The Mighty Chase

Can you imagine going around this corner on a flimsy bicycle at 40 kph? Can you imagine doing it in the middle of a peloton of 190 riders?

This group was shot with the Fuji Finepix S6500fd. Settings was the automatic scene mode of "sport". I found it stopped the action quite nicely. Picture from the 2008 Tour Down Under, photo by dave.

The Lone Breakaway Attempt

This picture is from the 2008 Tour Down Under. I spent the entire day at Glenelg getting shots of the racer presentations, bikes, crowd, and of course the race. This was the pre-tour criterium through Glenelg and the blokes were rounding this corner at 35 to 40 kph. It was also my first time using the high-speed shooting feature on the Fuji FinePix S6500fd and I was very pleased with the results. As long as the camera is held steady it'll stop the action quite easily. Photo by Dave

Million dollar legs

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It happens once a year: the big guns hit the street in Adelaide for the Tour Downunder. At the time of this writing it's about to happen again -- it's January, 2009, hot and bright, and several of the teams are already here, and the big news is that Lance Armstrong himself will be here for the race. This shot dates from 2008 and was captured at the presentation event in Glenelg. Conditions were extremely hot in the shade and spectacularly hot in the sun. From the shadows, you can tell it's quite late in the day, and the exposure could have been tricky. In the heat ... well, the camera was left to do the hard work, with a minimum of enhancement at the software level later. Posted by Mel.