Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for posting these photos of my favorite spectator sport, Nathan! Got me dreaming of Grand Tour season? I especially like the spectators (that dog!) and Valentin Paret-Peintre. ?howard > On Feb6, 2022, at 0820, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a 5-day race around our region of > Spain. This year?s edition took place this week (it finishes this > afternoon in Valencia), and on Friday the 3rd stage started in Alicante > and passed through several mountain passes in the area, with a brutal > mountain finish near the village of Tibi, a place where I too cycle from > time to time. When I go to see a race, I try to find a spot at the top of > a climb since the cyclists move slower, making it easier to photograph > them; also, a mountain stage is far more interesting than a flat stage?on > flat stages the peloton usually stays together and whirls past you in 30 > seconds, whereas on a mountain stage the peloton splits into many groups, > and it takes several minutes for the riders to pass a given spot. In this > case, I drove to the race rather than taking my bike, because the > following day I was going to cycle in a 200 km event and needed to keep my > legs fresh. This in turn meant that some of the mountain passes were not > feasible because parking would be impossible. But the centre of Tibi > offered both parking and a decent spot at the top of a climb. Here are 10 > images, all in B&W?just like Picasso had his blue period, I am having a > B&W period now: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/Volta-a-la-Comunitat-Valenciana-2022/ > <https://www.greatpix.eu/Volta-a-la-Comunitat-Valenciana-2022/> > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information