Tandem Crit?

[SunnySideUp]

Well I thought I would share with you, since you don't see a Tandam Criterium every day... The last shot was of a normal criterium but I felt like the guys were going to run me down. I was using two shallow of a DOF for the speeds that they were doing. C&C's welcomed...
Thanks
Shane

[Photo-John]

Definitely a different kind of cycling subject! I never thought about tandem track racing. But now that I've seen photos, it makes sense. I've heard tandems can be very, very fast, and people will race anything

My first comment was already addressed in your post. Looks like you need more depth-of-field. That's probably one of those things that occurs to you after the fact. You sort of have two-for-the-price-of-one subjects. You'd want both riders in focus so you'll need to stop down. Interesting technical problem. Every sport has its own photogaphic idiosyncrasies.

I like the repeated patterns and colors in the tandem racer's uniforms. That's something that makes this different than normal bike racing. With a team you'd get a bunch of the same uniform and bike. But here, the patterns are even more "uniform", sinc they're on the same bike, pedaling in synch. This is a cool subject. It introduces some interesting new challenges and possibilities.

I need to get out to the velodrome!