Cascade Classic Road Race (Cycling)

[Chris350]

I'm working the Cascade Classic this week. Here's the womens field descending off McKenzie Pass in central Oregon. The entire pass is a massive gray/black lava field.

[SmartWombat]

quite suited to B&W then in that lava field, does any colour show in that lava or is it really black?
would you get a selective colour effect just from the nature of the scene?

[Chris350]

quite suited to B&W then in that lava field, does any colour show in that lava or is it really black?
would you get a selective colour effect just from the nature of the scene?

the Lava is actually brown under n=mid day sun light. The road gray.



the next one in sequence. If I could have shot this tighter and achieved the same effect while picking up the colors of the jerseys I would have not used the mono conversion. Really I wanted my F5 loaded with TMax 100 or Fuji Neopan ACROS or AGFA's discontinued APX. It wasn't an option for the one shot. I was working race moto in Oregon to get this and we have our hands full with digital gear (usually two bodies) so we can get our stuff out on time.

[groovehouse]

Thumbs up on the black and white image. Good work.

[Roger79]

Ditto for the Black & White for me too...

[megan]

Great shot either way, but definitely has more impact in black and white. Excellent POV,

[Old Timer]

The b&w is much more dramatic, abut your choice of angle is what gives both their sizzle.