Chairs and Tables, San Francisco Bay
Chairs and Tables, San Francisco Bay. San Francisco, California. July 1, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
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Chairs and tables on the sidewalk next to a fence along the Embarcadero with an old pier and San Francisco Bay beyond - San Francisco, California.
(More of my San Francisco photographs
I found this slightly odd scene along The Embarcadero between South Beach Harbor and the San Francisco Ferry Building. These chairs and tables were cabled together, waiting to be set up for outdoor seating at a small restaurant. I think the range of brown tones in the image is interesting - not just the chairs and tables but also the old pier extending out into the San Francisco Bay.
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Uploaded on Jul 2, 2009
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Pigeon, Yerba Buena Gardens Fountain, Buildings
Pigeon, Yerba Buena Gardens Fountain, Buildings. San Francisco, California, July 1, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
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A pigeon alights at the edge of a fountain/pond at Yerba Buena gardens downtown San Francisco buildings beyond.
(More of my San Francisco photographs
I photographed this on my first "San Francisco Photo Walk" of this summer season. The routine is that I catch a very early train to San Francisco, arriving in the city a few minutes before 7:00 a.m. Then, depending upon the weather and other factors, I wander off somewhere in The City looking for photographs. On this day I started with a ramble up The Embarcadero, photographing the South Beach yacht harbor, a old guy standing in the doorway of the Java Hut, a bunch of interesting old dilapidated waterfront structures and so forth as I walked. Once I reached the Ferry Building I headed up into The City, finally heading south toward the train station by way of Yerba Buena Gardens. I stopped here to photograph the main grassy area when I spotted this pigeon at the end of an elevated pond in which the distant buildings were reflected.
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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2009
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Paceline - American Velodrome Challenge
Paceline - American Velodrome Challenge. Hellyer Park Velodrome, San Jose, California. June 26, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
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The pack is strung out as the pace increases in a bicycle track race at the American Velodrome Challenge, Hellyer Park, San Jose, California.
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The paceline in the late stages of a miss-and-out race at the American Velodrome Challenge at the Hellyer Park Velodrome in San Jose, California. Yes, another "blurry bike racers" shot! And it won't be the last.
I was having great fun shooting this series. There are a few tricks that I use to make this work. Before I make the exposure I decide where in the frame I want the relatively focused rider to be - in this case I wanted him closest to me on the right side of the frame. I selected a single autofocus point on the camera and made it the one furthest to the right from the center. I used the AI servo mode on my Canon 5D II since it continuously adjusts the AF and since it attempts to predict the position of moving objects, thus tending to keep them in focus... as long as you can manage to keep the AF point on the target as it moves by very fast and very close. So the trick was to begin to follow the riders around the far end of the turn that you can see at top left, and then to work carefully to keep this AF point on the lead rider - not as easy as you might think - while also keeping a watch on the positions of the other riders. Making this even more "fun" is the fact that I had absolutely no control over what the riders would actually do when they came around. Sometimes a rider might come up the bank and block my shot; sometimes a single rider might be too far separated from the others to make the composition I had in mind. Generally - but not quite always - I shoot anyway, and I'm more than willing to admit that there is a certain element of luck in making this work.
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Uploaded on Jun 29, 2009
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Three Sprinters, Women's Keirin - American Velodrome Challenge
Three Sprinters, Women's Keirin - American Velodrome Challenge. Hellyer Park Velodrome, San Jose, California. June 26, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
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Three sprinters round a turn in the final sprint of a women's keirin race at the American Velodrome Challenge, Hellyer Park Velodrome, San Jose, California.
(More of my bicycle racing photography)
In this photograph the three lead riders in a preliminary heat of the women's keirin race event round the second to last turn and crank up their speed with just more than half of a lap remaining before the finish line.
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Uploaded on Jun 29, 2009
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Motorpacing the Women's Keirin - American Velodrome Challenge
Motorpacing the Women's Keirin - American Velodrome Challenge. Hellyer Park Velodrome, San Jose, California. June 26, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
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The group drafts a motorcycle in the early laps of a women's keirin event at the American Velodrome Challenge, Hellyer Park Velodrome, San Jose, California.
(More of my bicycle racing photography)
Just so people don't start to think that I can only make blurry photographs of bicycle racing, here is a more straight-ahead bike racing shot from a preliminary round in the women's keirin race at the American Velodrome Challenge. (I think this photo also demonstrates that the light does matter in sports photography, too - this was just just as the sun was about to drop below the horizon, so the light is golden and warm.) Here the group is being "motor-paces" by the fellow on the motorcycle for the first few laps as the riders remain in his draft and he gradually brings them up to speed. After a few paced laps the motorcycle pulls off and there is a very short, intense, and high speed finish.
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Uploaded on Jun 28, 2009
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