In Photos dot Org » cyclists http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 24 May 2012 18:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tour of Ireland blur past http://inphotos.org/2008/09/03/tour-of-ireland-blur-past/ http://inphotos.org/2008/09/03/tour-of-ireland-blur-past/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:46:18 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=2785 Tour of Ireland blur past

Not the best image I’ll admit, but to the naked eye these guys were just a blur they were going to fast. I think this was shot while I was quickly zooming out after shooting them coming down the road.

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Yesterday the Tour of Ireland rode (quickly) through Blarney village, but the main group was proceeded by these three cyclists by almost 4 minutes. Good thing too, good practice for when the rest sped through in front of us at breakneck speed!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/09/01/tour-of-ireland-leading-group-in-blarney/feed/ 5 Tour of Ireland http://inphotos.org/2008/08/31/tour-of-ireland/ http://inphotos.org/2008/08/31/tour-of-ireland/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:29:52 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=2731 The Tour of Ireland bicycle race passed through Blarney on it’s way to Cork City this afternoon. There was a sprint to the finish line in front of the local Catholic church before the cyclists made their way down the dual carriageway to Cork and up Patrick’s Hill, twice!

I was there ready to shoot the participants, but I was overwhelmed by their speed. It only took the main group about 11 seconds to come around the corner at one end of Blarney and disappear through the other end. I’m kicking myself I shot in Programme mode when I should have been in Aperture Priority mode, but I did get a few nice panning shots that froze the rider while the background blurred into smudges and streaks of colour.

The Canon 40D performed admirably. ISO was set to 100 because it was a bright day, AI Servo focus to track the riders and keep them in focus, and high speed continuous shooting mode which delivered 6.5fps. It was all over so quickly I barely had time to take a breath. I shot around 230 images while waiting and during the short time the racers were in Blarney. I knew I’d go a little mad with the shutter button, so I preselected Jpeg mode rather than my usual RAW mode.

Here’s a transcript of the commentary during the race. This bit, while serious, made me smile:

13.10: The race leader has been to see the race doctor, who reports a very unusual injury. He had a thorn embedded in his tongue – presumably from an overhanging branch, or perhaps even some dried fruit he ate – which was removed by the doctor. The thorn, not his tongue.

Hope you like the gallery, hopefully some of these shots will be posted here in single posts during the week!

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