Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

Today was the Tour de Bintan - what an opportunity to practice sports photography

It all started early in the morning. I met Ansar Ahmad at breakfast who was part of the race organization and a Bintan official. Singa and Santa had brought me a batik shirt - and here we are

Sina

Santi

Sina reaching for the lotus

Santi reaching for the lotus

Now the competition - who is the boss? Sina, Sari or Santi

Another question

Its clear - Ari thinks he is the boss, Santi asserts that she is the boss and Sina is disinterested - she knows she is the boss

Us again

I went to the road about 9am to practice taking shots of passing motorcycle guys (and ladies) - to get the best exposure setting for the race. Here is a practice photo

Motor man

Motor family

Motor man

Set up the flags

Set up the flags

Basket man

Motor men

Jaya

Prelude to the race

Race directory

Motor couple

Police escort

Police escort

Motorcycle escort - you can see the school kids in the background waiting to encourage the competitors

Race leaders at 9:59:08

9:59:53 - back of the leader group

10:02:14

10:03:11

10:04:20

10:09:34

10:11:25

10:13:47

Main peloton - 10:21:54 - about 20 min behind the lead group

10:21:56

10:22:02 Clean-up guys

10:26:47 Not quite by the rules

10:28:17 - Last guy, I think

C. Frank Starmer

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