Running for five hours

We went down to London to soak in the atmosphere of the London Marathon today. After doing the usual shots of random people running in varying throes of pure agony, I wanted to try a few different things, mainly with longer exposures.

I tried a couple of 18mm, slow-shutter-with-rear-synch on the flash pictures, but they didn't really work out. This one, however, I liked. Simply stopped the aperture down with no flash, I quite liked the effect As you can see from the clock, these runners had been going for five hours at this point. Only one more mile and a bit to go.

My hearty congratulations to every one who competed in the London Marathon today. Whether you finished in two hours or six, well done