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The real art would be to bring back the classic bikes and try and sell them to nations farmers for checking round the livestock and gathering the moors just like in the good old days (listen to me - and I am only 34!) That way they would sell more bikes and perhaps enlighten some of the newer generations of farmers and land owners that trials bikes are acceptable things to ride and seperate from the much hated scramblers and mini bikes as they do very little damage to the land and make such a soft noise they are less worrying to livestock than the honda big red that is now the farming vehicle of choice. Then again, even with good balance skills I guess carrying a 50kg sack of sheep cake on an Ossa would be considerably harder than performing the same feat on the quad!

Yes, I agree, the 70-200 is a hefty old beast but gives some great results. I think I would just get a cover all 18-200mm to carry on the bike and sacrifice some Max aperture, size, weight and cost so I could feel better about having an off! I have seen some fantastic motorbike photography using flash, especially as fill - but so far I have enough to think about with composition and motion! I think I will try some flash work out and re-post for advice here. I agree with Tom that I have to get more of the section in with these top riders to show the real drama. Oddly it is the opposite with my riding - often better to see just a bit and hope people presume it is dramatic! Thanks for the comments folks.

Just checked the metadata and it was wide open at 2.8, but only at the 70mm end of the zoom range. Exposure was 1/320th with no flash.

Taken on a Nikon D300 with a Sigma 70-200 2.8 lens. The vignette was post processing and an attempt at removing distraction from the edges of the frame. Looking again I am not sure it has worked and may have been better left alone!

Hi Folks, As a keen photographer this was my first time pointing a camera at trials riders. These were taken from my seat at Sheffield. Are there any more experienced trials photographers out there who can critique these of Dougie, Adam and Fuji and give advice? Cheers Neil