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Yeah initially I was selling at R20 but with the fees incurred from the payment gateway (Payfast) to accept credit card or instant EFT I had to increase the price slightly to R30 in order to cover these costs and to make a slight profit. I am not doing this to get rich but sure need to try and make it worthwhile at least... As for looking and not finding your number - yeah I only managed to capture a small number of riders as I did this alone. (Also if you were not displaying your number on the front of your bike or helmet then I did not know what number you are and is not included in the search, will need to check through all) The search algorithm also checks for other things like filename etc, so if you enter your race number, sometimes other photos will appear but yours will appear in the results if its available. Action photo has a team of photographers set at different points, so I would expect them to have captured everyone. That was my plan for next year but alas I am not allowed as they will only allow action photo sadly.

Hi gummibear, no these photos are just meant as a "memento" or facebook type of photo. If you would like to print, I can supply a higher resolution version of the image on request. It would be silly to upload all of them at high res in terms of server space.

Oh and file sizes are roughly 300-400K and are resized to roughly 800x600.

Thanks everyone for the responses. Adding in the logo was in fact oversight on my part, I did not think it would be an issue but should have obtained permission for using it. In fact I have been it talks with the media team from the event, and they have advised me that they have their own "official and accredited" team of photographers on the day (I was not aware of this when I took the photos) and I wont be allowed to take pictures next year like I had planned. There was no mention or request for me to remove the logo used from this years event so I will keep it on for now. So in summary: These are my unofficial photos from the event which I took in my private capacity, if you would like the "official" photos, you will need to purchase from Action Photo. Its a pitty, as I feel I could really have covered the event nicely next year but lesson learnt, I will obtain approval before hand as to not step on any toes in future. If you know of any sporting events in western cape that requires some photography, let me know

Thanks, I appreciate your response

I hope this is not seen as spam or innapropriate, if so I do apologise and mods can remove however I saw this as the elite cycling site in SA and thought it would be the best place to post this. I took many photos of riders during the cycle race and have placed them on my new website: www.sportimages.co.za There is a small download fee of R20 to download the digital photo - this is there to cover my time and expenses of shooting the event etc. There is a search box, and if you were wearing your number on your helmet or front of your bike, you can simply enter that number in the search box to bring up your photo. I really enjoyed all the cyclists enthusiasm that passed me, many gave me a thumbs up or wave as they rode past. All images were taken on the Blue Route highway, naturally I could not get of every rider but I do have at least 1800 photos of different cyclists. Please have a browse through and let me know what you think. If this is successful, I will get even more photograhers involved next year in order to not miss out on as many riders as I did this year. Well done to all those who rode and completed the race. Chris (SportImages)