Gore!

Hi All,

I volunteered at, and photographed a Mountain Bike race in Gore Nova Scotia. About 70 people of all ages braved the 29 Degree Celcius temperatures. It was another fine event put on by Bicycles Plus with much of the heavy lifting being done by Geoff, and Tom of B.P.
It was a different, but still cool part of cycling after the last few road type events.

All photos made with a Canon 5D, Canon 70-2oomm f4L Lens, and B&W Circular Polarizer.

As always, I have tons more images from the event, and as usual will be happy to provide prints to anyone who may be interested in them.

Cheers,
Gary.

Tour De Wentworth

Hey There!

The latest post, hot off the press is from this past weekend's Tour De Wentworth. It is an event hosted by Bicycles Plus - my club :-).

It is a 2 stage race held in the picturesque Wentworth Valley of Nova Scotia. . The first stage was a Time Trial, where the riders go all out for a short distace, and a road race of longer distances (distances vary from event to event). The overall winner is the person with the best combined times. Classes are normally broken down by age, and gender.

Sunday, the day of the event was smoking hot, with a strong headwind for the riders on the way back. As I was melting on the sidelines, it made me appreciate what the racers must have been going through in the saddle.

As a sidebar- I tried to show a human element to the race. Competiton aside, we are all people out to have fun and test ourselves, and improve as athletes while balancing the realities of life.

I have also included a flower image (albeit an impressionistic one), because no cycling race is complete without them. And a mtn biking picture, as Ski Wentworth was open and shuttling riders for downhilling which looked like a blast. I just found my next assignment!

Cheers,
Gary.

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The Race

Time Trial

Hi All,

The latest adventure on my "vision" quest was photographing the Time Trial hosted by the largest cycling Club in Atlantic Canada, Bicycles Plus in Bedford Nova Scotia. It also just happens to be the club I am in, as a newly minted roadie.
It was a club event, that offered plenty of photo opportunities, and was a ton of fun to watch. The day went off without a hitch, and everyone gave their all, thanks to the organizers and volunteers. They gave up their time to make sure everyone had a safe and awesome experience.

The sport of cycling lends itself to photography with lots of action, sweet bikes, brightly coloured jerseys, And I hear the odd crash.


Cheers,
Gary.


All Images shown, taken with a Canon 5D, 300mm F4 Image Stabilized Lens, 1.4 Teleconverter, and a B&W Polarizer Filter.