Paskapeak -MTB
July 25th, 2009
For several years I spent over thirty days every summer riding MTBs at COP. As of last week I had been there twice in just under two years. Injury and changing jobs (MTB teacher to general labor) kept me away from my bike and out of loop with riding.
This week I have been there 3 times already, planning to be back tomorrow (although its shooting longboarding). Being a tiny ski hill inside a city the trails and terrain are limited and shooting anything is a huge challenge (which often makes me want to shoot it more).
On Thursday I rode by myself for nine laps on the chairlift and amazingly my still injured knee felt better than shooting on Wednesday for two hours.
I like pic nr. 2 best – the out of focus gobo and the placement of the biker. The ice on the cake is the second biker looking up the the other.
I like the pan and action in pic nr. 4
Nr. 3 is “in the shadow” of nr. 2 and the gobo there is kinda “clumsy” and the trees on the left are too bright.
Pic nr. 1 is kinda cool – I like the white flowers in the foreground, the flash in the back and the placement of the bikers in the top right corner.
Cheers – Ragga : )
I agree for the most part with Ragga, but I think the flash is a little hot on #2, #1 is my favorite, #4 seems to me like the weakest shot of the bunch but this may just be personal taste, rather then any “mistake” #3 seems pretty crisp and I like it, but Ragga is right there once again.