Stadium Drift Round 3

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Stadium Drift Round 3

Postby Ghetto Panda on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:20 am

Hi all,

Well just some drift pics (what a surprise) from last Saturday it was extremely over cast and did eventually end up raining but the show went on. Had to pump up the ISO a little so a little grainy but oh well.

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Postby matt-chops on Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:18 am

While not a huge fan of drift, I do appreciate the skill in achieving a nice crisp subject while panning, especially at the shutter speeds you have used for these. 1/60" is quite a handful to get right. Were you using a monopod?

I love the close-up of the wheel in #3, its great, but my pick of all of them would be #4. Full opposite lock and a lot of action in that shot.

The only critique I can offer is that maybe the backgrounds of the shots are a little too distracting (I think the only way to get around that is to be closer to the subject... that tends to blur the background more). Aside from that, solid work! Well done. :D
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:24 am

ditto on that last shot being the best. Well done on capturing the driver's eyes too
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Postby Ghetto Panda on Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:06 pm

matt-chops wrote: Were you using a monopod?


I only ever used my monopod once and found it frustrating but have been thinking about giving it a go again.
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Postby MattyO on Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:53 am

brian, these pics are awesome mate.

I reckon ur best on track work yet!
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Postby Ghetto Panda on Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:57 am

MattyO wrote:I reckon ur best on track work yet!


Thanks for the kind words Matt unfortunately i was'nt on track though was'nt allowed. I'll give you one guess why lol.
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