Nice job. That looks like a real dusty location. Must have been difficult to keep things clean. Perhaps digital would not have been a great choice. I vote for 262.
Perry. On 1/25/06, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here are my picks from the downhill nationals which were held here on > Saturday. > > http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/printsdb/galleries/view.php?g=29 > > The photos really don't capture the sheer difficulty of this part of > the track: I have enormous respect for anyone with the balls to take > this on. > > As you can see, people could either ride the vertical drop or take > the jump at high speed. Most of the junior guys took a slightly > easier route which isn't pictured. The drop is about 4 metres by my > guess. You can tell the junior guys as they don't have the same > level of body armour. The trees are wrapped to protect the trees, > not the riders. And Frank thought the streets were dangerous ;) > > These came from neg film so the colours are all wrong. The dirt is > actually quite yellow but I really couldn't be bothered screwing > around trying to make it look right. > > Gear was a Z-1p with FA100mm f/2.8 Macro, 43mm limited and FA*200mm f/ > 2.8. Most of the time I alternated between the macro and the 43mm as > the 200 was a bit long. In retrospect I should have bought a DSLR > and the FA* 28-70 f/2.8 zoom. Pity I have to eat instead. > > The crash pic was the last frame on the roll so when I tried to get a > photo of him sliding along the ground in a huge cloud of dust, > nothing happened :( Just one of many incredible opportunities that I > missed for various reasons... > > IIRC it was the guy in #259 who slid into the spectators about one > second after I took his photo :) > > My favourite from the day is the first one, although I'd like to crop > the bit of tree off the left. > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > -- <----------------------------------------------------> Perry Pellechia Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry <---------------------------------------------------->
