[Roses, run: Kent Desormeaux rides Big Brown to victory]
Big Brown delivered one of the Derby's most stunning victories by a favorite, in a Run for the Roses late this afternoon that was marred by a tragic end for the filly Eight Belles, The Courier-Journal says. Finishing second, Eight Belles was humanely destroyed on the track in front of the second-largest Derby crowd ever, 157,770, after she fractured both front legs just after crossing the finish. The race brings global attention to the Louisville newspaper and its website.
I gasped when I read about the filly's death soon after the race ended. I caught the news at the C-J's website, using my iPhone over dinner in a restaurant in Rhode Island, where I'm now vacationing. Kentucky is horse country. I only lived in Louisville three years. But nothing could bring a Derby to a more horrifying finish than for thousands to witness a horse being put down.
[Photo by Al Behrman, Associated Press]
Is there any more iconic Derby shot than the twin spires of Churchill Downs and the winning horse at the rail? I worked in sports for a number of years and used that angle from AP almost every year.
ReplyDeleteYepper: And I bet the A.P. knows that -- and makes sure to move many photos each year with the spires in the frame.
ReplyDeleteI attended the Derby just once -- in the infield, with all the young people. It was a freakin' blast!
The C-J also does remotes, Jim, to get the low angle from the inside rail -- not just AP. So give the photo staff at the paper some credit...sheesh.
ReplyDeleteSheesh: I spent at least 10 minutes looking for a C-J staff version of that classic shot. But the the paper only had AP's versions at that moment. So, what say you now?
ReplyDeleteDo you have permission to use AP photographs versus copyright?
ReplyDelete"So, what say you now?"
ReplyDeleteI'd say you took the lazy way to use AP; that shot is almost a visual cliche at this point. If you worked at the C-J you would have known; but wait, you were a reporter so you probably didn't care either way. But guess which gets bigger hits?
I am sorry you are disappointed. I do the best I can, in what amounts to an unpaid, volunteer job. I will try to do a better, next year.
ReplyDelete"Do you have permission to use AP photographs versus copyright?"
ReplyDeleteMy media law courses in school always erred on the side that discussion on a blog of an image or the event that it represents constitutes fair use as long as credit is given...