Seattle Times reader Yee Feng’s tilt-shift photo of bike racers and big trees.
Photographer: Yee Feng, Seattle
Photo taken: June 30
Photographer’s description: “A beautiful summer evening at Seattle’s Seward Park Crit with Audi Cycling Team leading the charge. This race series has been running for 27 years and is a fantastic part of cycling in the Pacific Northwest. This was shot with a Canon 5D Mark III and a 45mm TS-E lens.”
Katie’s critique: “The photographer clearly had fun playing with a lens that isn’t in everyone’s camera bag. Using a tilt-shift lens can be a way to break out of how you typically see and challenge your photographic eye. It allows a selective plane to be in focus. I enjoy how the line of bikes are the focus, with the ‘one way’ sign adding to that linear effect.”
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