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I know F1 isn't considered a major sport in the US, but...
Tim Huntington, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | USA | Posted: 6:07 PM on 08.31.11 |
->> ...you'd think that the SI person who wrote this caption would know that the "smoke" is actually water spray from the tires during a wet practice session.
(Or perhaps they just relied on an incorrect original caption?)
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Jamey Price, Photographer, Assistant
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 6:15 PM on 08.31.11 |
| ->> hahahahahaha fail! Its like they didnt know what was going on and just made it up. Fictional captioning is the new craze! |
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Richard Uhlhorn, Photographer
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Chelan Falls | WA | USA | Posted: 8:39 PM on 08.31.11 |
| ->> Jeez, I guess his teammate, Mark Weber, also overheated his engine. Amazing that SI caption writers don't know anything about Formula 1, and the fact that they race in the rain until they can't see anymore. |
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Michael Granse, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 9:38 PM on 08.31.11 |
| ->> Did anyone look at Bob Martin's photo which is #2 in that same gallery? THAT is one hell of a photograph!! |
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Anantachai Brown, Photographer
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Jacksonville | FL | | Posted: 10:02 PM on 08.31.11 |
| ->> This is what I don't understand about ESPN coverage...they play these poker games and the world strongest man contest all the time. But nothing is ever reported about F1, Motogp, or World Superbikes...hell AMA Superbike or MX. The Speed coverage of two wheel racing is a joke at times. |
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Will Schneekloth, Photographer
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Piscataway | NJ | USA | Posted: 10:28 PM on 08.31.11 |
->> Actually Richard the other driver in the image is Jaime Alguersuari in the STR ;)
Not surprising considering the most popular racing series in the country refuses to race in the rain, even though they boast to have the best drivers in the world! |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:29 PM on 08.31.11 |
| ->> you would so get fired at a newspaper for writing a caption like that...."not really" really? that's amateur hour. |
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Danny Munson, Photographer
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San Dimas | Ca | United States | Posted: 11:07 PM on 08.31.11 |
->> Who writes "not really" in their captions? Should have put a JK or :) in there.
Photo #12 is just insane. |
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Brian Blanco, Photographer
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Tampa / Sarasota | FL | USA | Posted: 11:31 PM on 08.31.11 |
->> For the record:
I just checked Suki's original caption on the EPA wire and it is professionally written, 100% accurate, written to EPA style, mentions nothing about smoke and doesn't have a single question mark anywhere. Suki did his job as a responsible journalist and wrote a perfect cutline for the image.
As many of us know, the caption that appears under the photo on the SI link has clearly been changed by whomever created the gallery... happens all the time unfortunately. |
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Keith Simonian, Photographer
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 11:51 PM on 08.31.11 |
| ->> just so we're clear. I wasn't blaming the shooter for the caption, I completely figured that was some fool who was posting the gallery's work. |
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Jeff Gammons, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Niceville | Fl | USA | Posted: 11:54 PM on 08.31.11 |
| ->> Just kidding! |
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Brian Blanco, Photographer
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Tampa / Sarasota | FL | USA | Posted: 12:43 AM on 09.01.11 |
->> Chuck, I know you knew it wasn't the photographer that wrote that caption, but rather the "editor" who made the gallery.
Hell Chuck, you should see what I've done to some of your cutlines I've pulled off MCT over the years. |
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Brian Blanco, Photographer
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Tampa / Sarasota | FL | USA | Posted: 12:45 AM on 09.01.11 |
| ->> ... speaking of MCT Chuck, I noticed some nice work of your on the wire and on the ZUMA Pictures of the Day site, but when can we see your edit here? I'm looking forward to it. |
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Dave Breen, Photographer
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Somerset | PA | USA | Posted: 10:58 AM on 09.01.11 |
| ->> I'm not a frequent reader of SI or SI.com (yeah, I know -- blasphemy). The captions in the linked gallery in this thread are, for the most part, " cutesy" (as Chuck noted with his "not really" post). The captions in the magazine, the last time I saw them, were clever -- intellectually funny. Is this more "dumbing down" of content, as mentioned in the Larry Price story (another thread here)? |
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Jamie Roper, Photographer
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Kansas City area | KS | United States | Posted: 11:09 AM on 09.01.11 |
| ->> I'm sure this doesn't apply to anyone here, but it reminds me of when each and every trick skateboard shot that ran from the mid-90's to very recently was tagged as a "kick flip". Again, applies to not a single person here. |
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Richard Uhlhorn, Photographer
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Chelan Falls | WA | USA | Posted: 11:37 AM on 09.01.11 |
->> Will... thanks for the correction. I just glanced at the image and thought it was Vettel's teammate.
Did anyone see the Isle of Man TT races on HD TV last week. Sick. 175 mph down the straights and 142 mph average speed over a 34 mile loop on the island. Absolutely incredible. |
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