From: David Mann
The Long Bays Classic is one of the headline races of the Festival of
Cycling that we have every year.
My plan was to sit at the top of Evans Pass and take photos as the
riders came past but I exhausted my creative ideas fairly quickly so
I headed over the top and down the other side, bit by bit, until I'd
run out of hill and wandered off to meet my partner who was visiting
her grandfather.
<http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/580-2009-12-05-armstrong-festival-of-cycling-photos-1.html>
<http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/581-2009-12-05-armstrong-festival-of-cycling-photos-2.html>
Does get kind of repetitious after a while. Hard to find some new angle
that you haven't already done.
I think I broke some kind of personal record, taking 378 photos. I
also broke the hood on my FA24mm f/2 lens AGAIN. I'll have to use
stronger glue this time. My eyes are feeling a bit strained after
all this time in Bridge and Photoshop, and my lower leg muscles are
sore from an unplanned run down the hill without any kind of warmup.
If you find a glue that actually works, post it here. I could never find
one and always eventually end up buying replacement hoods.
I'm thinking about posting a short "outtakes" gallery as there were a
handful of photos that were *almost* the best of the day... but
didn't work out, mostly due to focus problems. This tends to
frustrate me :)
The one big lesson of the day is that I need to learn how to pan
properly. It's not easy when a bike is coming past at 90k within 2
or 3 feet of you. I have a lot of photos of half a bike.
Most people I see get twisted around while panning. At the end, tension
is working against you. I was taught to start already twisted around so
that you un-twist while panning and the tension works for you.
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