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After a wee bit of feedback from this lot, mostly from Friday with a sprinkle of Saturday. Nothing from raceday, i was too busy in the grandstands cheering on the riders.

Rented a 100-400 to try and found an improvement, i think? Over last years. What do those in the know reckon?...

1. It's all about focus


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2. Scotty


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3. Redding


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4. Gorgeous Jorge


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5. The Calculator


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6. Vale!


untitled-41 by Spudnuts3, on Flickr

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#4 for me!

Some of the others the framing is less than optimal (#7 and #9 in particular).

Looks like you had fun though!
 
frankie007 said:
great set
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Thanks

NickR said:
Excellent, that was well worth the pain renting the 100-400 which performed great! Thanks for sharing(y)
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Really wanted to try the lens, shall have to start saving now.

desantnik said:
#4 for me!

Some of the others the framing is less than optimal (#7 and #9 in particular).

Looks like you had fun though!
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Comments taken on board, no cropping for either of those two, the Brad shot, i had a similar shot which was framed better but the focus wasnt as good and the Marquez shot was the best i managed to get of him all weekend. He's just too damned fast.

And yes i had great fun.
 
Morbius said:
That extra focal length looks like it's really come in handy!

Good stuff. :)
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Thanks, much better than my 70-300, but it serves a purpose for someone on a budget like me. just no good for Silverstone.

Graphix501 said:
Some dodgy cropping/framing going on for me.... But.... #4 is epic
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Out of all the bike i photographed over the weekend, Lorenzo's bike came out with the most keepers, dunno why?
 
Probably a combination of contrasty colours and his smooth style, I imagine with Marquez jumping all over the bike there will be more inherent movement. Or I could be talking crap - only shot bikes once :)

I do find that when ever I try and capture a specific rider or driver I screw it up and get the best images of those I'm not really fussed about : D Murphy's law
 
#1,#4 & #10 are spot on well done, would have gone for a tight crop on Brad as it looks a sharp shot, recon you'd have got away with a 3/4 crop focusing on the centre of the bike.
 
Gotta get me one of those 100-400's (y) - Yours are so much sharper than my Sigma 150-500.

Where were most of those? Vale?
 
GPmotophoto said:
#1,#4 & #10 are spot on well done, would have gone for a tight crop on Brad as it looks a sharp shot, recon you'd have got away with a 3/4 crop focusing on the centre of the bike.
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Thanks for your comments, I'll have another look at the brad shot.
 
Jon Chalk said:
Gotta get me one of those 100-400's (y) - Yours are so much sharper than my Sigma 150-500.

Where were most of those? Vale?
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No, through the fence at the bottom of the welly straight going into brooklands.
 
A few missing bits of bike but thought 4 and 6 were the best for me.

Must very very wee motors on those last two ;)
 
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#4 for me from a nice set, won't mention the dodgy crops :D
 
yamahatdm900 said:
yep #4 is a cracking shot not saying the rest are shabby mind you(y)
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Cheers Graham

Beav said:
Nice set. 100-400 seems a great lens.
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It's not bad if you're on a budget like me. I'll be saving the pennies to upgrade in the future i think.The push pull focusing takes a while to get used to. I think if the weather wasn't as good the lens would have struggled though.
 
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