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<blockquote data-quote="Moab Man" data-source="post: 532476" data-attributes="member: 11881">Here in the states we really don't see cyclocross so it would be unfamiliar to a great chunk of the members I suspect. The photo is fine, but it's boring. You need a location where there's some action - this picture is about the same as riding down a sidewalk all decked out in your race gear. You need to find a location crossing through a mud puddle, a nasty muddy climb, the terror in a face going through rocks at a high speed. One of my races, when I lived in Germany, they had us crossing a FREAKING COLD river. It was not necessarily fast moving, but water has a lot of force. The river bed was covered in slick rounded rocks. This setting was amazing for spectacular shots - wipe outs, the cold shock on the face, seeing the bike half submerged with the rider fighting his/her way through. Find a better location. It's like a saying often said about photography - If you want to take an interesting photograph then stand in front of interesting stuff. I hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moab Man, post: 532476, member: 11881"] Here in the states we really don't see cyclocross so it would be unfamiliar to a great chunk of the members I suspect. The photo is fine, but it's boring. You need a location where there's some action - this picture is about the same as riding down a sidewalk all decked out in your race gear. You need to find a location crossing through a mud puddle, a nasty muddy climb, the terror in a face going through rocks at a high speed. One of my races, when I lived in Germany, they had us crossing a FREAKING COLD river. It was not necessarily fast moving, but water has a lot of force. The river bed was covered in slick rounded rocks. This setting was amazing for spectacular shots - wipe outs, the cold shock on the face, seeing the bike half submerged with the rider fighting his/her way through. Find a better location. It's like a saying often said about photography - If you want to take an interesting photograph then stand in front of interesting stuff. I hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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