some fast men in lycra with no engines come to britain

well heres my take on le tour.

starting with the prologue and the trip through my town of tonbridge.

Ive never shot cycling before, and it was a different experience, especially hanging over the barriers.

Prologue
head down and pump those legs

Great shots the colours are great also ....... its not easy to take shots like that.........

deshojo wrote in post #3508758
Great shots the colours are great also ....... its not easy to take shots like that.........

thanks, does anyone have any advice on the group shots? as i found these the most problematic, trying to get more of the riders in focus etc..

i switched between single point focus to the whole field focus and still couldnt get everything in a smooth clear field in the image

Smaller aperture (f8-f11)

dekalbSTEEL wrote in post #3509341
Smaller aperture (f8-f11)

would you still use center point focus though?

itsafastworld85 wrote in post #3509358
would you still use center point focus though?

You would more often then not, you should have a large enough DOF to get them all in focus and not have to worry about certain riders being more sharp then others

-Jon

Brilliant shots!
What camera/lens were you using?

My sort of shots, get right in there to see what is really happening, sort of shots I would have gone for, I was tempted to go, I only live 30 mins from TW, but knew it gonna be packed , and hard to find a good sport to take photos from

kuma1212 wrote in post #3509757
Brilliant shots!
What camera/lens were you using?

mostly on 30D + 70-200 IS L 2.8.

some are using a 5D + 24-105 L

really like #2 and #6

You did an excellent in-your-face tight close up job.

The last few are perhaps a tad underexposed.

Only offer of improvement I would make is to try panning with the rider to blur the background and show his speed.

Your shots are crisp and colorful.

mark

MDJAK wrote in post #3511811
Only offer of improvement I would make is to try panning with the rider to blur the background and show his speed.

im a big fan of panning with my images, only problem was due to the crowd being how they were and leaning over the barriers i wasnt picking the riders up in time, and the angles i was lent at meant i couldnt even hold a camera in portrait let alone pan lol!

thanks for the comments though, i think i needed a slightly slower shutter speed aswell.

Great work, love the last one.