Phillip Island Classic

[Sylvia]

Its a weekend of old bikes being used and abused.
Just a couple..







Thank you.

[bigsarg7]

Wow, what a stunning group of images!! you've done a great job freezing the photograph and capturing the speed they were moving, impressive!! well done!!

[Matt. K]

I agree with the above comments. Technically you have done everything well but the light was working against you. It seems like you were shooting against the light...or into the brightness and this caused the shadows within the finer detail of the bikes engines to block up. It also slightly reduces the contrast of the subject. Whilst this is not a major detraction to good action shots you would have achieved even better results if you had been shooting from the other side of the track. If this is not possible then the use of a little fill flash will often work miracles in this situation. This is a minor niggle of course and they are still excellent action shots.

[Sylvia]

Thanks Sarg and Matt.
I just picked 3 images at random. The sun was not out in the last 2. Fill flash will have zero effect from the distance of these shots, trust me on that. The last 2 are at 1/40. You are lucky to see anything in focus at this shutter speed. The bikes are travelling at 140k's + at that point in the track and when I press the shutter. Not sure if you are on top of the math Matt, but ....

Here is a couple in full sun for your information @ 1/160 and he is doing 240+..





Thanks for the comments. Its good to get some feedback.

[zafra52]

They are all very good. I prefer the 3rd one because of a more blurred background.