Sports Car Racing - Lime Rock Park, Conn.

dugmardugmar Registered Users Posts: 756 Major grins
edited June 6, 2006 in Sports
I work on the Turner Motorsport racing team and get a press credential every Memorial Day weekend and shoot. Here are some of my favorite photos from the weekend. I'd sure love commentary because I am always looking to hone my skills. This weekend I was using a Canon Digital Rebel with a Canon 70-200mm F4L lens with a 1.4x extender.

These here I was really trying to capture the sensation of speed...

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Some head on shots...

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Some aft shots...

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Some close racing shots...

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Some mishaps...

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Our fans...

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And drivers...

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We finised 1st and 2nd out of a 35 car field...

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Comments

  • zedzed Registered Users Posts: 116 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2006
    Really nice series of shots. My main suggestion would be to not center the car in the frame so much. Try to position them on one side or the other, to convey the direction they are going. Congrats on the 1st and 2nd place finishes.

    Jeff
    Jeff Kapic
    www.jeffkapic.com
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited June 1, 2006
    Dear Boris,
    Please try to avoid crunching up that 97 car so much in the future.

    Sincerely,
    Turner Motorsports

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    Great set Doug, I can't really make any suggestions, you had a great day, good light, and captured the action well. I'm actually drawn to your people shots, but only because I've been staring at car shots for years. It's nice to see the race day in terms of people from your "insider" perspective.
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    Erik
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  • dugmardugmar Registered Users Posts: 756 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    Dear Boris,
    Please try to avoid crunching up that 97 car so much in the future.

    Sincerely,
    Turner Motorsports

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    Yeah, really. Looks like the rocker needs to be replaced before Mid Ohio in a few weeks. You can watch our guys here hard at work... :)

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  • xtnomadxtnomad Registered Users Posts: 340 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2006
    Fast Action
    Love the shots. The panning is good with wheel spin and detail. My browser timed out before all could be loaded thou. Keep shoting. clap.gif
    xtnomad :wink
  • R JohnsR Johns Registered Users Posts: 170 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2006
    Great panning...thumb.gif
    By Grace, alone...
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2006
    R Johns wrote:
    Great panning...thumb.gif
    I recon ! That certanly isnt easy to do at around 1/125 or there-abouts.

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  • dugmardugmar Registered Users Posts: 756 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2006
    gus wrote:
    I recon ! That certanly isnt easy to do at around 1/125 or there-abouts.

    Great work dugma thumb.gif

    No, it isn't, which is why I trashed about 70-80 shots. :) The monopod certainly helps a lot.

    Thanks guys,

    Doug
  • Chris_SChris_S Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
    edited June 6, 2006
    you captured the action well and I liked the panning shots
    http://www.csphotography.com.au/
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited June 6, 2006
    You've got some nice action!
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