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Tour de France comes to Canary Wharf

Nikon D7000, ISO 100, Nikkor 70-300 at 70mm, f4.5, 1/25sec

Copyright © 2019 Jeremy Carter


This photograph came about because of a mistake.

The Tour de France was due to pass through Canary Wharf in 2014. Having established the route the cyclists would take, I got myself in rather a good position. However, the map that I’d looked at had an error, and the pelaton would not pass me.

By the time I got into position on the route the crowds had gathered and I could not get anywhere close.

Instead I decided to shoot through the crowd in the hope of getting something, what I got was a whole lot better than than I could have anticipated. Shot at 1/25sec I panned the camera so the crowd disappeared!!