It was certainly a somewhat crazy weekend for me. Shooting both races and get the shots processed and uploaded in time. Well, I survived. On one hand, with the Race for the Wine, I was shooting with a bright sunny day. Most of the times, I was shooting with a backlit sky and somewhat with the sun facing me. It got so bad that my finishing shots for the cat 4 and 5 were barely usable. Years of bird photography taught me how to deal with such situation during the shots and in post processing.
For the Tour de Parc, it was cloudy for the entire day. It was a long coverage for me, from 9am to 3pm. You know I am a flash person. However, my high voltage external batter for my 580ex II was running low on juice after 1k shots. I knew it would happen and I have couple of spare AA batteries. Obviously, it was not as good as my high voltage battery pack since it can't keep up with my 1dmark III burst speed.
Another challenge is how to effectively shoot and cull shots from a criterium. You have riders doing the same turn maybe 10 to 20 times. They don't look or ride any different than the 5th lap to the 10th lap. I took a lot of shots that day but I was only be able to use few in order to avoid repetitions.
I have some doubts about my new Sigma 70-200 OS lens. It does the job but I wish it could auto focus faster. Maybe more sharper at wide open. The weather wasn't that great on Sunday. Maybe I am demanding too much from my gear. Looks like in the month of June, the NYC racing calendar is somewhat slow. The next big race is the FBF time trial. I actually think about signing up.
Few great shots of me in the 4s -- thanks :-)
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