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These were among the first photographs that I took with my camera, a 350D.

Considering that they were all taken with the kit lens that came with the camera, and TBH it`s the first time that I had taken pictures of bike racing I was pretty chuffed!

They were taken at the last round of last years British Superbike championship.

Any pointers will be very much appreciated!

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If these are from your first attempt and with the kits lens you have done very well indeed :) you have caught both rider and bike nicely entering the corner and your panning looks good.

I had a quick look at the EXIF and would recommend you open up the aperture a bit more so the images aren't quite so dark, having said that a little levels & sharpening can fix that. I hope you done mind but I tweaked one just a little, it gives it a bit more punch and shows the details you've captured but can't see in your original image.

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More please :)
 
For a first attempt you've done very well. The only thing I can suggest for these would be waiting until the rider is at the apex so that you have a bit of curb stone at the bottom of the picture which is a bit more interesting than tarmac.

Top effort thought.
 
Cheers for that!

I`m still picking up loads of stuff regarding setting the camera up. You could really notice the difference re the panning of shot from when I started in the day, to later on!

Also, finding a place at brands where A: there isn`t any fencing obstructing the view and B: you can get near to the track for a nice shot, can be a bit of a pain.

Definitely up for the forthcoming season though!
 
minky_monkey said:
Cheers for that!

Also, finding a place at brands where A: there isn`t any fencing obstructing the view and B: you can get near to the track for a nice shot, can be a bit of a pain.
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I know the feeling most tracks are difficult to photograph at because of fencing and if you do find a good spot you can bet there are at least 100 other 'togs there too :) If you haven't been before you should try Cadwell Park, great little track that you can get very close to at a number of places and it has the mountain too :)

minky_monkey said:
Definitely up for the forthcoming season though!
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I'll be at quite a few rounds this year too, can't wait :)
 
Not at all shoddy, especially considering its your first attempt. (y)
 
Great shots, esp with kit lens (y)
 
pswillies said:
Great first attempt. Just trying to work out where they were taken from :thinking: Cooper Straight, going in to Surtees perhaps?
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Spot on!:clap:

I was struggling a little on focal length, so needed to get close to the track. On the plus side, you can hear them coming down Cooper which makes timing the panning easier.

I`d be up for a motorsport day out!

What lens do you tend to use? I was using the 55-200 that came with my camera.
 
I use a sigma 50-500mm, saves changing lens all the time, not light tho.
 
Well done!

Pretty good effort for a first attempt.

Agree about the levels adjustment.
 
very good!
 
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