I really like the sense of scale you get from this image, if it is where I think it is (Winnats Pass) then I also know how steep it is. I can imagine what the runner's body is saying to them as they try and push up the hill, but I also know the person will be admiring where they are running and it is great that you have captured this in the image with the choice of tones in your final edit.
I struggled to decide between this image and the 2nd place image as the winner, this one pipped into 1st place as I just love the atmosphere in the shot along with the feeling of isolation and explains the lengths that runners go to train. I could imagine this being on the front cover of a running magazine as it says exactly what it needs to. Very well done on such a great image.
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**This contest is open to photographers ranked between 251 and 1000 in this week’s <a href="https://www.photocrowd.com/photographer-community/">Leaderboard</a>.** In the beginning, anthropologists tell us, we ran to chase animals for food. Running until our prey became too exhausted to continue. Nowadays, whilst many of us forget how to run once we’ve left the playground behind, for those known simply as ‘runners’, the practise is very much alive and well. They run around cities, up mountains, across deserts, enjoying the Runner’s High, and doing what our bodies were built to do.
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