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Club Race…
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Taken during a club race up Three Rock…. wasn’t sure whether to crop out the second rider or not.
Lovely shot, very very good. I presume you used flash as rider is bright while the background is dark, lovely contrast. In fact would be nice used in a mag. I know many of the trails up round there, but not been there for a while. I used to be a member of Les Junes.
BTW, would defo leave in the second rider.
Les junes…… my god that is going back a few years…..!!!!!!!!!!!!! Three rock is fantasic…. have you seen the destuction up there…. its terrible… driving the wildlife down onto the roads… a friend of mine saw a dear just after it had been hit by a car on the lamb doyles road the other night… terrible altogether….
Dave,
I noticed this one a few days ago but saw that it was taken a while back with a camera that probably has a small flash quite close to the lens…
so there was no point in me suggesting that you use a flash off camera…now I see that things have changed, and I bet you can’t wait to go out and spend several hundred more squids on a hi-tech flashgun, controlled wirelessly from your new camera.
I think it would definitely improve this kind of shot; on camera flash will always light the object closest to the camera the brightest, in this case the greenery in the foreground.So now, camera in your right hand, flash in your left , assistants or tripods holding even more flashes, and you can really begin to squeeze some quality out of these events.
I used to ride these trails and firebreaks a loong time ago, but much faster, and louder, and antisocial, and powered by twostroke, so I know how difficult it is to find an interesting view around all these conifers.You know your bikes, so thats an important start. Downhill sections will be a lot faster, with more chance of getting the timing wrong, but may also show more varied expression on the faces of the riders than an uphill slog. Practice with a stand in to check lighting and exposure before the first riders come through, these may be the most important ones to capture, and probably the most difficult.
thanks for your comments elsewhere, and for not confusing brevity with a lack of genorosity-
I wouldn’t mind a bit of insightful c&c myself sometimes-joseph
Would there be an issue with startling a rider with too much flash/lights as he makes a tricky descent or is it something you’d expect and deal with (as a biker). A bit of fill in daylight would probably be fine, but I’d hate to see a rider injured in winter light for the sake of art.
It is fill in daylight, not particularly bright, my sb800 is not very powerful at all- disapointingly so for the current top of the range nikon-
I’m not sure, but I don’t think these guys ride at night, they’re probably mad enough as it is-
Its a pretty standard technique from the pictures I’ve seen.Great shot. Love the moody clouds. You’ve captured the grunt of a climb really well. Seconded on the flash gun. I don’t really understand flash. When its done right, it looks like it couldn’t be any other way. But trying to achieve that…
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