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Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby Wink on Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:20 pm

Last weekend I was granted permission onto the infield for the opening round of the Pirelli Road Race Series.
I could only stay until the lunch break, but there was constant on track action with all of the different classes qualifying and racing...

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I'll sneak a 5th shot in. I couldn't decide on just 4... :oops:

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I became obsessed with shooting really close up detail and action. Probably wouldn't have done that if I was shooting for someone else, but since it was just personal interest I could do whatever I liked.

More typical racing shots can be seen at http://www.photosbyadamlee.com/Proofing/PRRS/
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby CraigVTR on Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:57 pm

Adam great shots. The close ups, especially the first, is very refreshing way to look at the action.
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby Remorhaz on Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:24 pm

Adam - those first two shots are killer excellent - what focal length and SS were you hitting for these?
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby Wink on Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:55 pm

Thanks guys!

#1 is 1/320th f/8 @ 400mm and #2 is 1/500th f/8 @ 400mm both on a 1.6x crop body.
I use f/8 because I find the 100-400L a little soft at anything wider than that.
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby biggerry on Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:01 pm

cracking shots Adam, that looks like a absolutely premo possie with lots of compositions and angles.

what AF mode are you using for this? single point focus? tracking? etc.
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby Wink on Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:32 pm

Thanks Gerry.

I made the switch to back button focus some time ago, so I use AI Servo for everything now. Just focus and release the button for static shots.

I took these at a few different spots around the track. I used a unmanned marshalling bunker to get about 2-3 metres from the passing bikes. That was a lot of fun!
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby biggerry on Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:44 pm

Wink wrote: I used a unmanned marshalling bunker to get about 2-3 metres from the passing bikes. That was a lot of fun!


yeah i am jealous and bikes do nothing for me ;)
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby Wink on Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:49 pm

Me either. The track's 20 mins from home so I saw it as a good opportunity to try something new.
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby surenj on Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:06 am

Adam, these are neat especially you've nailed the technicalities which I reckon is quite tricky in these circumstances.

What focus modes did you use?
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Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby Wink on Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:17 am

Thanks mate. I used AI Servo with expanded single point.
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Re: Pirelli Road Race Series

Postby BBJ on Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:42 pm

All good shots Adam, i like the first 2 as well.

Well done.
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