El Tour De Tucson (cycling) and my strange foray into HDR

[psykopyro]

This morning I went out to the 26th annual Tour de Tucson here in AZ. There were 9,500 riders signed up for it- would have been 9,501 but I hurt my knee two weeks ago and I wasn't able to participate. Most riders did the 109 mile course- I saw everything from road bikes to trikes to tandems... it was very exciting!

Anyway, here are some pictures I took. Some of them I messed around and tried to get a fake HDR look... I am ashamed because I know HDR is the "cool" thing to do right now and I failed miserably at it. :p But at least I tried it once! Let me know what you think. Thanks!

(first one is thumnailed because it's a panorama and I don't want to distort your screens!)

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/8272/panoramacopy1600x1200gz9.th.jpg (http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=panoramacopy1600x1200gz9.jpg)

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/5010/img14911024x768le4.jpg

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1498/img14791024x768jv8.jpg

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/659/img14721024x768dq3.jpg

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/6457/img14111024x768sg2.jpg

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8665/hdrtestcopy21024x768cv6.jpg

[Richtherookie]

Nice shots. I like the one of the start line, number 3, the best. With all those riders it coulda been a hell of a wreck.

[disneydork06]

very nice. i like that last shot. and just heard about the stupid driver going into the race. hope they catch that guy soon.

[psykopyro]

Thanks! Yeah, actually two of my friends were involved in that crash. One is in the hospital with two broken legs, and the other one might have some head trauma. One other rider actually got shot from a passing car, and one was sent to the ER after receiving a brick to the head. People just dont like cyclists. :(