Hi John, Sorry I'm getting in a bit late on this- haven't been following the list too closely.
On cycling shots, I've found a 70-200 on a monopod to be a good combo. From the focal length, you can probably tell I prefer shooting on the outside of the corner. I find that it's easier to get a sharp shot this way because the closer the cyclist is to you, the faster he/she will seem to go. Of course if you're using a longer lens, you'd ideally want some form of support. High ISO, as high a shutter speed as you can go, not too shallow dof (unless you're manually prefocused- which won't be too hard if you're covering a criterium race because you can test focus on a couple of the early laps or less important races.), and as mentioned earlier, go for the eyes. Here's a shot I took at the Southbank Criterium 2006 (Brisbane): http://postpossum.spymac.com/images/_MG_8048.jpg (ISO 1600, f9, 1/4000, 70mm, raw) Good angle on your shot, though that guy in yellow looked like an accident waiting to happen! Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Seeking advice on photographing cyclists > > > Thanks to all who offered helpful advice. > > Here's a shot of the race leaders rounding the final turn: > > http://essence.goldenware.com/~johnf/amgen800.jpg > > Obviously I can't have used my *ist-D for this, because - > as we're continually told - the *ist-D is no use for sports. > > Maybe I borrowed the D200 that the guy next to me was using. > Man, the rear screen on that thing looks _enormous_ !! > >
