Show us your Race/Event pics you purchased………

Just spotted this on http://www.olivercoats.co.uk and purchased!!

Good work that man 🙂

These 2 are from the same race: –

That middle ones a classic

Taken at this year's Ruthin Merida.

Karapoti 2009

By the fab Oliver Coats:

Bought 'cos it was my first ever Downhill race.

EDIT: Oops, missed the "purchased" bit!

Good pic JoJo……check out the concentration 🙂

Are you still Dh'ing?

ooooh, the concentration!

just purchased a 3 peaks pic today but don't know how to post pics

Alek, I did the Megavalanche in the summer which is semi DH, and would have done some of the SDA's if I'd been able to get an entry. It's so much more expensive than XC though…

Kielder 100, by Joolze Dymond:

Transalp suffering:

Transalp elation, at the finish line:

Still peely-wally after a fortnight in the sun…

I hardly buy any now, do so many events that they stop being 'special'. It's only when there's a really good photo I buy it.

The last one I bought was one of Joolzes from 24/12. here. The proper A4 print is awesome, very good indeed.

Another for the 2009 Ruthin Merida.

Cheddar Bikefest 2007

Bristol Bikefest 2009

2001 Pairs Head of the River 😉

🙂

Early morning puffer '09

Sweet Chris…….ohh the memories 😐

me looking very happy on the halifaxsailing club race 😉

btw i wouldnt think of buying it…

Struggling with some poor weather, on the Bealach Beag last May (Bealach na ba mini-challenge)

'nother one from the excellent mr coats

I buy the odd one or two, if they're half-decent or if I've had a really good day. I don't take any pictures myself really, and it's nice to have a few to give an account of what it is I do with my time. 🙂

Oliver Coats is indeed a good photographer. Dont think much of his fish supper delivery skills though.

Impressed with your third one Superstar_opponents 🙂

Rob – I was there too with an identical look, half way up the Bealach 😐 (decided not to buy for some reason!!!)

bought:

taken by my dad on my second run:

and another pic taken by an amateur photographer at the race:

(in anonymous all-black days before the team strip arrived…)

Keep meaning to buy this one. I think I won a Prime in this race…

"pic taken by an amateur photographer at the race"
that looks far better than the bought one personally

^ totally agree.

With a few exception, most of the ones "bought" on here are appalling.

Oliver Coats has some pretty impressive photos on his site too, but again the ones bought are terrible. Take for example the original photo posted by the OP: what's in focus/sharp in that?! His elbow?!

Why on earth you people are buying some of these photos is completely beyond me: surely the memories are better than some half hearted photo, prob taken using a remote on a set position.

JD's photos are however, all, fantastic.

That's a bit harsh V83 – a slightly blurry photo can bring back the memories whilst not being technically perfect….. Wouldn't offer them for sale myself, but I'm a perfectionist 😀

Just out of interest, how much are you chaps paying for, say, an A4 print, and do you buy them on the day or afterwards?

Dyfi Enduro 2009

Paid for…

Not paid for (from someone off here, sorry can't remember who it was!)

Bought for me for my birthday, by a mate who also does the CVMBC

i've a load from MM and Sits and the cheapo cannock race on my flickr site, no charge just leave a comment

MM http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketdog/sets/72157620247608290/
SiTS http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketdog/sets/72157621981462612/
cannock http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketdog/sets/72157618175232833/

Thetford….

Pic by Jools Dymond

Exposure Big Night Out, Builth Wells…

this one's one of Richpips'. I'm pulling a funny face.