I used my recently acquired Nikon F3HP and Nikkor 50mm F1.2 lens to capture film images at a mountain bike race at Oklahoma City’s Lake Hefner riding area.
Early morning bicycle ride in OKC
I have been caring for my mom at home under hospice care for the past few weeks and finally had a chance to get out for a bicycle ride early on a Sunday morning in downtown Oklahoma City. I have ridden all over the bike trails and per my usual curiosity, I now like to […]
4x5x365 – Image 216
At least I got one decent 4×5 large-format film picture at the start of the Mid-South gravel bike race. I was fairly happy with this photo. It shows the smoke from the pyrotechnics at the start of the race. As usual with a 4×5 monorail camera with no viewfinder, I had to set up where […]
4x5x365 – Image 215
I was fairly happy with this 4×5 image from the start of the Mid-South gravel bicycle race in Stillwater, Oklahoma. I had taken an image of the actual start, but later found out I had double-exposed the image. This one is a bit later when much of the pack had already moved past my vantage […]
4x5x365 – Image 214
Sometimes my 4x5x365 photos work out and sometimes they don’t. This one is a usable image, but not all that happy with the composition. I was trying to capture the long road behind the riders, but it is difficult to frame up the photo when you don’t know exactly where they will be and you […]