This picture is dear to me as it represents a gallery of B&W images ( http://www.pbase.com/hiero/ijssel ) that was my first serious attempt at B&W after many years. Of course shooting digital I made colour images and converted them afterwards, but I tried to 'think' B&W while out there. That is not easy, though the autumn season, with empty fields and nature asleep, did help. I like this picture because you see the house first and the cyclist only after that. I remember that I made this shot. I was looking the other way but sensed the cyclist in the corner of my eye. In an instant I turned around, put the camera to my eye and hit the release, without looking at any of the exposure parameters. I was very relieved to find the entire cyclist in the frame. I would never have managed it with a compact camera by the way, due to their long shutter release dalays.