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Here are a couple of pics from Verena:

By Verena Illingworth

A great effort for what is a very hard shot to take; those bikes are moving at an unbelievable speed. There is a lot of action in this picture and the guys are obviously pedalling their hearts out. There is a nice use of differential focus in which the background is blurred, so as not to be too obtrusive, and the leading riders are sharp. In this situation you would want the rider in the front to be the sharpest but the one behind him in the white shirt is slightly sharper. It's not a major problem as far as I'm concerned, however.

I think that the shot could have been better with the bike wheels showing in front and a bit less sky. As it is, it could be improved for my taste if the rider on the extreme right were cropped off along with a bit of sky.

By Verena Illingworth

This is a cute picture of a man and his dog watching something. It happened to be the cyclists in the Amashovashova race but that isn't important, the story here is about the relationship between the man and the dog. The picture works very well for me and I don't feel I need to see more of the man or the dog's face. It is also a good example of a photographer taking pictures at an event but not forgetting to look around to see what other subjects are there to be found.

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