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Red Bull Pretoria

  • The stage is set and ready for a first timer: The Red Bull X-fighters freestyle motocross in Pretoria, South Africa
  • Dany Torres of Spain in action
  • Alastair Sayer from Botswana doing the "I don't know what
  • David Ronaldo from France showing off some real class.
  • Another David Ronaldo move
  • Maikel Melero from Spain spinning out of a back flip
  • About the only annoyance of the event was this camera racing into the frame at crucial times. Not a problem for Maikel Melero
  • Maikel Melero showing off some real class.
  • Hands-free by Taka Higashino from Japan flying past the Union Buildings.
  • Taka Higashino exhibited this unique move.
  • Adam Jones of the USA seemingly suspended above the VIP pavilion
  • Adam Jones on the descent after his leap across "speed bump"
  • Another Maikel Melero move
  • Josh Sheenhan providing a crowd thriller
  • Another Dany Torres move
  • Another Josh handsfree
  • Imperial Toyota – one of the sponsors – doing the fly past to a standing ovation
  • Dany Torres from Spain during the final round of the competition. Spot the drone in the top right corner of the picture. It's not a "gogga" (bug).
  • Josh Sheehan from Australia was the winner and very much the crowd's favourite
  • Josh Sheehan of Australia took the laurels for the day and also for the 2014 tournament

I was very excited to be able to photograph a world event like the Red Bull X-Fighters in Pretoria this year (2014) after having had the opportunity and privilege to photograph them in Dubai in 2011. The next plus point about this event was that it happened in daylight. Night photography poses a different set of challenges.

I went there full kit: Canon 60D; Canon 18 – 135mm; Sigma 70 – 200mm, Sigma 150 – 500mm and Tokina 11 – 16mm wide angle. This turned out to be an excellent choice.