Bit of trial and error (Castle Combe Spring Raceday)

[ukaskew]

I had an awful lot of fun with these yesterday, ditched my 300mm and went back to my 80-200 as I was getting really bored with how 'standard' my photos were becoming. Dropped the shutter speed down into "hard work" territory and just decided to see what I could come up with.

All straight from camera apart from a bit of cropping here and there...


http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/photos/290302623_RgzpZ-L.jpg

http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/photos/290303994_du6WK-L.jpg

http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/photos/290306321_7Ztdf-L.jpg

http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/photos/290319097_YLfEe-L.jpg

http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/photos/290304480_u3aYF-L.jpg

http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/photos/290328012_a8zgi-L.jpg


Comments appreciated, although I'm not going back to standard stuff as this was so much more enjoyable!

[badgerbaiter]

i'm going to crown you 'king of the slow shutter speed'. Love the panning shots, I aim to get mine that good!

[spencer]

Superb set of shots,Really sharp:clap:

Spence

[Matt Sayle]

Nice shots. Did u get any of the ex btcc mondeo? These are really good.

[ukaskew]

Thanks for the comments, can't really decide if they all worked successfully, but I'm fairly pleased them.

For info I shot between 1/10 and 1/80 for most of the day, although most of the successful shots were obviously in the higher range. The yellow Evo above is at 1/30 and the yellow Astra is at 1/40, the Ferrari is way up at 1/125.

Don't think I got any Mondeo pics, to be honest I don't even remember it, the LMAs were so brilliant (and packed) it was hard to keep up with it all.

[Matt Sayle]

Thanks for the comments, can't really decide if they all worked successfully, but I'm fairly pleased them.

For info I shot between 1/10 and 1/80 for most of the day, although most of the successful shots were obviously in the higher range. The yellow Evo above is at 1/30 and the yellow Astra is at 1/40, the Ferrari is way up at 1/125.

Don't think I got any Mondeo pics, to be honest I don't even remember it, the LMAs were so brilliant (and packed) it was hard to keep up with it all.

:eek: I struggle at 1/200!

[EdinburghGary]

Number 2 is wicked, can I see more of it?

[ukaskew]

Number 2 is wicked, can I see more of it?

Nope, that's your lot :) Trying but miserably failing to get a 'silly speed' panning shot up really tight to the car less than 30ft away (because nothing improves technique like being completely zoomed in on a Radical on the fastest section at Castle Combe...I'm guessing 150mph), I settled with 1/250 in the end, failure.

[badgerbaiter]

do you use a monopod with those ultra slow shutter shots?

[ukaskew]

do you use a monopod with those ultra slow shutter shots?

No, I find it far too restrictive. Saying that I "only" shoot up to a maximum of 420mm, I imagine much longer than that would get seriously difficult. I have got a monopod, just never use it.

[LeeP]

Loving the 360 CS. Thought that's a weird front splitter.

Awesome panning shots. Really appreciate how hard it is, having been to Silverstone for the FIAGT recently armed with a 300mm. Like you say, everything looks the same :)

Great work!

[StuntMonkey]

Top shooting :thumbs:

i can never get a decent panning shot below 1/60!

the Evo shot is actually my fave

[ukaskew]

Loving the 360 CS. Thought that's a weird front splitter.

Awesome panning shots. Really appreciate how hard it is, having been to Silverstone for the FIAGT recently armed with a 300mm. Like you say, everything looks the same :)

Great work!

There is a really good photographer on Flickr (Jake Yorath, I think) who takes some amazing shots with his D50 and 80-200 (same combo as me), he got a press pass for the FIAGTs and if anything his shots were better/more interesting when he was stuck back behind the fences. It's good to have limits, in my opinion, I wouldn't trade my 80-200 for a 500 2.8 (if such a thing exists) as my photographs would become dull instantly, very very sharp, but dull!