The Caithness Cycling Club racing weekend continued this morning with the 24 mile Loch Calder Hilly Time Trial. I managed to catch most of the first circuit in the sunshine, but the second circuit was marred by rain and I had problems keeping my lens dry.
I decided to give the panning technique a miss and try a close up, low angle shot with the camera shutter speed set at a fast 1/1000 sec. With the riders travelling downhill (at Loch Calder Sheiling) at around 40 mph, my problem was focussing. I manually set the focus for a spot on the road 3m away, but found it difficult to time it right. I often pressed the shutter too early or too late. The riders flashed by in a blink of an eye!
Peter Alexander, Moray Firth CC, won on Saturday and by the speed he was travelling at today, I think he won again.
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