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Stage 5 - Nottinghamshire. A splash of colour as the professional cyclist pass through my village 😊
The 2016 Lincoln Grand Prix travelling up Michaelgate, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
First run in 1956, the Lincoln Grand Prix is one of the longest continually running races on the British cycling calendar and is the closest the UK has to a French or Belgian Classic. With the route taking riders on a tough circuit over the city’s cobbles — including the notorious climb of Michaelgate — almost every big name in British cycling history has raced, and won.
This is another shot from my 10 day trip taking in some of the Tour de France stages in northern France. This was Stage 6 from Abbeyville to Le Havre. This one was taken on a corner at the small village of Martin Eglise just before Dieppe and about half way into the Stage. The rider in yellow, the race leader at the time is Tony Martin who crashed at the end of the stage and broke his collarbone. As a result Chris Froome took back the Yellow Jersey at the end of the following days race. The rider just behind and to the left of Tony Martin in the picture is Mark Cavendish.
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Tamron 28-200mm zoom at 150mm. Edits were carried out in RAW to improve clarity and Vibrance. Further adjustments were made using Topaz Adjust plus adjustment layers for Vibrance and Saturation.
Next he image was adjusted in Topaz lens effects to add a zoom blur. The zoom centre was fixed on the Tony Martinâs face. The effect was applied on a duplicate layer and a layer mask. A brush was then used to exclude more of the cyclist. The big advantage of a layer mask is the ability to precisely control how much of the effect to apply to each part of the picture by using a brush on the mask with different opacity. For example the leads cyclists were originally not visible through the zoom effect. A brush at about 40% opacity was used to remove enough of the zoom to allow their shapes to appear without distracting too much from the main cyclists.
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Visiting nearby Edwinstowe here in Nottinghamshire the other day and spotted this rather nice mosaic which commemorates the Tour of Britain cycle race which passed through this small town in 2022.
The 'Tour Down Under' is on in earnest and signs are everywhere, even on trams! The race has gained 'ProTour' status this year so all the international teams are here. Quit a buzz about the old town. King William Street, central Adelaide.
One of the many images taken this morning of the Dragon Cycle race 300km across South and Mid Wales.
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Warming up for the Youth A Boys 18 mile race. CDNW / Maxgear Youth Tour. Salt Ayre Sports Arena, Lancaster.
Salmon Lane
Annesley Woodhouse
Nottinghamshire
8th September 2018
Stage 7 of the 2018 Tour of Britain took place in Nottinghamshire.
Start: West Bridgford
Finish: Mansfield
Distance: 215.6 kilometers/134.1 miles.
The peloton passes some four minutes after the leading riders.
Tour of Britain, Altrincham - Manchester Stage 8
Who says our police officers don't have a sense of humour!
It was back in 2016, before the race, when the team was able to relax.
I’ve no idea if this team still exists; such is the way of professional or semi-professional teams.
The Tour De France, it is not.
We see here, a paramedic climbing one of the steepest streets in Glasgow ahead of the race… no, not as a racer but getting ahead of them before the race started back in 2016.
Its not all about the professional cycle racers, there the support crews and media crews: this one is of the first aid and medical crews .
'TOUR DE YORSHIRE' - WHITBY 1st MAY 2016
- NOT THE BEST IMAGES FROM THE EVENT. A DULL COLD DAY SHOOTING ISO 400 APERTURE WIDE OPEN (ON KIT LENS 18-55) SHUTTER SPEED RANGING FROM 200-320. NOT REALISING JUST HOW FAST THEY WAS GOING ON THIS SECTION S/ SPEED COULD DO WITH BEING FASTER THAN 320. DISSAPOINTING BUT A LESSON TO REMEMBER. I WOULD'NT NORMALLY SHOOT AT ISO 800 BUT NOW KNOW AFTER THIS WOULD HAVE GOT ME BETTER IMAGES. LIKE I SAY LESSON LEARNED. NIKON D3300, NIKKOR 18-55 VRII . THANK YOU FOR ALL THE VIEWS ECT.