Dateline Beijing:  It all ended just as it began 17 nights ago in the Birds Nest in the Chinese city of Beijing.  In 1984 on August  12th the night of the Los Angeles Olympics Closing Ceremonies  I was presented a 45 recording of a song called Let the Nations Play.  Tonight as the athletes of the XXIX Olympic Summer games celebrated their accomplishments, the first verse kept going through my head:  "Let the nations play, let the athletes of the world run free, let sport unite humanity, let the nations play."

Over the past 17 days I hope you have enjoyed the photographs, tales of adventure, photographic techniques and a bit of opinion. 

While I had a blast doing this blog, and getting perhaps more than my fair share of "fifteen minutes of fame"  it's the athletes who are the stars. My thanks for giving us so many great performances and action to make great pictures of.

Here are some pictures from the last 24 hours of my "Dateline Beijing" adventure:

The Gold Medal games of both women's and men's basketball ...

 

...and the Closing Ceremonies

 

Over the next few days it will be packing and flying back to Rochester.  I am sure some of you are wondering exactly how many shots I took etc.  Stay tuned. My final blog on Beijing will have a dateline of Rochester, with a recap of the 17 day's worth of exploits.

To quote the great American journalist Walter Cronkite:  "And that's the way it is."
Richard
The Photon Wrangler

 

 

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