Tour of California Rose Bowl stage Lance Armstrong

[Sharpstat]

I know that some of you have posted already but feel the need to jump in. I really can say this was my first time shooting bicycles. I give credit to the others that have covered this already its harder than it looks. Learned to use manual focus very quickly. I actually got the riders surronding him in focus but yet he's slightly OOF?


http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9952/lancearmstrongtourofcal.jpg


http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/217/levileipheimerandlancea.jpg


http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2176/tourofcalifornia2009.jpg


http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1038/cyclingissexy.jpg


I'm not sure if he saw the sign she's holding up!

[slapstix55]

Good shots !

[Tdragone]

There's no Exif in your pictures.
Don't take this the wrong way; but WHY on earth would you MF at an event with a subject moving as fast as this?

It LOOKS like a depth of field problem to me. You probably shot in Shutter Priority and didn't raise your ISO enough to get a decent Depth of field. A shallow DOF + Manual focusing resulted in the wrong riders being in focus.

Also; what camera/lens did you use?

Your shots are very good; you had a great location; good timing and no idiots running in front of you; just a problem focusing that kept this from being a GREAT shot.

Good Luck
-TD

[Sharpstat]

There's no Exif in your pictures.
Don't take this the wrong way; but WHY on earth would you MF at an event with a subject moving as fast as this?

It LOOKS like a depth of field problem to me. You probably shot in Shutter Priority and didn't raise your ISO enough to get a decent Depth of field. A shallow DOF + Manual focusing resulted in the wrong riders being in focus.

Also; what camera/lens did you use?

Your shots are very good; you had a great location; good timing and no idiots running in front of you; just a problem focusing that kept this from being a GREAT shot.

Good Luck
-TD





Thanks, Wow no EXIF data? I'm wondering if it's Flickr somehow. I know when looking at the image on Flickr the data is shown. Looking back and remembering where I stood for those shots it was a DOF issue because not every shot was like that particular one. I had the 1.4 extender on when I shot the begining set. I also failed to switch from Av to Tv.

I was using a MKIIN and 70-200 L. Lesson learned

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