Mud Muncher's 4 pics

[BBJ]

Hi All, Well yes i know more motor bike pics.LOL Well it wasn't the best of days but made the most of it anyhow so here is a some pics from today.
Taken with D70, Sigma 70-200 F/2.8.





The xdrive worked Great, 5mins to copy a 1 gig card full of RAW files so i am very happy with it.
Cheers
John

[Frankenstein]

As usual, top stuff. I especially like the second one - the red really really adds punce, and it's a great action shot.

Frank

[sirhc55]

John - I agree that shot 2 is great and you are certainly proving that the Sigma 70-200 is a powerful lens

[Willy wombat]

Wow i can almost hear the bikes. Number 1 is my pick. It conveys the motion very well with the blurring on the left and right frozen in the middle.

[Catcha]

Wow great shots..how do you get eveything in focus and so sharp and background blurred......I spent 3 days with trial and error and only can get a part of a picture in focus and the rest is out of focus with motion blurr

[BBJ]

Thanks All, yes they are all good shots, only problem is i take too many LOL. But i enjoy it and i dont mind it being a bit wet and is better than having it dusty and getting it all over camera.

Ben i too have had but i am not sure what setting you use but i use single area focus, i have tried Dynamic and not happy with it. The only problem i had that because the sky was rather overcast and white that when the bikes are in air the sky blows out, this also is there are trees down one side of the track where these are and can not get on the right side of them as you have sun in your face and when no sun the shadow of the pine trees.
But thats life.
Cheers
John

[robboh]

Great Shots (not that Ive ever seen you post a bad one!!). I'm for the second one as well, I like how you've captured the dirt hanging in the air and taken from slightly lower down. As you say, bit of a pity about the background, but still a super shot! Was this one on quite a high shutter speed to stop the motion on the dirt??

[BBJ]

Robboh that shot was taken at 1/800, and well most of it was all mud as they went past me it was hitting me on the back and and getting the odd bits on the head. I just trid different shutter speeds at different parts of the track so was changing all the time depending on where i was and what i was shooting.

[robboh]

Robboh that shot was taken at 1/800, and well most of it was all mud as they went past me it was hitting me on the back and and getting the odd bits on the head. I just trid different shutter speeds at different parts of the track so was changing all the time depending on where i was and what i was shooting.

I guess you always keep a skylight filter or something on your lens as well. And you must have that panning motion down pat...

...pan...pan...pan...click...pan...pan...hide...

[BBJ]

Robboh i do have a uv filter on the lens and yes i do pan and watch and wait then shoot, but not as much as i do when i shoot road racing as i pan a lot more and cos i am a big boy carrying the 80-400 vr around all day is no bother but i swing the top 1/2 of this big bod and follow my subject. practice is all it takes. Play with dif shutter speeds.

[waspo]

Wow John, outstanding!! Nice colours too. Is that due to the Sigma or PP? I can't wait to get out there sometime and try this. keep up the good work!
Cheers, Jase

[BBJ]

Jase, i only up the sat a bit and check levels and yeh thats about it.Bit of usm when i do me borders thats it. Yes well it is good fun for me as it is between my road race practice days which are at the end of the month.

[robboh]

Robboh i do have a uv filter on the lens and yes i do pan and watch and wait then shoot, but not as much as i do when i shoot road racing as i pan a lot more and cos i am a big boy carrying the 80-400 vr around all day is no bother but i swing the top 1/2 of this big bod and follow my subject. practice is all it takes. Play with dif shutter speeds.

John, I was meaning that I guess you probably carry on doing the pan until you are facing away from the track so that all the stones/mud hit your back, not your lens

[marcotrov]

I too agree the second shot oozes action and movement. All are great images John. Congrats
marco

[BBJ]

robbow, it's called take the shot and move. Not that often it happens but can feel the odd drops on the head and back, just the mud coming off the wheels and well i dont ling as it is better than being dusty.