Someone elses great cart racing shots.

gus

If you havnt noticed i like looking at good quality action shots...these are great.

My favorite
http://racefamily.racinglines.com/Galleries/2003/CART/Portland/3_Day/img_4338.htm

I often read a bit about the 100-400 L IS being a bit soft at the 400 end but hell these say other wise.

http://racefamily.racinglines.com/Galleries/2003/CART/Portland/3_Day/index.htm

wxwax

Yikes, those are excellent, esp. your favorite. Where does he say what lens?

gus

wxwax wrote:

Yikes, those are excellent, esp. your favorite. Where does he say what lens?

From a site he linked from.

wxwax

Ah.

HarveyMushman

Humungus wrote:

If you havnt noticed i like looking at good quality action shots...these are great.

My favorite
http://racefamily.racinglines.com/Galleries/2003/CART/Portland/3_Day/img_4338.htm

I often read a bit about the 100-400 L IS being a bit soft at the 400 end but hell these say other wise.

http://racefamily.racinglines.com/Galleries/2003/CART/Portland/3_Day/index.htm

Some great shots, to be sure, especially the one you lighlighted.

But can I say that shots like this bother me? The car is not traveling up a hill; why does he tilt his camera to make it appear so? Lots of race shooters do this routinely.

wxwax

I'd say it's a more dynamic composition. The car's pulling through the entire shot on a diagonal - very strong.

Charlie Brown

HarveyMushman wrote:

Some great shots, to be sure, especially the one you lighlighted.

But can I say that shots like this bother me? The car is not traveling up a hill; why does he tilt his camera to make it appear so? Lots of race shooters do this routinely.

i think he might have been tracking the car from his left going to right, camera in hand, i make the same shot when im doing motion shots too. i do it because if i lean to the right and rotate the camera slightly i dont have to pan or turn the camera as much, the lens can stay paralell to what im shooting but the shot is isnt level.


i just faked it by grabbing my box of cold medicine and had my brother walk by, i did it again without thinking.


cb

gus

I noticed that also.... I suppose you need a bit of something in there to break them up a bit or else they could very quickly all become quite boring.

Look how people like andrew break the shots up ie silhouettes...tyres etc. I think you need the 'BIG' pit pass to really get in there.

gus

Charlie Brown wrote:

i just faked it by grabbing my box of cold medicine and had my brother walk by, i did it again without thinking.


cb

read that after half a gallon of kava....jesus i cant even sit on the chair anymore.

HarveyMushman

wxwax wrote:

I'd say it's a more dynamic composition. The car's pulling through the entire shot on a diagonal - very strong.

True, true. I know that's why they do it.

But I don't have to like it. The fanatic in me says racing is plenty compelling on its own and doesn't need embellishment, just faithful representation.

Charlie Brown

Humungus wrote:

I noticed that also.... I suppose you need a bit of something in there to break them up a bit or else they could very quickly all become quite boring.

Look how people like andrew break the shots up ie silhouettes...tyres etc. I think you need the 'BIG' pit pass to really get in there.

hey wheres my sheila, and my seafood, ooh and i want a boat too. damnged criminals takin all the good women, food, and weather and theyve got the big sharks too. not the pesky ankle biting florida sharks.


hi mark

gus

Charlie Brown wrote:

hey wheres my sheila, and my seafood, ooh and i want a boat too. damnged criminals takin all the good women, food, and weather and theyve got the big sharks too. not the pesky ankle biting florida sharks.


hi mark

Hey CB...im dialed in for a sundee arvo in front of the tube.

wxwax

HarveyMushman wrote:

True, true. I know that's why they do it.

But I don't have to like it. The fanatic in me says racing is plenty compelling on its own and doesn't need embellishment, just faithful representation.

Ah, that's where I'd disagree with you. Racing is one thing. Photography is another. Each operates by its own rules. Cars need to go fast. Photographs need to look interesting. They each have their own methods for acheiving their different goals.

Charlie Brown

Humungus wrote:

Hey CB...im dialed in for a sundee arvo in front of the tube.

well isnt that special, im here deciding if i want to go out or get some sleep since im sich and i have to be at work in 6 hours. im thining about going out... but i know better. alas ill end up in bed in a little while dreaming of having a nice diesel powered cruising tug with a nice range so i can meander about the planet, with my cat by my side and plenty of nothing to do but fish and play about on the boat. thank god for sattelite dsl and tv, otherwise i might have JM withdrawls

HarveyMushman

wxwax wrote:

Ah, that's where I'd disagree with you. Racing is one thing. Photography is another. Each operates by its own rules. Cars need to go fast. Photographs need to look interesting. They each have their own methods for acheiving their different goals.

Okay, but can we agree that opening one's eyes leads to better results in both disciplines?

wxwax

HarveyMushman wrote:

Okay, but can we agree that opening one's eyes leads to better results in both disciplines?

I noticed that too! Since his eyes looked closed for a series of shots, and since he was squinting even when parked, I was giving him the benefit of the doubt: that he was squinting down as he reset his buttons on the steering wheel, or something.

REECEPHOTO

Outstanding!!!