A cycling peloton climbing a mountain switchback in morning light, wheels blurred with motion

The Climb

They came past for four seconds. I had walked up since five to be standing there.

Sample frame — generated stand-in, not one of Colin’s photographs

Camera
Sony a1
Lens
FE 70-200mm ƒ/2.8 GM II
Focal length
135mm
Aperture
ƒ/8
Shutter
1/60s
ISO
100
Location
Mount Greylock, Massachusetts
Made
June 2026