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European Marathon Mountain Bike Championships
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The European Marathon Mountain Bike Championships 2014 took place in Ballyhoura at the weekend.
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I think 2 & 8 are great shots. It’s a pity about the isolated spectators in some of the images but what can you do about that!
Yes, some very nice shots captured here, number 1 stands out for me. I assume it was rather difficult due to the shadows from the trees. I was planning on going myself but I couldn’t make it, looks like I missed a great event.
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Thanks for the comments. Was a good event to watch, good to see a lot of spectators but it made it difficult to get a clean photo but think overall think they add to the photo. Interesting how everyone in photo 1 has their smartphone out taking photos, and the same in 6.
The shadows can be difficult, but Lightroom makes it easy to fix afterwards. Its not the European Championship’s but there is another event taking place in Ballyhoura next month which should be good for photos, its Gravity Enduro http://www.gravityenduro.ie/index.php/races/round-3″ onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;
Not sure how spectator friendly it is in terms of distance from the trail centre but looks worth a bit of a walk or cycle.Lovely set.
Just wondering is it ok to use flash at these events? I notice that the photographers in the Tour de France on the back of the motorbikes are never shy about popping a flash in a riders face from quite close range
I’m guessing it probably ok to use a flash. I have seen a lot of photos of other events when going through dense woods and they were using multiple off camera flashes.
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