The Fan's power

Gael MONFILS
Originally uploaded by littlemalt

After I uploaded my photos during the Tennis match up to flickr, put the big stars' name as the searchable tags and pushed the photos into a "Beijing Summer Olympic Games 2008 (Pool)", the views rate pumped from less than 5 per photo straight to 40 views just in one day.

It is quite an advantage that you buy the tickets for the pre-final matches. first, it's cheap. Second, you will see so many stars than in the final. FEDERER, NADAL, WILLIAMS S. , Li NA, Zheng Jie, ..... If you buy the final , not only it is expensive, but also some of those celebrities will got kicked off and you will never expect who you will miss.

I'm not so called a fan, but it is really exciting to see those faces even you are just told they were the stars minutes ago.
BTW, Federer was kicked off the court by James Blake at round 4

NADAL Rafael in Beijing 2008

NADAL Rafael in Beijing 2008
Originally uploaded by littlemalt

So lucky we got the tickets at last minutes. Tennis round 3 took place at the National Tennis Central at Aug-13 starting from 4:00 pm.

This is the first time I entered the Beijing 2008 Facilities. Carrying a small bag with 200mm lens permitted without tripod allowed is just difficult for me to get bigger images of those blinding super stars.

I've enjoyed the competitions even the match was not as close as between Rafael NADAL and Roges FEDERER (may be in the final, maybe not). The show ended in the center court with Gael MONFILS defeating David NALBANDIAN, which made Mariana so disappeared since she waited until midnight for her country hero. But yeah, the show was wonderful since it was also the first time for me to watch the stars playing just in front of my eyes, just for 300 RMB.

Sun Set

Sun Set
Originally uploaded by littlemalt

7 days before the open ceremony for the XXIX Olympiad, the wind came, tore the clouds into pieces. Sun had the chance to give its last flares before the sun set, while being eaten by the moon behind the clouds.