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Challenge: Best of 2007 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 950
Location: Sonoma Coast, California
Date: Feb 19, 2007
Aperture: f 5.4
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Sports, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2008

 The peloton rides up Irish Hill on Coleman Valley Road during day 2 of the 2007 AmGen Tour of California. It's exciting to be a fan when the tour comes through your immediate area.

My best photography has been motorsports in 2007, but there's not much to creative processing most of those images. This one felt more like a candidate for PP, especially to enhance the color of the participants.

HDR from duplicated single jpg, set one unit apart
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Sat Brush
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Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/27/2008 11:44:22 PM
Well, there doesn't appear to be any 'drafting' taking place in the picture although the whitecaps give promise to some sort of tailwind. One of the photogenic features I like are the colorful jerseys they wear. Are those actually 'sponsors' advertisements? How much money would riders such as these crazy's get from a sponsor to subject them selves to this exercise?
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/25/2008 04:05:18 PM
Tour of California! What a lovely place to get to ride a bike - lovely shot as well.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 01/24/2008 10:27:27 PM
Fabulous...
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 01/24/2008 08:10:43 PM
The levels are way off creating a lot of bleaching in the image which is a shame since there is a vast array of colours on the riders. The focus is off as well. The image itself is nicely captured, but my comments above will result in a low score. Sorry. Good Luck. 4.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/24/2008 08:31:50 AM
I think this is a beautiful shot. For my taste maybe a little overexposed, but still great. You captured an emotion here.
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