112 miles on a bike...

BuddyLee

Thought I'd share some recent Triathlon bike shots. My task was one good shot of every rider possible. C&C welcome!


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Thanks for looking.

ropeboy

I like to see a small amount of blur in the bike wheels. It makes the images look a little less frozen, and suggests motion. Good shots otherwise.

Mark1616

ropeboy wrote: »

I like to see a small amount of blur in the bike wheels. It makes the images look a little less frozen, and suggests motion. Good shots otherwise.

I have to agree, this is what makes the first stand out from the latter ones, yes, it's harder to get a sharp shot but it's well worth it. You don't even have to go extreme just some blur.

First is nice

BuddyLee

Mark1616 wrote: »

I have to agree, this is what makes the first stand out from the latter ones, yes, it's harder to get a sharp shot but it's well worth it. You don't even have to go extreme just some blur.

First is nice

Thanks for the feedback from both of you. I agree. I definitely enjoy the first photo much more. But... there's always a but. I was asked to only get photos like that of the pros. It's not that they are so hard to get, but when you have bunches of 20 or 30 riders coming through and you are trying to get a good crisp shot of over 1000 athletes with only one chance to do it. It's an interesting situation when you don't want to get the typical event photograph. Finding balance is tough.

Mark1616

BuddyLee wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback from both of you. I agree. I definitely enjoy the first photo much more. But... there's always a but. I was asked to only get photos like that of the pros. It's not that they are so hard to get, but when you have bunches of 20 or 30 riders coming through and you are trying to get a good crisp shot of over 1000 athletes with only one chance to do it. It's an interesting situation when you don't want to get the typical event photograph. Finding balance is tough.

It's true, I shot a cross country run once and the first and last runners were fine, but seriously to get the rest in the middle of the pack was impossible so appreciate what you are saying.

Biffbradford

BuddyLee wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback from both of you. I agree. I definitely enjoy the first photo much more. But... there's always a but. I was asked to only get photos like that of the pros. It's not that they are so hard to get, but when you have bunches of 20 or 30 riders coming through and you are trying to get a good crisp shot of over 1000 athletes with only one chance to do it. It's an interesting situation when you don't want to get the typical event photograph. Finding balance is tough.

+1

There's a big difference between "Oh, I think I'll go shoot that bike race today. I'll do some blurs, some low angle, some turn apex work ... " and being hired to get one or more keeper shots of as many athletes as possible to be put up for sale after. There is no time for blur work. You're lucky if you get them properly framed before the next rider obscures your view. That's compounded by the fact that you're shooting so fast that you're buffer is filled to the brim continuously for 45 minutes to 2 hours at a crack! Honest! :whew

I call it factory photography.

Been there, done that. Putting 3k to 4k clicks per day on my newly replaced shutter ... NOT!

firewire

At 1/80 of a sec that first one came out quite well! On my D700 I was always having to get 1/30 or maybe 1/60 for good results then out of those I was only getting half keepers. You did great!