I'd have preferred it without the idiot in the road, myself. But that was the only opportunity I had. I chose the spot (on the outside of the curve, contrary to some suggestions) so that I could get the riders in sunlight - the tall buildings meant that a lot of the downtown stuff was in shadow. Of course when I set up the shot I had a clear view of quite a bit of the turn - the foreground obstruction only stepped out at the last minute, by which time I was committed to the shot.
Still, all in all, not too bad for my first attempt at bikes. That was, of course, my first race shot of the day - it's amazing how often your best shot is the first (or last) frame. Time trials tomorrow. It doesn't look as though it will be possible to get from the start to the finish once the trials get under way, so I'll probably concentrate on the finish area again. Perhaps I might even get George Hincapie (stage winner) to sign a print. On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:37:12PM -0800, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Hey John, > > Rather nice shot. I'm trying to decide if the person in the yellow > adds or detracts from the shot. I like the framing on this one. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 5:39:36 PM, you wrote: > > > > JF> Thanks to all who offered helpful advice. > > JF> Here's a shot of the race leaders rounding the final turn: > > JF> http://essence.goldenware.com/~johnf/amgen800.jpg > > JF> Obviously I can't have used my *ist-D for this, because - > JF> as we're continually told - the *ist-D is no use for sports. > > JF> Maybe I borrowed the D200 that the guy next to me was using. > JF> Man, the rear screen on that thing looks _enormous_ !! >
