This photograph of John Treacy was taken at the Belfast international Cross Country Race at Mallusk Playing Fields on 9 January 1982.br/ br/ Why did I include this photograph?br/ br/ a) Ansel Adams said quot;a good photograph is knowing where to standquot; I had walked up the side of the course and found this corner - at the point farthest from the start/finish.br/ br/ b) I liked the reverse S Curve which created depth in the photographbr/ br/ c) Also the crowd in the distance created a straight line which was bounded by the trees on the left and the house and shed on the right keeping the viewer's eyes in the picturebr/ br/ d) the diagonal of the runner taking the corner gives the impression of movementbr/ br/ e) there were posts to assist with focusbr/ br/ f) this was the final lap and I was fortunate that other runners appeared in the picturebr/ br/ John Treacy from Waterford in Ireland won the race.br/ He won the World Cross Championship in Glasgow in 1978 and also in Limerick in 1979 and an Olympic Silver medal in the marathon in 1984 in Los Angeles behind Carlos Lopes from Portugal.br/ Apparently John ran 7 miles to school every day.br/ br/ Steve Cram who finished third in the race is also in the picture in the white vest.br/ br/ Kenny Irvine from Scotland was second.br/ br/ I used a Canon AE-1 and the film was Ilford HP5 at 400ASAbr/ br/ Pictures of the race are shown at:br/ https://www.hmphotographs.com/p698835353