I took the fancy new Olympus E510 digital SLR camera up to Mt Vic to watch the PNP-hosted Nationals round today. The early rain and showers made for some great carnage on the first morning lap but it dried out quickly and by the afternoon’s Pro-Elite race the mud had made way for dust.
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- Carl yelling at the young girl who passed him on the climb
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- Me complimenting Cameron on his electicial-tape shoe modification.
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- Ian with a lap-two smile showing that the frontal lobotomy worked.
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- Carl at speed. This boy flies.
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- Ian with his game-face on.
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- Cameron climbing to the saddle on his last lap. Bonus points for the roadie hand position.
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- Congrats to Ian….3rd in M2
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- Kendall just after the start gun in the afternoon’s Pro-Elite
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- Gav has the smoothest DH skills in the XC field.
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- Stu started off well but was in for a tough day at the office.
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- Josh was in his element on the downhill sections. Mad skillz.
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- The worlds coolest bell.
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- Kendall happy to be on his last lap. He had a great race and finished 10th – not bad considering he’s ridden the mtb less than a handful of times in the past 6 months.
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- The coolest family in Wellington cycling
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- Ed learning the hard way that eXCeption series tyres are not well suited to tubeless
Ooooh new camera! Nice choice; I’ve always liked how nicely saturated colours are with the Olympus cameras :)
How are you enjoying the camera ?
So far so good! This was the first time using the camera outside – all the previous stuff has been indoors with constant lighting and bike parts which don’t move. It’s a steep learning curve (my first time with an SLR) but it’s starting to make sense :-)
Knowing you, you’ll have it all perfectly sorted out in no time.
Haha, yeah – that’s why I like shooting “stuff” in the studio much more than people; it’s generally very well behaved, you never have to worry about making it feel comfortable…or having weird lighting conditions…or having it move out of the frame before you’ve even reacted to it being in the frame…
Oh, and very snazzy kit (is that the right word?) being worn in some of those pics ;)
Nice pics dude… but why is Ian wearing that strange gear? Must’ve been the lobotomy.
Ian muttered something about the old blue kit clashing with his eyes. You know how fashion-conscious he is :-)