A day at the MTB races

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Visited the MTB world series in Leogang (Austria) to watch several of the races (Cross Country Short Track, Downhill, Cross Country Olympic). This was my first time doing spots photography and it was challenging, especially on the first day where I used my Leica M240. 2nd and 3rd day I took the Lumix S5II.

First series is from the short track women elite race that is restricted to the 40 best ranked riders. It's a 20 minute sprint race with low technical difficulty. Taken with M240+Summarit 75

 

Warming up. The camp and starting area is filled with the buzzing noise of the rollers

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The race

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All out for Evie to secure place 3

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Winner ceremony

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Winner cools down waiting for the doping controle

 

 

[Lelmer]

Nice series...one can feel the effort in the race ones 👍

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Downhill qualification runs. M240 + Elmarit 24 and Planar 50. Iso 1600 max. in the forest is limiting.

You can prefocus any of these shots because all of them are roughly taking the same line and you have 2-3 minutes to prepare for for the next rider.

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Excellent. Very impressive.

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13 hours ago, tom.w.bn said:

... Winner cools down waiting for the doping controle

 

Being Red Bull - does that mean they are waiting to get doped?  

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Great series and you really feel the exhaustion. Let me know next time, I can try to join you. 

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vor 48 Minuten schrieb Sandokan:

Great series and you really feel the exhaustion. Let me know next time, I can try to join you. 

Thanks. Sure. Lenzerheide (CH) will most likely be on the schedule in 2024 again or maybe Albstadt (D). There is also an event in Haute-Savoie in september but I have other plans for that month. 

Edited June 20, 2023 by tom.w.bn

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The following photos are from day 2 and 3 taken with the Lumix S5II. Panasonic 70-300, Panasonic 16-35, Panasonic 35/1.8

Downhill main race on saturday (men/women, U23/elite). Great family friendly atmosphere at the mountain.

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Wideangle jumps

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Big jumps

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70-300

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Edited June 21, 2023 by tom.w.bn

[pippy]

Wonderful series! Thanks for posting!!!

Philip.

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FPV Drone operator at work

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Riders going 50 kmh through the tunnel with the drone max. 2 meters behind.

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by tom.w.bn