I photographed the YMCA Triathlon as a “favor” to Christine again this year.
It is a boring and all-too-long morning.
This year, the morning clouds abolished most quality light until the runners began crossing the finish line, but there were still quality images to be made, and I think I captured the moments that could be captured to the best of my ability.
I captured everything in JPEG and was careful (once the sun came out) to not blow out the highlights and capture as many images as I could before the runners crossed into the harsh light that was only a few short feet beyond the finish line. I was also wise enough to put the camera on a tripod at the finish line so that I could pre-focus and pre-frame the image; I only needed to blindly click the shutter button as people crossed the finish line. The images would later be cropped for composition only. Otherwise, the images received minimal processing.
I shared the images with Christine via Google Drive and the link was shared on FB, where very few people probably saw the link.
Christine says that she is appreciative; that is enough for me.