Tour DeLi France at Marina

[sehsuan]

OK, so the name of the ride was a joke


Grrrrl Power! The ladies take to the wheels at the criterium at Marina South earlier this morning.


One of the riders for the Precision Cycling Racing Team, Bao Ying navigates a corner.


Runner turned multisport athlete turned cyclist, Derek Dugan leads the peleton round the big round turn on their many rounds of the race.

[sehsuan]

Driving rain didn't stop these fine men from racing, what's your reason not to start?


Fellow rider + photog Zuyi takes a break to do feeding, with the bike stationary.. hmm..


Fear factor, anyone? One of the riders (leftmost) shows his apprehension in taking that tight corner...

[sehsuan]

An unnamed Caucasian rider feels good enough to have his shot taken. It is unknown how he performed for the placings...


WOW! WHEELS! James is decked out with the Campagnolo Bora G3 wheelset - but that's not just the reason why he's fast!


Ascender Cycling Team head honcho Patrick aka F91 shows this race isn't a ride in the park...


The peleton forms just as the Men's Sport category rolls off...

[sehsuan]

Cycling rookie Lukman "Mankul" does pretty fine in his maiden race, decked out in his USPS/Discovery Team attire.


"There he is!" Fellow roadie Roy points out excitedly at Lukman, when he is spotted in the fast riding peleton.


"You're My Number One!" - Roy shows his appreciation and admiration for Lukman


Lukman poses for a portrait shoot with his cycling chum after the race...

[sehsuan]

Lukman shows the Sign that signifies Lance Armstrong is going for his 7th consecutive Tour de France win...

[asturias105]

Nice series Would be great if you included in some panning shots.

[Mankul]

great sharp pictures with nice captions!

what settings you use for most of the shots?

[sehsuan]

Originally Posted by Mankul great sharp pictures with nice captions! what settings you use for most of the shots?

captions ah? aiyah, reportage ma...

settings? point and shoot camera, just a big version heehee.

wide angle shots were generally f/5.6
tele shots generally f/4 to 5.6, varying. focal lengths are varying too, since i'm using zoom lenses...

[kng]

WAH - verly verly nice!!
Can post somemore??

[sehsuan]

Originally Posted by kng WAH - verly verly nice!! Can post somemore??

eh, were you riding inside, but didn't tell me? i suspect that is the case...

[kng]

Originally Posted by sehsuan eh, were you riding inside, but didn't tell me? i suspect that is the case...

Uncle here not in singapore, and anyway not interested to race. Your pix are, as usual, EXCELLENT!! Got any panning shots to share or not? (Miss yr panning shots...)

[LazerLordz]

I think having some sort of individual focus with panning would be great.

[ZeusS]

Originally Posted by LazerLordz I think having some sort of individual focus with panning would be great.

What is meant by 'some sort of' indivdual focus? Why is everyone so obsessed with the 'must have panning to show motion' type of mentality? Go and ahve a look some of most beautiful cycling photos in the world, and they are not panned.

[sehsuan]

ZeusS kawan, some of our photography friends have not heard of Graham Watson and his photos... probably the same photography enthusiasts are still eager to try panning for 1001 things, be it solemn, fun, sport or work.

LazerLord, panning shots don't tell a story - and does not conveys how a race unfolded - all it does, is to show how good one can do panning, probably equipment helping as well. i only use my IS for what i think is appropriate, such as handshake at 200mm, or an attempt to do panning from a far distance. i have many friends riding, i would rather get general P&S shots for this race and have something to show them to let them see the rest of the peleton...

[r32]

Someone's signature, "A sharp picture of a fuzzy concept" comes to mind. You need to keep in mind what you wish to convey with your image. Flip the pages of the sports section of the newspapers - you won't see images depicting the prowess of the photographer. Rather what is required is crisp sharp images of the action being described in the text.

As far as sports go, perhaps if you intend your images to be used for promotional or advertorial (or even magazine) purposes, there may be leeway for creativity on the part of photographer.

[Pro Image]

Originally Posted by r32 Someone's signature, "A sharp picture of a fuzzy concept" comes to mind. You need to keep in mind what you wish to convey with your image. Flip the pages of the sports section of the newspapers - you won't see images depicting the prowess of the photographer. Rather what is required is crisp sharp images of the action being described in the text. As far as sports go, perhaps if you intend your images to be used for promotional or advertorial (or even magazine) purposes, there may be leeway for creativity on the part of photographer.

"There is nothing worse than a sharp photograph of a fuzzy idea." - Ansel Adams

And that member's name would be Ortega.

As for the photos, to me I prefer more panning shots to depict the rush by the cyclists......

[sehsuan]

just to clear the air, i'm not an artistic photographer, i'm just a camera operator - so there's not going to be anything fantastic about what i shoot, panning shots etc. so yeah, don't raise your hopes too high ah

for those who have not heard of Graham Watson, he's The Photographer for Le Tour de France. rarely does he use panning shots, but he does use a shutter speed fast enough to freeze action, but slow enough that the spokes in the wheels have enough time to be motion blurred.

[megaweb]

definitely panning shots would look better for such event

[LazerLordz]

Originally Posted by sehsuan ZeusS kawan, some of our photography friends have not heard of Graham Watson and his photos... probably the same photography enthusiasts are still eager to try panning for 1001 things, be it solemn, fun, sport or work. LazerLord, panning shots don't tell a story - and does not conveys how a race unfolded - all it does, is to show how good one can do panning, probably equipment helping as well. i only use my IS for what i think is appropriate, such as handshake at 200mm, or an attempt to do panning from a far distance. i have many friends riding, i would rather get general P&S shots for this race and have something to show them to let them see the rest of the peleton...

Heh.Variety usually makes a good sports album, because by expounding each cyclist against the crowd , you make him/her stand out.You don't see UEFA Champions League photos that show a whole crowd, because that would merely lose the uniqueness of the moment.That's why the best football photos are those that have a central character and the rest is just to fill up the spaces.I like the clarity of your shots, just trying to inject some variety that's all.

[sehsuan]

what you said isn't wrong, in fact, it's UTTERLY correct! you seem to be talking about making the player(s) jump out of the photo - but let's not forget a few things:

1. loooong telephotos would have been used for the UEFA Cup examples, say, 300 to 400mm, coupled with a large f/2.8 aperture, typically shot wide open.

2. the crowd is a LOT further, and even if they're on the same level as the players, they would be behind signboards.

3. this are cycling photos, not soccer photos

thanks for your comments. however, i put these photos up to inform people there's a sport that's UNDERshot - and that's cycling, amongst many. i've shot a couple of other sports, and no other sport welcomes photographers and photography except cycling. some sports g******** and i********* have some politics woven in, so i wouldn't fancy going back to shoot any of them again. canoepolo is played by many a friend of mine (and i got to know many more this way), and is also photographer friendly - other than the fact that you aren't going to get your camera wet because they play in the pool...

try shooting the next bicycle race, you can experiment then