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Road Rage
Road Rage
Dr.Confuser


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Challenge: Extraordinary (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Redmond (Bicycle Capital of the World) WA USA
Date: Jun 25, 2004
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2004

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Photographer’s Notes:
It was twilight at the Redmond Washington Velodrome. My son-in-law was racing this evening and invited us to come and watch. I had free access to all areas of the track and the infield. It was twilight and the track was lighted but it was still pretty dark. I didn’t want to use a flash because I didn’t want to distract the racers. So I set ISO on my D70 to 1600 and hoped for the best.

I had shot about 70 pictures from various places and decided to move to a point between the last curve and the finish line. Set. Focus. Here come the racers. And right in front of me a rider goes down. I’m shooting as fast as I can! Two more riders go down.

And BAM! I’m hit by a flying bike. As I get up. I see the front half of my lens rolling away from me in the grass. The bike also hit the front of my D70 and tore the kit lens in half . So this photo is the last of the evening for me. I spent the rest of the evening nursing my injuries and mourning the lens, in that order. The jury is still out on the camera until I can get to camera repair.

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 278
Avg (all users): 5.6918
Avg (commenters): 6.0833
Avg (participants): 5.5254
Avg (non-participants): 5.8046
Views since voting: 1313
Views during voting: 442
Votes: 292
Comments: 14
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 12/22/2007 12:50:17 AM
Yowch!! Sorry about the lens - but it made for a very cool story! Title could also be Road Rash. :-)
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 07/07/2004 03:13:32 PM
Thanks for your comments and your votes. Now, as Paul Harvey would say, "for the rest of the story ..."

It was twilight at the Redmond Washington Velodrome. My son-in-law was racing this evening and invited us to come and watch. I had free access to all areas of the track and the infield. It was twilight and the track was lighted but it was still pretty dark. I didn̢۪t want to use a flash because I didn̢۪t want to distract the racers. So I set ISO on my D70 to 1600 and hoped for the best.

I had shot about 70 pictures from various places and decided to move to a point between the last curve and the finish line. Set. Focus. Here come the racers. And right in front of me a rider goes down. I̢۪m shooting as fast as I can! Two more riders go down.

And BAM! I̢۪m hit by a flying bike. As I get up. I see the front half of my lens rolling away from me in the grass. The bike also hit the front of my D70 and tore the kit lens in half . So this photo is the last of the evening for me. I spent the rest of the evening nursing my injuries and mourning the lens, in that order. The jury is still out on the camera until I can get to camera repair.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2004 08:38:53 PM
Right time, right place. Looks like a bit of a focus issue, or just slight softeness from the lens choice. As a cycling fan, I just enjoyed this particular capture. :) 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2004 01:13:39 PM
Perfect capture of the action. Exposure spot on - in flat lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 07:46:06 AM
Ouch. Good shot. Good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 02:11:43 AM
Ouch!
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 07/01/2004 12:02:38 AM
you mean road rash -- ouch!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 10:29:13 PM
God stop of the crash. A little wider DOF would help, but when you are shooting fast shutter, that's not always possible.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 08:27:50 PM
Wow! Talk about being at the right spot and the right moment (for you the photographer that is)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 07:15:40 PM
right place at the right time
good work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 02:10:12 PM
Good capture, although nothing is really sharp in the photo. If you had a faster shutter speed to get at least one person sharp, would be in the top 10.
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 06/30/2004 12:47:44 PM
Ouch! Incredible capture, just wish things were a bit more or less in focus. I wonder what it would have looked like with a longer exposure, like 1/3s, or a shorter exposure to freeze time. This just looks blurry. Again, incredible capture, though. 6
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 06/30/2004 10:04:56 AM
ouch .. good shot tho
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 06/30/2004 01:44:18 AM
That looks like an extraordinary accident! I hope nobody was hurt!
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