Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Douglas, for your thoughts. I didn?t last the entire race so I did miss the finish. Mostly it was an experiment to see what it was like and what I could learn. I greatly admire the cyclists who can get out there and ride this hard for an hour. I think that the duration set. Thanks for looking! Adam > On 2018 Jul 5, at 1:38 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Adam, as a photo essay, it's very good, but lacks finish, as in there is > no finish shot. That said, as a former triathlete, and owner of seven > bikes, I love bike racing, and you caught some good images of some nice > equipment and the huge amount of effort that goes in to ride it fast. I > particularly like the second one as the local home town boy goes for early > glory by attempting a break to the amusement of a couple of the chasing > pack. > > Douglas > > > On 05/07/2018 18:29, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote: >> Here in Davis the bike club blocks off most of downtown for a street >> race. It?s been going on just this side of forever. Mostly it?s run in >> temperatures that range from low 90s to near 110. This year we made it >> all the way to 80 with a breeze. Just about a perfect day for bike racing. >> >> And a perfect day to poke at the art of photographing a bike race. I set >> up at Turn One which is at the end of the longest straight on the course. >> I chose my Fuji X-T2 coupled to the 100-400mm zoom. In retrospect, except >> for a couple of shots, I would have been better off with the 50-140, I >> think. >> >> I?ll just share a few of my favorite shots and maybe you?ll get excited >> for the Tour de France coming up on the 7th. >> >> The starting instructions: >> >> In the lead at the first turn: >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Cycling/2018-Davis-4th-of-July-Criterium/i-JVQVG5d> >> >> ?Jump to Lightspeed? >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Cycling/2018-Davis-4th-of-July-Criterium/i-tDhGD69> >> >> Course marshal at work: >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Cycling/2018-Davis-4th-of-July-Criterium/i-kWCdNp6> >> >> The breakaway: >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Cycling/2018-Davis-4th-of-July-Criterium/i-B6Xw4xS> >> >> Team CLIF >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Cycling/2018-Davis-4th-of-July-Criterium/i-M6kfNPg> >> >> How I imagine it all feels: >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Cycling/2018-Davis-4th-of-July-Criterium/i-bdPb5hN> >> >> I have come away with a new respect for the photographers who make super, >> tack-sharp, photos of bike races. It was fun. There?s plenty of light but >> it?s a huge test on autofocus systems. I think the Fuji with the 100-400 >> wasn?t really up to the task. Or I wasn?t sophisticated enough to make >> best use of its settings. I should have taken the Sony A7R3 with the >> 70-200 to see if it did any better. I know the A9 would have worked >> wonderfully but I don?t shoot sports for a living. It?s like buying >> Leicas. Well, okay, maybe half a Leica. >> >> Thanks for looking and, perhaps, reading this far. >> >> I?d welcome critique on the shots I?ve shared or on the entire sequence >> (some of them are for local guys on our club team) >> >> Adam Bridge >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information