Everyone likes to win, but second place isn’t that bad is it?

We’ve just found out that we came second in the Warehouse Express photography competition. It’s bitter sweet to us – we’re delighted to have done so well but came oh-so-close to the top spot. Next time maybe! The image we entered was the one below of the Tour of Britain cycle race:

Taken on an ultra wide angle lens, the riders were around three feet away from the camera as they zoomed around the corner at break neck speed. A shutter speed of 1/40 sec meant that by holding the camera still the riders would blur, whilst an aperture of f11 made sure that the background was in focus and sharp.

The image was converted to black and white but the vivid colours of the riders were brought back in using Photoshop masking techniques.

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