Another from my home safari:
Anyone that knows me well will tell you I have more than a passing interest for cycling. It’s as much of a passion for me as photography. I’ve lost count of the hours I’ve spent in the saddle in all weathers and in all seasons. There is just something magic about it . Rather like photography in many ways.
Any of you have other passions/interests?
Nikon D800
Nikon 50mm f1.8
PP in Silver eFex pro2 and PS.
Racing the storm. I happened to find a moment where the rain wasn’t pouring down. While I was dry, relatively speaking, at this moment I had been standing in the pouring rain with my camera waiting for the right shot for quite a long time. Well, that might not have been the best idea. Don’t let the big marketing machine fool you. The weather resistance of the Canon 7D isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. This turned out to be a very expensive picture after my camera crapped out and needed a quick trip back to Canon to fix a little “moisture” issue. See more images at SMB-Photo.com
It my seem like a childish thing to have on my backpack. However he has hung there for many years now . The pack he hangs around on is the pack I use on my bike commute most mornings in the summer and a few in the winter. My other passion besides family, and photography is cycling. I purchased this little chap at Legoland many years ago as a reminder of my favourite cyclist Marco Pantani. Who sadly is no longer with us.
I took this shot in window light using my Hipstamatic app on my iPhone.
Those frosty days on the bike.
Believe it or not this what I call fun. You wouldn’t know it by the classic “race face” but this is what some of us crazy cyclists call fun. Cyclocross is a little known cycling discipline that is typically held in cold and muddy conditions, kind of like steeplechase on your bike. Here a cyclist dismounts his bike and jumps over 18″ high barriers then back on the bike, all at full speed. Being able to get this close to the action proved to be good testing ground for the auto focus of my new camera.
You can see more cyclocross on my blog http://samobiker.com/cyclocross/
Monochromia 
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