Using a long lens you always have the problem that people run into your view. There is just so much distance, that the probability of someone walking into your line of sight is very high. Of course you can always embrace it. In this case I was lucky, depth of field was just deep enough that the rider was sharp and could go for the subject. Re-focusing, even with a fast camera, would have made me miss the moment.
Had I made the image with my D300 and, say, the Nikon 70-300 VR, the rider would have been clearly out of focus, the image would have been lost. These are the situations where small-sensor cameras really shine, at least as long as their image quality suffices. Here it clearly does.
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Flo (tonebytone) (2011-12-01)
Andreas, this does indeed look like you deliberately choose the bike rider for your subject. Happy accident! You're also right about this b=ability of small cameras to produce increased depth of field. Last night one of my friends waited 5 minutes to get a clear view of a display - and when the scene finally cleared, she had only about 5 seconds to snap the shot. Then along came other strollers.
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