4x5x365 – Image 211

I took this 4×5 film photo on Ilford Delta Pro 100 B&W film with my Toyo VX-125 view camera just a little past the halfway point of the Mid-South 100-mile gravel bicycle race out of Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Taking action photos with a 4×5 rail camera is always a challenge. I set up on this turn and hoped I would get some action with the long road in the background and some riders in the foreground. I was pretty happy with how this one turned out – no blurring despite shooting at ISO-100, and pretty decent depth-of-field. I think it gives the photo a vintage look despite the modern bicycles and riding gear.

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