinkos come out great. at least good enough for my taste...

Why not support an artist? http://www.grahamwatson.com/Mark
why not indeed? the sunflower poster is perfect. i have a large (and expensive) custome frame/matte in the attic that i need to pull out and measure, and if i can use with that poster you'll be hearing from my paypal account soon! nice stuff, and thanks!

why not indeed? the sunflower poster is perfect. i have a large (and expensive) custome frame/matte in the attic that i need to pull out and measure, and if i can use with that poster you'll be hearing from my paypal account soon! nice stuff, and thanks!

Glad I could help.

Now if only I could find a nice resource for old TdF B/W photos (beside for the handful that you see in various bike catalogs)

I know there are photo archiving projects afoot in this country and abroad that propose to make huge collections of photos available for public consumption. I have to find one that contains sports photos.

Mark.

Slightly OT for not talking about how to get them, but rather my favorites - everyone has seen them - the guys riding and holding each other up at the end of a stage to light each other's cigarettes, and the two Swiss riders drinking beer on a stoop with tubes wrapped around them as the local kids look on. Reminiscent of a time when the riders were just tough men, not guys on training regimens.

Slightly OT for not talking about how to get them, but rather my favorites - everyone has seen them - the guys riding and holding each other up at the end of a stage to light each other's cigarettes, and the two Swiss riders drinking beer on a stoop with tubes wrapped around them as the local kids look on. Reminiscent of a time when the riders were just tough men, not guys on training regimens.

ask and ye shall receive:

http://grahamwatson.safeshopper.com/89/cat89.htm?929

Slightly OT for not talking about how to get them, but rather my favorites - everyone has seen them - the guys riding and holding each other up at the end of a stage to light each other's cigarettes, and the two Swiss riders drinking beer on a stoop with tubes wrapped around them as the local kids look on. Reminiscent of a time when the riders were just tough men, not guys on training regimens.
hilarious. this morning on oln heard a reference to the not-so-old days before they had team buses and trailers, etc.: the riders would knock on the doors of homes near the start and finish lines and ask to change, use facilities, etc...

Thanks, bunabayashi, I couldn't find that one - awesome!

Not sure how to insert a pic (?) but here is the other:

http://www.intimage.com.au/images/PhotoGraphic%20Prints/Tour%20de%20France%20%20%20%20Cigarette%20%20%2056%20x%2076%20cm.jpg

www.carolineyang.com

better than watson imo, not sure if she'll offer prints after the tour

she updates after every stage

I have done a number of cycling paintings. Here's one of Kloden.

The snot outburst of a few stages ago was the best pic ever imo

Poach?

Give me a break.

www.carolineyang.com

better than watson imo, not sure if she'll offer prints after the tour

she updates after every stageoh thank you i've been looking for alternatives to graham's photos and these are actually much better!

I have done a number of cycling paintings. Here's one of Kloden.
geist, that is extra cool. i like the bit of anime look to it. post more. or a link to an online gallery if you got?

ask and ye shall receive:

http://grahamwatson.safeshopper.com/89/cat89.htm?929
are my 4 eyes playing tricks, or does the caption on the 'smokers' poster have a misprint? 'tthe'?

smokers poster. (http://grahamwatson.safeshopper.com/89/522.htm?858)

think i might have to get that one. too funny....

Nice!

Today was a sweet finish....though I wish Horner could've held it...

are my 4 eyes playing tricks, or does the caption on the 'smokers' poster have a misprint? 'tthe'?

smokers poster. (http://grahamwatson.safeshopper.com/89/522.htm?858)

think i might have to get that one. too funny....

HHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! LOL!
Also, notice the new spelling of the word Intinmate. They can't even get the series spelled right!

Now I have to get THAT one!

I love the painting and the Caroline Yang. Good stuff.

Can anyone link to the snot shot?

(Hey bunabayashi - more cowbell.)

Today was a sweet finish....though I wish Horner could've held it...



Were they dawdling while jockeying for position? It seemed like they could have done it if they had just kept on it.

not a tdf photo i think, but cool:

HHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! LOL!
Can anyone link to the snot shot?

(Hey bunabayashi - more cowbell.)

one of my most favorite pictures from the TDF is one taken by Graham Watson, Stage 15, 2003


for some reason i just love that picture.

Sweet, thanks for sharing. I can just imagine the conversation:

Daddy: Honey, stay there while Daddy gets the camera
Mommy: bunabayashi, you are sick and you will sleep on the couch tonight if you take that picture.

I guess I was expecting a current TdF rider, not a future rider. Good stuff though.

Here's one of "Der Kaiser" Jan Ullrich.

I want this as a poster in my room...


Love it... my two fav riders busting their @$$ to the finish...
If you look closely at Lance's Oakley [hahah product placement] you can see the road beckon towards the finish...

:D

I love the one with the beer drinkers...

Is this the same kid yelling at Lance in the previous Yang photo? the ear may be blurred, but the rest of the features look very similair... and does anyone have a photo of the kid who snagged LA's bars with the Musette bag? haha!!

Is this the same kid yelling at Lance in the previous Yang photo? the ear may be blurred, but the rest of the features look very similair... and does anyone have a photo of the kid who snagged LA's bars with the Musette bag? haha!!

WOW!

That shot of Tyler and the kid from last year was one of my favorites and it sure does look like the same kid...

WHO IS HE??!? :eek:

While Watson is certainly the Master, Yang's beautiful shots offer a unique perspective. We're lucky to have them both :)

maybe its the photographers son, or friend of the family....

there's a few here:

http://www.worldcycling.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=POSTERS

here's one of Champion falling out in the Pyrenees:

Look at this great shot of the calves on next years TDF winner ;)

I want this as a poster in my room...


Love it... my two fav riders busting their @$$ to the finish...
If you look closely at Lance's Oakley [hahah product placement] you can see the road beckon towards the finish...

Yep, I agree this shot is fantastic, my new wallpaper..thanks ;)

Here's my favorite -- by far -- from the 2005 TdF:

http://www.velonews.com/images/details/8385.11696.f.jpg

I don't know about blowing this jpeg up to poster size, but maybe you could contact the owner (velonews, I guess) and buy a copy with much higher resolution... if you're interested.

edit: The photo, from stage 3, is of the famous head-butting incident (Robbie McK.)

Try here and buy a print! www.patclearyart.co.uk

Here's my favorite -- by far -- from the 2005 TdF:

http://www.velonews.com/images/details/8385.11696.f.jpg

I don't know about blowing this jpeg up to poster size, but maybe you could contact the owner (velonews, I guess) and buy a copy with much higher resolution... if you're interested.

edit: The photo, from stage 3, is of the famous head-butting incident (Robbie McK.)
That's great! I've been looking for decent copy of this for my wife - it was her favorite moment of the TdF 2005. Thanks!

i did a google image search for 'tour de france' and this was the first one. i think i like it:

What's not to like?? :D

i did a google image search for 'tour de france' and this was the first one. i think i like it:




Yes, this is brilliant.

I believe those are ranked by popularity, so you are in good company.

Here's my favorite -- by far -- from the 2005 TdF:

http://www.velonews.com/images/details/8385.11696.f.jpg

I don't know about blowing this jpeg up to poster size, but maybe you could contact the owner (velonews, I guess) and buy a copy with much higher resolution... if you're interested.

edit: The photo, from stage 3, is of the famous head-butting incident (Robbie McK.)

Seeing this photo I have more sympathy for Robbie. Everyone focuses on the head, but not that he is trying to unhook the elbow of his countryman.

http://images.google.com/images?q=tour+de+france&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

Look at the first picture on the list of search results...

how bout when he went off roading http://www.velonews.com/images/details/4520.5461.f.jpg

i did a google image search for 'tour de france' and this was the first one. i think i like it:




_that's_ a poster.

how bout when he went off roading http://www.velonews.com/images/details/4520.5461.f.jpg

that was one exciting moment, wasn't it? i was watching the month old DVD at the time and still jumped out of my chair when it happened. very cool indeed.

ended up getting the 'smokers' poster - hilarious, a good conversation piece, and full of historical detail. plus, the poster size perfectly matched the matte and frame i had...