Capturing Motion on a Bike Ride

During a family bike ride on the C&O Rail Trail in Maryland, I decided to experiment by taking a few pictures while riding.  This does entail some risk, but I tried to pick straight sections when I had some room around me.  I was trying to convey the sense of speed that can come with cycling.  To do this, I took pictures at different shutter speeds to blur the backgrounds and wheels while trying to get the rider somewhat in focus.  I had the best results photographing a rider about 5 feet to my side using an exposures around 1/15 of a second.  I wasn't willing to take my eye off the road long enough to compose the photo, so I used my lens as wide as it would go (18mm).  For this picture, I asked my son to ride a straight as he could, matching my speed.  Not high art, but certainly fun.

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