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I'm finally through the first pass of my images from the weekend at Fort William. As usual it was a cracking weekend in the mountains watching the best riders in the world going as fast as humanly possible. Even the weather put in a good performance.
These shots are from the Saturday qualifying and that night's 4X racing. To be honest I shot way too much for the amount of keepers that I got from the 4X. This would probably be the main benefit of getting press/photo access to this event, all the corners with views up the track are taped off so face shots are much more limited here than at any other time over the weekend. I got some alright stuff but will be using this as a reminder to make inquiries for better access next year.
Access to the DH course is fantastic on the other hand and although I didn't shoot much in the trees this year the sunlight out on the open mountain side made for some fast shutter and wide aperture work. Spectators in the background/on the horizon can be a right pain though (for example; note the multi-coloured fluro laces nicely bokeh'd in #3 below :nono
Still that's all part of the fun/challenge of shooting racing I guess.
Hope you like'em
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The full set of images is over on Flickr
Lee
These shots are from the Saturday qualifying and that night's 4X racing. To be honest I shot way too much for the amount of keepers that I got from the 4X. This would probably be the main benefit of getting press/photo access to this event, all the corners with views up the track are taped off so face shots are much more limited here than at any other time over the weekend. I got some alright stuff but will be using this as a reminder to make inquiries for better access next year.
Access to the DH course is fantastic on the other hand and although I didn't shoot much in the trees this year the sunlight out on the open mountain side made for some fast shutter and wide aperture work. Spectators in the background/on the horizon can be a right pain though (for example; note the multi-coloured fluro laces nicely bokeh'd in #3 below :nono
Still that's all part of the fun/challenge of shooting racing I guess.
Hope you like'em
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3.
4.
5.
The full set of images is over on Flickr
Lee