p.1 #1 · Cyclocross from Saturday - Fair Hill Maryland
Saturday I was in Fair Hill Maryland for what I think is my last cyclocross race of the year...at least to race. Fair Hill is only 20 minutes from my house so this was a must do race for me.
In a nutshell, the sun was out in full force today so shadows were difficult to deal with at times. One thing to note is at these events, usually throughout the day I find my sweet spots to shoot from and carry those spots out from race to race as the day progresses. With daylight savings though and the sun setting much earlier I noticed that these "sweet" spots were changing all the time so
I needed to keep on my toes looking for new locations all the time.
#4
3 flash set up, but I messed up this week. I forgot my cable at home so I had to leave my master flash on camera which in my opinion flattens out the frontal light. 2 flashes I had placed to the rear I set to manual this week. Battery life and recycle time is much better. I think next time out I'll bring my portable light stand for better directional light placement. http://www.mlkimages.com/photos/708185222_HvqYH-L.jpg
#5
......you can see the difference in lighting throughout the day. The image above was taken earlier in the day - I really need to warm up the WB just a bit - this was more flash and not much ambient.
p.1 #4 · Cyclocross from Saturday - Fair Hill Maryland
ccartertn wrote:
Your images make me want to convert my old mountain bike to cyclocross and try a local race!
CC
+1! As a cyclist, I've been shopping these steeds, and this inspires me!
Your shots inspired me to take the wide lens for the race I'm shooting this weekend.
-Tim
p.1 #6 · Cyclocross from Saturday - Fair Hill Maryland
As a cyclist, I've been shopping these steeds, and this inspires me!
I don't want to fork out the money for a cross bike that I would only ride a few months a year. However, my mountain bike is old and heavy - not sure it would make a good cyclocross bike.
I think I will go try to take some shots at one of the upcoming races, though.
p.1 #7 · Cyclocross from Saturday - Fair Hill Maryland
#3, 6, 7, and 8 are my favorites. in #3, I really like how you caught the riders shadow on the tree, plus nice DOF. All have nice DOF and snap. #6...I keep coming back to that one. Maybe because the bikes detail is starting to show up nicely. Great work. I am always looking at your stuff!
p.1 #9 · Cyclocross from Saturday - Fair Hill Maryland
Yea, didn't really pay attention originally. It was my 20 second PP work in Lightroom.
My old Dell is so slow that when masking it can't really keep up so I must of processed right by this one. Quick fix and back in action.
What I did was just apply a quick mask to under expose the sky just a bit.
For reference, here is the original image and the 2nd one is the "masked" sky image....and the 3rd image I just pulled from the riders helmet cam of me taking this photo
