Now SHE means business! Nobody better get in her way. As a race official, and occasional race spectator, I've seen thousands upon thousands of racers. I got so I could glance at a bunch of riders in the middle of a pack and tell you with fair accuracy which ones were loafing along, just keeping the pace, which ones were working hard to stay with the group, and which ones were thinking about putting the hammer down and trying to move up. All of which was particularly useful on the last couple of laps in a race. Some of the clues are in facial expression, some in the hand position, some in the shoulder forward-tilt (riders tend to tighten their grip when they are about to accelerate, using their arms and shoulder muscles to hold themselves in the seat, counterbalancing the force of their legs). And of course some came from just knowing many of the riders and their style and race strategies. It was a fun puzzle to try and solve, something to keep me awake and somewhat alert.
In Leah's case, I am reacting in part to her facial expression and the effort it shows, in part to the apparent speed. Plus she is leaning into a turn. Shane looked relaxed, just moving along with traffic, not working hard . . . In any case, this is another nice photo! stan On Mar 16, 2013, at 12:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I really did this up for Facebook (many of my friends are messengers around > the world and they seem to enjoy these) but since Stan mentioned a > messenger's facial expression in another thread I thought I'd post this one: > > http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/03/leah.html?m=1 > > Leah, going about her business, blank facial expression as she concentrates > on the road. > > I do like what she's wearing though - stereotypical messenger garb (I did the > spandex racer-boy look as did a few others). > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > Cheers, > frank > > "For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and > spontaneity." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
