Week 45: The bard and bicycles

We headed out one evening to take some promo shots for our forthcoming show, Shakespeare on Location.

It was serious business, of course, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun!

The next day we popped up the Crown Range to watch the cyclists in the Tour of Southland come by. I couldn't resist taking a few pictures of adorable Arrowtown nestled beneath the hills.

Here was the stage winner, Jeremy Yates. I like the concentration on his face and the way his image is distortedly reflected in the wheels of the motorbike. The top three riders (Aaron Strong and Pater Latham) are some way ahead of the pack, snaking up the switchbacks of the hill.

In the bulk of the field there is grim determination and grimaces of pain - that's a tough climb at the end of a long ride in the sun.