OT: Kobe-SI-CNN and BMW

[cbwaters]

I'm in the waiting room at the shop waiting for my car to get some service 
done.  They have a bunch of magazines I don't read and one Sports 
Illustrated.  I'm flipping the pages when I come upon a photo of Kobe Bryant 
lying on the basketball court grabbing at his ankle in obvious pain.  He'd 
come down on somebody's foot and rolled his ankle over causing a serious 
sprain.  This was obviously an "opportunity" photo where the shooter was 
just in the right place at the right time.  He got a two page photo in SI 
for his efforts (!).
Now, on the TV in the waiting room at just that moment, I see a story on 
CNNHN about Kobe walking without crutches for the first time since his 
injury.  The showed a couple replays of the incident and wha-da-ya-know?
I SAW the guy sitting there on the baseline lift his camera as Kobe fell and 
wait for just the right moment to fire off a frame or six (I even saw the 
strobe flash!).
It struck me as a pretty heavy moment.  I've seen the replays of the injury 
play over and over on TV before and that guy undoubtedly shot the photo just 
the same every time (the magic of video, ya know) but THIS time, I'm holding 
in my hand the results of his efforts.  Pretty cool.

Cory
is glad to have you guys to share the moment with since my family thinks I'm 
nuts.


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