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Dave_G
06-01-2007, 12:56
Well...August 2006 seems a long time ago. Sheer boredom has taken over me today so here are some shots from that day.

It was fairly miserable at times but didn't actually rain that hard, and I think the sun came out for a bit too.

20Ds all round, Sigma 120-300EX and 70-200EX. One was with a shabby old Canon 28-105 as well.

http://images18.fotki.com/v24/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_0052-vi.jpg

http://images18.fotki.com/v24/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_0108-vi.jpg

http://images18.fotki.com/v339/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_3250-vi.jpg

http://images14.fotki.com/v20/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_9803-vi.jpg

http://images18.fotki.com/v340/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_9913-vi.jpg

Err
http://images15.fotki.com/v337/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_0005-vi.jpg

http://images15.fotki.com/v338/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_0364-vi.jpg

http://images18.fotki.com/v24/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_3257-vi.jpg
Joe T
06-01-2007, 12:58
Those are really rather good! :D

What happened with the hay? Did the car drive straight through it?
Dave_G
06-01-2007, 13:00
Yeah he went off on an uexepected damp patch, spun a number of times in the field, collected a hay bale and carried on!
Joe T
06-01-2007, 13:01
Yeah he went off on an uexepected damp patch, spun a number of times in the field, collected a hay bale and carried on!

Awesome! :D
Dave_G
06-01-2007, 13:28
I never saw the spin, just the afermath

http://images18.fotki.com/v24/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_0011-vi.jpg

Made a bit of a mess

http://images14.fotki.com/v20/photos/1/105162/3868260/IMG_0012-vi.jpg
dod
06-01-2007, 13:32
One was with a shabby old Canon 28-105 as well.

Don't knock the 28-105, it's really quite a good lens :p Bargain at the price ;)
Dave_G
06-01-2007, 13:40
If 'Non USM' with a plastic mount float your boat.

It was alright I suppose, useless for anything moving.

Bought it cheap, sold it for £40 more than I paid for it on eBay. Mugs!
dod
07-01-2007, 09:05
If 'Non USM' with a plastic mount float your boat.

It was alright I suppose, useless for anything moving.

Bought it cheap, sold it for £40 more than I paid for it on eBay. Mugs!

Aahh, THAT 28-105 :( The USM version's really not that bad.
BALDYMAN
07-01-2007, 16:42
Not really into car racing but the panning shot No 2 really gives the feeling of movement sometimes missing it this type of photography. All good though
petrolhead
09-01-2007, 07:50
Nice shots, what setting did you use for the panning shots?

Were the panning shots with the 28-105?
Dave_G
09-01-2007, 15:38
the Classic FF1600 was 1/160s ISO100 f7.1 with the 70-200

the Lotus was 1/125s ISO100 f9 with the 120-300. handheld. lol
Gary
09-01-2007, 16:21
Not really into car racing but the panning shot No 2 really gives the feeling of movement sometimes missing it this type of photography. All good though

you'll like dave's work then, he is the panmaster :)

you dont see many shots like that because for some reason the 'master' motorsport photographers get strangely snobby about them. they dont like motorsport shots unless they are a head on shot of a car with some cars blurred out in the background.
Dave_G
09-01-2007, 23:47
I appreciate the nice sharp head on to 3/4 shot with a nice background or a 3/4 pan as well, I don't understand why people get so het up about a decently executed pan shot though.

Sometimes I look at panned shots and think they suck but when they're done properly and have an almost surreal looking background, I love the sense of speed the convey.

Pan Snobs? DO ONE.

Lol
Dave_G
09-01-2007, 23:49
PS I think Gary is paying me a compliment ;)

I was happy the way the Lotus came out, the 120-300 is a big old bit of kit, swinging it without a 'pod isn't for the faint hearted. Or weak/old/infirm.
Gary
09-01-2007, 23:59
of course i was paying u a compliment :)

i agree about the pan shots.. at least you vary your photos (unlike some others i could mention.. ahem)
petrolhead
10-01-2007, 08:57
I have heard nothing but good reports about the Sigma 120-300 f/2.8. A couple of the canon guys use them at Croft
RobertP
10-01-2007, 09:13
Enjoyed looking through those. Liked the skid lines leading to the 'parked' car in front of you....and the hay of course :)
Darryn
10-01-2007, 09:27
Some nice shots, my favourite being the 4th... showing the tracks of the cars straight off the track into the barrier. You can from that one picture read a series of events that happened to get there, sort of tells a little story... nice:thumbs:
Joe T
10-01-2007, 11:55
I have heard nothing but good reports about the Sigma 120-300 f/2.8. A couple of the canon guys use them at Croft

I use one too. :)
Dave_G
10-01-2007, 15:28
they're a bit of a weapon. possibly Sigma's finest
petrolhead
10-01-2007, 18:03
I have even head it say that they are better than the 300 f/2.8 but I somehow find that hard to believe
antc
10-01-2007, 18:11
love them all but the yellow elise is the best shot imo. tack sharp with plenty of blurr on the wheels.
Joe T
10-01-2007, 18:45
I have even head it say that they are better than the 300 f/2.8 but I somehow find that hard to believe

I think they are better than the older 300 2.8. The new one, maybe, maybe not. :)
Dave_G
11-01-2007, 00:04
the 120-300 is on a par with the Sigma 300 2.8 in terms of IQ AFAIK