1st Prize Amateur - Hurtling humans calls for nine willing subjects and a good camera. Gus Phillips, Augusta, Ga., stops rider in a precarious position with Rolleiflex camera equipped with 3.5 Tessar lens, shooting 1/500 sec., at F5.6 using medium yellow filter.
1st Prize Professional - "Man Overboard" at San Jose Hill Climb. Ray Kennedy, San Francisco, Calif., obtained sharp detail on everything from rider's belt buckle to spinning spokes with 4x5 speed graphic, using focal plane shutter at 1/550 sec., F22 using super double X pan film. Notice clear detail on foreground and background as well as on the moving subject.
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