Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Because I'm not a cyclist the close proximity of a liquid bread dispensary would be a requirement. Plus, I might do something weird like bring an anamorphic lens or purposefully use a rolling shutter ti exaggerate distortion. We have a bike race coming up in Austin so I might try a 12mm lens on a monopod held horizontally to get very close to the racers without causing them concern or hesitation. Austin has a large racing community due to a disgraced formerly Tour de France champion. On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 4:21?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Thanks Don. I purposely chose a location that would not be totally > overrun. People tend to cluster at the mountain passes and at the finish. > In this case, I took advantage of my local knowledge and chose a spot where > I knew there would not be huge crowds and I could have an unimpeded view of > everything. Plus the convenience of a bar and outdoor tables for the wait. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > On 3 Sep 2023, at 10:12, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > From the pictures the attending crowd was a little sparse. It could be > the > > length of the stage or your chosen location wasn't as exciting as a late > > downhill portion with bends in the course. > > > > On Sat, Sep 2, 2023 at 2:50?PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > > >> There are 3 grand tours in professional cycling?the Giro d?Italia in the > >> spring, the Tour de France in July, and the Vuelta a Espa?a in > >> August/September. Today, the 8th stage of the Vuelta passed through > what I > >> call ?my playground?, the mountains in the interior of Alicante > province. > >> As usual, I picked a spot to watch the race that would allow for good > photo > >> opportunities: going uphill (meaning relatively slow speed) and late in > the > >> stage, so that the peloton would be broken up into several groups. I > drove > >> to a bar 6 km from the penultimate mountain pass of the stage, a place > >> which I visit on two wheels myself, and things worked out great. I had a > >> nice vantage point and took a lot of photos. These are the initial > serving > >> that I particularly liked: > >> > >> https://www.greatpix.eu/Vuelta-a-Espa%C3%B1a-2023/ > >> > >> Tomorrow, I will climb the Carrasqueta on bicycle (unless it is > >> raining?cycling uphill on wet roads is OK but descending on wet curvy > roads > >> is not OK). > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> photo at frozenlight.eu > >> > >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> > >> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > -- > > Don > > don.dory at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com