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G'day all.

Having been pretty down on myself after coming home last night after my first attempt at shooting cycling, I'm now feeling a bit better about things

They're not as bad as I first thought, although I do seem to have a real ability to get the focuspoint on the second cyclist in a line, which is not a widely-desired skill…









Going back to today's final event in a couple of hours to see if I've learned anything.

Hi Mickeyjuice,

I had a look at your Flickr-site and noticed a number of cycling shots.
Are you into cycling yourself ?
I love No 2 and No 3 - they display (inter) action.
No 1 and No 4 are a little bit static if I may say so - the wheels are frozen.

And thanks for your feedback, regards,
CD

Re C&C - agree completely. First time I'd shot it, and it was't that good, although not as bad as I thought last night, when I was about to give it away altogether

Planning on getting out with my in-laws to shoot some downhill soonish, as they're mad into it.

Yeah, I do cycle myself, but only for transport, not for racing Work on the fitness, save fuel, etc.

Don't give it away (What were you plannig to give away anyway )

keep practising and you will get the results you want.

Keep it up and keep showing your photos, regards,
CD

I really like the 4th shot. Nice action.

Hard to get so close?

christiand wrote:Don't give it away (What were you plannig to give away anyway )

keep practising and you will get the results you want.

Keep it up and keep showing your photos, regards,
CD

Cheers Christian. Lightroom is ingesting today's shoot (about 10GB) but a couple I've sneaked a look at look a lot better, so we'll see.

Willy wombat wrote:I really like the 4th shot. Nice action.

Hard to get so close?

REALLY easy. I'd talked to their meda guy before the events, but the only real rule was "stay out of the way". The was no-one down near the hairpin, so I was shooting through the metal barriers they had up, with both the 30/1.4 and the 10-20.

More people at today's event, though, so it wasn't as easy today. The 120-300 looks big and pro, though, so just carrying that around on the monopod means people tend to make space for you to shoot in