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19th September 2009, 21:00
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tour of britain 2009 (london)
took a trip today. me uncle is realy into it so thought id take me camera.
i am due to be getting a road bike very soon and this made me more eager.
its hard to appreciate the speed on TV watch it live its unreal. very hard to photograph well where i was anyway.
they done 56miles in under 2 hours.
heres some pics anyway
two attempts at 1/50
the pack was huge all the way around
last but not least and literally he was last
all comments welcome.
enjoy
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19th September 2009, 21:04
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Just watched on tv, I was planning on going but felt crap so didnt go.
Was a bit pissed off the route was all north this year, looked like todays route was good for pics though with it being several laps, unlike a normal tour stage where you get about 10-15 seconds to get it right lol
id personally crop them quite a bit tighter to have them better in the frame and remove alot of the unwated background.
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19th September 2009, 21:11
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cheers ryan. lol i didnt crop them as you normaly say about me doing it to tight lol so though id just leave it haha.,
cheers for the comments though mate.
was very good being a circuit they done 10laps.
cant wait to get my bike now
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19th September 2009, 21:20
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thats because you normally crop them at non normal proportions.
Which is what looks shit, normal proportions and cropping is effectively like zooming 
See 1 thats just been straightend and cropped slightly, other one just cropped to remove the other wheel (just so it looks cleaner/neater). Cycling isnt easy to shoot by any means, and these are not the best examples to have done by any means as sometimes it is nicer to have alot more room in the shot
Some times you need to crop photos sometimes not, its all as and when its needed.
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19th September 2009, 21:24
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no i understand cheers mate.
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19th September 2009, 21:34
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its annoying we dont have a large protour here, and the tour de france this year was mostly soouthern france to.
Still might attack that again in 2010.
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19th September 2009, 21:42
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hopefully when i get my bike next month or end of this month i can get some use out of it and me and me uncle have spoken about visiting some of the british venues. and generally take the bikes away. would like to go france to see some stages
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20th September 2009, 19:28
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Nice piccys, i went and rode out to watch the Stoke stage with a few mates, was really good. Got me in the mood for racing again next season.
Ryan- might have not been very good for you being down south, but us northeners had two stages to watch. Blackpool and stoke for me. 
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21st September 2009, 15:26
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tour is awesome in france,the speed going up is just amazing,some good pics,was at peebles myself
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21st September 2009, 17:05
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Some pretty good pics there, i can imagine how difficult it would be to capture the cyclist, so good work
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