A racer pushes his bike up a step section of trail during the Texas State Cyclocross Championships at Mason Park in Houston, Texas, USA.
Wow! Based on my score and the other amazing photos in this challenge I did not expect to wake up to this. Thank you everyone for the votes and comments.
This image also filled the last spot on the page for this lens, now to start scoring high enough to start dropping the non-active people with that lens off the page. This is the best lens I have ever used but I wonder how much I will use it next year. It has become my go to wildlife lens, even if it is a bit short at an effective 300mm or 420mm with the 1.4x TC. I have the 2.0x TC but don't like using it, even tho I had an image with it do pretty good in last months free study (just feel they are a bit to soft for my liking). I wonder how much I will use it because in March I should have the much anticipated Olympus 300mm ƒ4.0 Pro (effective reach of 600mm).
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Place: 3 out of 45 Avg (all users): 6.3333 Avg (commenters): 6.0000 Avg (participants): 6.0000 Avg (non-participants): 6.4792 Views since voting: 2299 Views during voting: 134 Votes: 69 Comments: 17 Favorites: 1 (view)
An interesting image that meets the challenge well.
Congratulations on the ribbon, very well deserved. A great image that captures both the strength and the fatigue. I like to do cycle racing shots myself and end up with no end of 'head down no eyes shots' so this challenge would have been a welcome relief to such as myself! Your focus and DOF is accurate and appropriate and coincidentally echoed by the name of the bike too. I have to make comment about the background which I do find a rather unfortunate distraction and wonder, contrary to my previous comment, if a smaller aperture to bring out enough detail to recognise it better may have improved it.
Well done for submitting such a strong shot that has been justifiably well received
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