Season Opener - Harley Drag Racing, Gainesville

MikeMcA²MikeMcA² Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
edited March 21, 2008 in Sports
Some shots from the 2008 season opener in Gainesville, FL.

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  • MikeMcA²MikeMcA² Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2008
    and one more..."airborne!" mwink.gif

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  • gagodfathergagodfather Registered Users Posts: 73 Big grins
    edited March 18, 2008
    nice pictures
    wow very nice pics
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2008
    sensational series:ivar wings.gif
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  • MikeMcA²MikeMcA² Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2008
    Thanks! Great fun to shoot.
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  • sle39lvrsle39lvr Registered Users Posts: 65 Big grins
    edited March 19, 2008
    What was the lens on the first pic? Really nice bokeh.
  • MikeMcA²MikeMcA² Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2008
    sle39lvr wrote:
    What was the lens on the first pic? Really nice bokeh.

    That is becoming my favorite lens to work with, the Nikkor 200mm f/2 VR.
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  • kini62kini62 Registered Users Posts: 441 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Great shots.

    Yea that 200VR would be the main reason for me to go to Nikon (if I were rich):D

    Do you shoot other races at Gainsville?

    Gene
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Fantastic stuff...thumb.gif I love the flame-up & the air jump. You have some rare shots there.
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    These are fantastic ! very cool
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  • MikeMcA²MikeMcA² Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Thanks again everyone!

    Gene, I've never shot other races there. I'm a racer with the All Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA), and so far just shoot their events. Gainesville is our season opener each year.

    The regular photographer for these events is having health issues, and the sanction and HD Corporate asked me to do more work than I normally do so I spent the whole event shooting and not racing (safer and pays better lol). As luck would have it, I'm in Phoenix next weekend for my regular job, so will be able to shoot the AHDRA, AZ Bike Week races in Phoenix also. So I've shot at Gainesville, Rockingham, NC, Las Vegas, and Cecil County, MD.

    I used to shoot road course racing in Europe and would love to get back into that here in the US, but AHDRA events are the only venues to which I have full media access currently.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Major grins Bournemouth, UKPosts: 0 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    I like the explosive action in pic 2 and in pic 4 the fact that the bike is airbourne, very nice set

    Tim
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