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The Battlecreek Cross race was part of a new OBRA-sanctioned cyclocross series based in the Willamette Valley, on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The rain hammered riders for most of the day and I did my best to capture the day and paint a picture of how it all went down.

This was my first effort with my HV30 and Letus 35mini that I got a few days before the race. I think I shot too much of the day in too shallow of a DOF (1.8-2.8), but I'm still happy with how the first shoot came out, especially since it was pouring most of the day, and I had a crazy jury-rigged umbrella contraption to keep me dry.

I also used a homemade 35mm adapter support rig since I didn't realize at the time I'd need one to hold my adapter and lens securely on my tripod. You can see the pics I posted of the adapter support and umbrella rig on the day of the race in this thread:

hv20.com/showthread.php?t=18088

Gear: HV30, Letus 35mini, Nikkor 85mm 1.8, Bogen legs and head, homemade support rails.

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Ian Bennet 11 months ago

Wow, great effort on getting this up onto vimeo after your shooting 'experience'. That really looked like a soaking rain. I wouldn't sell yourself so short on some of that FF action, for the first time, I thought you were doing a fantastic job! I look forward to any and all upcoming video's.
nwduffer 11 months ago

Thanks Ian, I'm looking forward to learning this gear even more, and honing the post production skills!

Thanks for taking a look!
Paul
neQDMA 11 months ago

Just wanted to say - WOW on the footage quality. I am a HV30 Owner and will soon have DOF adapter myself. Looks a good as a 20K rig (on here at least!) - Great job!
nwduffer 11 months ago

neQDMA - thanks...I too am pleased with the quality, and this doesn't even show off what it could really do. I think I have yet to scratch the surface! Thanks again for watching and posting.
Dan Kaufman 11 months ago

Great photography/footage. A lot of shots really captured the speed and heart of the racers.
nwduffer 11 months ago

Dan, thanks for the comments! I appreciate your insight as I've enjoyed watching your videos this season as well! As I mentioned earlier, I am pleased with the first effort, but know I have lots to learn still. Perhaps we'll bump into each other at a race some time!
Matt Haughey 11 months ago

Great video, I love the shallow DOF look. I added it to the willamette valley cross site.
nwduffer 11 months ago

Matt! Thanks man, I appreciate the thoughts, and I'm glad WVC was able to use it for their site. And let me just take the opportunity to say 'thanks' for all your contributions to our everyday interweb life. MF has been a staple for a long time. Hope to see you at a future race, or bump in somewhere between Salem and Mac!

Take care!
Lloyd ranola 11 months ago

Wow.. CX, w/ shallow depth of field.. I gotta get me an adapter. I like your support rig. Good job!

here's some cross in SF from this Sunday:
vimeo.com/2401779
nwduffer 11 months ago

Thanks Lloyd, the support rig has grown on me. I thought about getting a real one from Letus, but hey...this one is one of a kind!

Thanks for watching!
Eric Ugland 10 months ago

looks nice! you probably should upscale so you don't get that black box around the frame. Or just change your export settings, if you don't letterbox it should be fine. Also looks like there was a little problem on the left side of the frame.

But overall the image looks great, sure wish I had a letus.
Robert MacDonald 7 months ago

hey man! nice job creating the rail support.
i was googleing diy rail support and i found your setup in the hv20 forum. nice video.
working on any more projects?