Bradley Wiggins Gold Jersey Win Westminster
The Shot
I stayed in London for the weekend of 21 and 22 September first for Open House Weekend and then for the final stage of the Tour of Britain held in London Sunday afternoon.
Before getting on with today’s picture note that on my Blog I have done a write-up on the the Open House Weekend with a preview of some of the unprocessed pictures taken. See Open House Pictures Preview
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 28-200 zoom at 28mm. The image was opened in Camera Raw and 2 additional images were created at +2EV and -2Ev for a “false HDR” with each image having Noiseware Pro applied. A Photoshop action I had saved was used to create the extra images automatically. The images were saved as tiffs.
The HDR was created using Photmatix.Various methods were used to bring out and enhance the riders. Topaz Adjust was used but excluded from the background with a layer mask. The same method was used when applying brightness and contrast and clarity.
The race was the last stage of 10. Starting from Whitehall there were 10 circuits which went along the Thames Embankment road to turn by the Tower of London and then back past Big Ben and back into Whitehall. I based myself on the corner by the houses of Parliament. Not long before the race start about 6 official Agency Photographers settled on the road just in front of me but sitting down for low angles. I decided my choice of location had been pretty good. As expected Bradley Wiggins won the Gold Jersey for overall race winner and Mark Cavendish won the day’s stage.
For Galleries, Prints and Licences see Edwin Jones Photography
Bradley Wiggins Gold Jersey Win Westminster
The Shot
I stayed in London for the weekend of 21 and 22 September first for Open House Weekend and then for the final stage of the Tour of Britain held in London Sunday afternoon.
Before getting on with today’s picture note that on my Blog I have done a write-up on the the Open House Weekend with a preview of some of the unprocessed pictures taken. See Open House Pictures Preview
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 28-200 zoom at 28mm. The image was opened in Camera Raw and 2 additional images were created at +2EV and -2Ev for a “false HDR” with each image having Noiseware Pro applied. A Photoshop action I had saved was used to create the extra images automatically. The images were saved as tiffs.
The HDR was created using Photmatix.Various methods were used to bring out and enhance the riders. Topaz Adjust was used but excluded from the background with a layer mask. The same method was used when applying brightness and contrast and clarity.
The race was the last stage of 10. Starting from Whitehall there were 10 circuits which went along the Thames Embankment road to turn by the Tower of London and then back past Big Ben and back into Whitehall. I based myself on the corner by the houses of Parliament. Not long before the race start about 6 official Agency Photographers settled on the road just in front of me but sitting down for low angles. I decided my choice of location had been pretty good. As expected Bradley Wiggins won the Gold Jersey for overall race winner and Mark Cavendish won the day’s stage.
For Galleries, Prints and Licences see Edwin Jones Photography