Cycle Sport

Taken 14-Sep-14

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Category:Sports

Subcategory:Bicycling

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Keywords:2014, Tour, Tour of Britain, Mark Cavendish, Cavendish, cav, start, cycling, effect, lens effects, pan, blur, time trial, time, photoshop, race, road, team, topaz, cycle, bike, bicycle, stage 8, stage 8a, lens, sony, sigma, a700, speed, pan bur. Cycle race, cycle racing, bicycle racing, uk, Britain, Europe, London, Whitehall, closed road, circuit

Photo Info

Dimensions5661 x 4063

Original file size8.14 MB

Image typeJPEG

Color spacesRGB

Date taken14-Sep-14 12:02

Date modified16-Sep-14 09:40

Shooting Conditions

Camera makeSONY

Camera modelDSLR-A700

Focal length35 mm

Focal length (35mm)52 mm

Max lens aperturef/4

Exposure1/200 at f/9.5

FlashNot fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias0 EV

Exposure modeAuto

Exposure prog.Shutter priority

ISO speedISO 400

Metering modeCenter-weighted average

Digital zoom0x

Mark Cavendish Race Speed

This is a shot taken on Stage 8a of the Tour of Britain 2014 in London along Whitehall on Sunday. The last day of the race was spit in 2 with first a Time Trial and then a city road circuit race. I took this shot just after the rider came out of the start ramp.

The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 28-200 zoom at 35mm.

No HDR this time but a lot of editing first in RAW and then Photoshop. The main change was to add pan movement using Topaz Lens Effects in the background which has the advantage of all the rider being kept sharp while more movement is added to the picture. A selection was made of rider and bike and then saved for use with subsequent edits on adjustment layers including brightening the rider and darkening the background.