Written by: Chris Wallis
Friday, July 27, 2007

Cahors to Angolueme Another long day in the car

Yet another slightly boring stage that was destined to end in a breakaway and a sprint finish, and yet another long straight shooting almost into the sun.
Thinking that the one route would be quicker an easier I decided to go in front of the race to the off course exit point and get a shot before then and drive straight to the finish.
The first shot I took was a bit of an experiment having found some slightly interesting towers in the background I messed about with the shutter speed to get a blurred shot, for the first time I got some filters out to counteract the bright sun, an ND x2 and a CPL (as I only have the ND2 for that size) and dropped the shutter speed down to 1/20. Still not 100% sold on the shot but worth while for something different and thinking on my feet.
The rest of the day was a frustrating journey in the car, with some poorly signposted off course route so only with luck did I happen upon the proper entry point. The fact I was the first one there with only an hour till race arrival showed what kind of day everyone else was having. In speaking to a few people who stopped on route shows how sparse the scenery was.
It was now down to another finish straight, 600m slightly up hill and almost into the sun, so shadows across the riders. I tried something different today, aperture priority over full manual to get the proper blur from a nice wide F4, had a few issues with focusing today as the swung from left to right which messed the AF up a little.

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