Le Tour de Yorkshire
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The colour is just great and so is the variety which includes crowd reaction plus sporting action.
I'll not tell anyone you sneaked a photo of a Nikon into this first class set.
David
PS: Cycle racing is my favourite sport (I used to do a bit in my youth) and I'm glued to the live TV coverage of Le Tour every year, but never more so than the Grand Depart from Yorkshire.
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With such a long lens combination did to rack up the ISO or did you use a tripod? I would have done the former as I find tripods an encumbrance and they inhibit mobility and quick reaction. To be honest I've not used a tripod in years and don't even own one now.
Thanks David, I appreciate your comments and to answer your question, some of these were on a tripod and some hand-held, from memory I think possibly 50/50. ISO was kept at 200 throughout the day. I had to use a tripod because I was shooting with 3 cameras simultaneously, this one, a K-5IIs with a Siggy 17-70 lens and a K-01 again on a tripod with a DA*50-135 set to fire automatically on the interval timer at 5 second intervals. The K-5IIs was hand-held, so I could only use the K-3 hand held for a few shots in between the main action.
Very nice set David, i really like the 12th image.
Thank you Gareth, much appreciated, I hope you enjoyed your day as much as I did mine!
Regards
David
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Good stuff David
K-1Gripped K-1 ungripped K-5ii K7 Various lenses
Stuart..
That apart, these are absolutely great and capture the sense of occasion wonderfully - I look forward to seeing the next batch.

Regards
David
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Difficult to pick a favourite, but Faces in the Crowd just edges it - a wonderful capture of the excitement in the crowds.
Tim
Some of my vaguely better stuff
If I had known you were there I would have waved on my way past - I was in a black Renault Espace that said Team Europcar VIP car on the side.
What a fantastic weekend - I was at the start and finish on both days and covered the entire course in the team car on day one and day two (except for the brief periods in the helicopter) - I feel so incredibly lucky to have experienced it (and proud to be a Yorkshireman).
A once in a lifetime opportunity indeed - the only downside for me was I only experienced the atmosphere from a distance to some extent (except for at the start and finish and that was in 'corporate' enclosures - not the same) Not in any way a complaint but I did pass many a Dales pub that we all desperately wanted to stop at and join in the festivities

I may post a few with a different slant on the spectacle.
Carl
No matter how many lenses I have owned - I have always needed just one more
Best wishes
David

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Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Regards
George

Wow I have managed to comment on Carls and David's without any men in lycra jokes or protruding helmet insinuations

More seriously great shots guys and I do like the bob bobbying along shot

K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.
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What a day it was on Sunday! Thousands upon thousands of people, massive excitement and no bad behaviour at all. Just wonderful. These are all taken on Jawbone Hill, the penultimate climb of the day, apologies for the number of images, but this was a 'once in a lifetime' event and worth sharing. I've got a lot more, shot with the K-5IIs and K-01, wider lenses attached, but not processed yet.
These ones are all with the K-3, DA*300 and 1.4TC combination which was used for crowd details and more distant shots of the race. BTW, I've named them and don't apologise for doing so, I think this adds some context.
Pushing Hard
Nail Biting Drama
In Formation
Rear of The Peloton
Bob-Bobbying Along - An explanation may be required for this one! The road was approx. 6 feet below the level of the field and all I could see were two helmets bobbing along as the policemen walked down the hill!
Waiting for The Racers
Leaders Approach The Climb
High Fives
From Behind the Peloton
What The Crowd Were Doing
Faces in The Crowd
Starting To Climb
The Rear
Occasional Nikon Shooter
Around the Bend
I'll post another set with different equipment, once I've had the chance to review and process them.
Regards
David
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