And yet again, though this will be\u00a0the last time for a while, it was back to Canberra. This time it was round 4 in the series\u00a0of this year\u2019s Shimano GP taking place at Mt Stromlo Forest Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We went down on Friday afternoon and sat around having dinner together with the Rocky Trail race organisers Martin and Juliane. It was a nice relaxing evening catching up and talking through the race season so far. Then off to the car to set up for the night. \u00a0The Saturday dawned chilly but not frosty like the previous weekend\u2019s Rollercoaster<\/a>, no frozen puddles this weekend. There was no brilliant sunrise though just a flat grey sky.<\/p>\n I had the option of getting a lift to the top and walking down or start at the bottom and walk up. I decided on the bottom as I wanted to shoot the riders among some of the beautiful wattles that were in bloom down there before the sun burnt through the clouds and made the light too harsh. Unfortunately, this meant that all up my day was spent walking uphill and shooting riders as they came uphill, not usually what I would normally choose. As it was the soft cloudy light stuck around for most of the day so I could have done it the other way around. \u00a0Over the rest of the day, I slowly made my way uphill making the most of the soft light by shooting in the trees. There are some great views around the track which makes Stromlo one of my favourite to shoot. I tried to include these in my shots as much as possible (no point in having these views if I don’t use them).<\/p>\n At the end of the day, I ended up near the top at Echidna Pass shooting the riders as the came through a gap between a couple of big boulders. Having shot there before I count the gap as an old favourite of mine. Gil finished off his day\u00a0shooting in the trees below me on skyline which was great as it meant that I could get a lift back down the hill.<\/p>\n We didn’t hang around for too long afterwards but drove back North and headed out to Bungonia Gorge for the night. A couple of lookouts there overlook a slot canyon down in the valley below. Plans are already being made for an excursion down into the canyon.<\/p>\n Below is a small selection of the shots from the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t