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October 3, 2009
Objects in Motion: Part 4
Pictures taken September 30, 2009. Sunset was at 6:46 P.M.
Martin and I started our ride a little after 5:00 P.M. The temperature was a little on the cool side -- cold enough that I wore my jacket and long pants. Since I had forgotten my water bottle, I was glad it wasn't hot.
I was, however, concerned about the wind. I don't know what the wind speeds actually were that day, but the forecast that morning called for gusts between 30 to 40 miles per hour.
The wind died down as we got a mile or two up Left Hand Canyon, making the ride easier than I thought it would be.
When we got to Jamestown a little after 6:00 P.M., it started raining. Fortunately, it didn't follow us as we turned around and headed back down the mountain, and we were out of the rain within minutes.
Because it was overcast, and close to sunset, I looked forward to getting some better pictures conveying a sense of motion. On earlier rides (see here and here), the exposure times ranged from 1/160 of a second up to 1/640 of a second, because of the bright sunlight. When I took the pictures below, the shutter speed was about 1/30 of a second, resulting in a more blurred background.
Since there was very little traffic compared to the weekends, it was easier for me to remain in position to get some better shots. That's something that's not always easy to do when you and your subject are both moving at 20 to 30 miles per hour, and you're trying to not get hit by a car.
I hadn't realized that this was the same day that the BBC's Viewfinder Photo Blog had published reader's pictures on the theme of "Speed."
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Posted by Robert Racansky on October 3, 2009 at 8:37 PM
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I see you managed to find a road with a bike lane, or at least a shoulder. Glad to see it. I'm surprised more people aren't killed riding in those canyons.
Posted by: rob kiser on October 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM