Millville 2006
I spent yesterday in Minnesota, at the AMA Pro National Motocross Race...:D I've gone the last 3 years now, and this looked to be my last chance to see James "Bubba" Stewart and Ricky "RC" Carmichael race each other....and my first due to a Bubba injury last year, and RC calling it quits after this year. The limited schedule thing, otherwise known as MX'er retirement.
Here is a shot of James in the morning warm-ups.
This is Ricky taking a rythm section with out a problem.
I told my daughter that Ricky was checking her out on this one...he was looking right at her :rofl These guys change clothes more than a supermodel at a fashion show.
And James would be in need of a change of clothes after this moto....
Did I mention it rained?:dunno Well it did...alot! It was the biggest muddiest mess I have ever seen. The first set of moto's were dry, but about 5 laps into the second MX Lites (I hate that name) the rains came! I had to put the camera away for awhile...darn it!:wxwax I pulled it out later, but it was hard to shoot one handed....I had to hold the umbrella with the other!
Here is a shot of James in the morning warm-ups.
This is Ricky taking a rythm section with out a problem.
I told my daughter that Ricky was checking her out on this one...he was looking right at her :rofl These guys change clothes more than a supermodel at a fashion show.
And James would be in need of a change of clothes after this moto....
Did I mention it rained?:dunno Well it did...alot! It was the biggest muddiest mess I have ever seen. The first set of moto's were dry, but about 5 laps into the second MX Lites (I hate that name) the rains came! I had to put the camera away for awhile...darn it!:wxwax I pulled it out later, but it was hard to shoot one handed....I had to hold the umbrella with the other!
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love the colours as well as the action.
David Clifford
Here's one of Heath Voss that I liked. This one is cropped a bit.
Looks like another successful shoot!
Good angle on this one. The background allows the subject to stand-out well, while the bottom right of the image confirms the scale and general relevance to the location/event.
I really like the composition here and think your choice for a vertical was right on.
This image doesn't work for me. Just a personal preference of course but the angle of the bike and rider's head make him look like he is about to kick-start the bike. Plus the tree trunk going up the center gives the illusion that he is stuck up in a tree!
I like the way you caught this guy completely above the "Unbound" banner which prevents intersecting lines from cutting into the subject. The red and white banner directly behind him is not legible so there is really nothing distracting about the point of intersection with the subject. The faint background here works very well but the contrast (in all the images actually) seems a little weak. That may be a result of the monitor that I'm using here at work but in any case...good work!!
Chris Sedg. :cool
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Thanks for all the comments...good and bad...:D The tree trunk going through RC is not ideal, but I liked that he was looking at my daughter.
You made a comment about the contrast being a bit weak....well it was, it was cloudy for all but a few minutes of the day. It rained for over half of it. The picture of Bubba with the faint background was actually taken while it was raining. I didn't take as many shots as I have in years past, and I didn't move around, because I couldn't carry my stuff and stay dry all at the same time.
It got so dark out that I had to use ISO 800 and 1600 near the end, which I would prefer not to do.
Thanks again for looking, and commenting!
Yes there was...
Here's RC negotiating a very rutted and muddy hairpin.
The mud caused many a traffic jam.....that's Bubba in the front of this one.
Everybody, except the winner, crashed. And for probably the first time ever, the winner actually lapped the entire field. Have you figured out who won yet?