Falling in the Mud: A Cyclocratic Medaphore for Life

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 102mm — 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 450 —
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Déjà Vu

織田 智陽さん

Last week's “Watching My First
Cyclocross Bike Race” opened with the photo above. Today I'll share the whole fun sequence of
photos that followed.

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 102mm — 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 450 —
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Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 90mm — 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 360 —
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Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 82mm — 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 320 —
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Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 82mm — 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 360 —
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Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 82mm — 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 450 —
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Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 720 —
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Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 180 —
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As I write this I'm dealing with a family medical emergency in America, and as I
sit in a hospital waiting room, these photos from a cyclocross bicycle
race last week in Kyoto Japan strike me as a perfect metaphor for life: if you suffer a setback, just shake it off, put on a smile, and continue forward.

(PS: I just made up the “Cyclocratic” seen in the title; there's probably a more grammatically-appropriate word I could have made up.)