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March 19, 2012 at 6:09 pm

Thanks Jenny & Carl.

Using the D80 for most of my shots with a 70-200 2.8. when I’m at the races. You can get close to the action at a Karting event, trying to capture it is the age old problem ;-)

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March 4, 2012 at 11:37 pm

Great shots Joe.
Good to see lads from Moto2 & BSB participating in the Nifty Fifty event and winning.

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August 30, 2011 at 7:57 am

Most of the time I was using Aperture priority & 1/250th. Next time I’m going to try going to manual and experiment a little.

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August 22, 2011 at 8:15 pm

Great set.
#3 would be the favourite followed by #1

#3 Gives the impression that the racing was racing was close. Well captured.
#1 The lads really hanging off the bike with knee and almost his elbow on the track.

Good images.

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August 22, 2011 at 12:10 am

Looks like it was a mistake in the purchasing/procurement office.

Required: 1 No. 4WD vehicle with all road capability :shock:

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August 21, 2011 at 11:40 pm

Thanks for the comment Shutterlight.
I was thinking the same but I’ve been tending to crop with 3:2 aspect ratio.
I presume with sports photography you can crop to where the action/point of focus is?

The image below might work better with a tighter crop or does the bike need ‘space’ to lead into?

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August 20, 2011 at 4:15 pm

Great set Dessie.
I like the bike shots in particular
#1 great capture, hanging off, drifting and opposite lock.
#6 & 7 another great capture, looks like it would be a painful landing. I agree with Soda to reverse the order.

Fran

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August 19, 2011 at 1:40 pm

I know exactly what you mean, they don’t call it “The worlds fastest road race” for nothing. I took loads of images but binned lots of them.
You look like you had a good location and were reasonably close, so that’s a good start. It was quite overcast and gloomy at times on Saturday which makes it difficult when you need a quick shutter speed.
Nice shot.
Fran

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July 31, 2011 at 7:47 pm

It’s a brilliant location for taking pictures, I was lucky enough to be their for the fringe festival. Plenty of characters and street performers knocking about then

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July 31, 2011 at 7:37 pm

Thanks Jenny.
You wouldn’t have had much trouble finding one that weekend, they were all over the place. I’d never seen them before so it was a first for me.

Cheers Enda, our local conditions mustn’t these moths (to cold and wet ;-)

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July 28, 2011 at 6:51 pm

Great shot Enda

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July 21, 2011 at 11:58 pm

Thanks Carl, yes, they are hand held with 70-200 almost at the limit. Far from ideal.
It’s a subject I’ve never caught before but I can see the attraction.
We had tripods with us but we didn’t think we’d have the time to set them up before it flew away, as it turned out we would have but that’s the way things go.

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May 31, 2011 at 9:56 pm

As with most forms of motor-sport it’s difficult to catch those incidents/accidents but with the juniors you probably have more opportunities to catch that *action* shot. :wink:
The Whiteriver Park circuit has plenty of gradient changes and locations close to the track for taking different types of shots. The karts are quick but I’d imagine F1 is more difficult to photograph particularly if you’re close. With karts you always see some action unlike F1 and it’s local and accessible.

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May 27, 2011 at 4:51 pm

Thanks Sodafarl, I used the D80 with a new 70-200 f2.8. I’m pleased with the results. 2nd shot was purely about the look the driver was giving me, it’s a pity it’s not sharp enough.

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May 22, 2011 at 4:38 pm

Nice shots Sean, I was thinking the top one was from Thursday cos there was no feckin sun yesterday, only the liquid kind.
I think #3 is Simona Zaccardi #59 she was racing in supersports, it was her first time at the NW because she was wearing a bib on Thursday.
Love the expression on the BBC commentators face.