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nw scoutnw scout Registered Users Posts: 256 Major grins
edited April 14, 2009 in Sports
Here are a few from last night at the races.

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Had some crazy dark clouds and no light so I pulled out the battery pac strobes and played a little.
I worked the first image set up for a while and got about 5 or so that turned out pretty cool.
Definitely my favorite of the night, though I still like the killer glow after sundown

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    KempyKempy Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited April 10, 2009
    How did the riders feel about the lights?

    First shot is great the flags really draw you in.
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    nw scoutnw scout Registered Users Posts: 256 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2009
    No problem with the lights.
    I placed them far off the track and side lit most of the shots.
    Much better for the rider IMO than an on camera flash.

    Here are a few more
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    BradfordBennBradfordBenn Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2009
    Cool shots. Really like how the motorcycles & riders pop against the darker sky.
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    BCSPhotoguyBCSPhotoguy Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2009
    Love the first and last ones! The riders (or parents of!) would be nuts not to ask for posters of those! The setting sun glow... Great! Love the side lighting - can you explain some more of your setup? Wide angle certainly adds a whole new vibe to them. The flags do add more to the 'story' of the pic. Overall clap.gif !!
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    Mike JMike J Registered Users Posts: 1,029 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2009
    I agree that the wide-angle really gives an interesting perspective and the background of the shots are really cool.

    My first responses when I saw the the ones in the first post were: great backgrounds and nice capture of the actions but the fact that the framing had the riders all going out of the frame instead of into the frame - all of the space is at the left and the riders don't have any place to go.
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    nw scoutnw scout Registered Users Posts: 256 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2009
    Here are a few more.

    IMG_3561.jpg

    IMG_3542.jpg

    I almost have them all uploaded to my site. When the rest are finnished I will post a link to all the pics from the night. Should be around 120 to 130 or so.
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    Slinky0390Slinky0390 Registered Users Posts: 236 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2009
    Great pictures thumb.gif. Makes me really miss racing, I just cant find the time to do it with school and all :cry.
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    nw scoutnw scout Registered Users Posts: 256 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2009
    Here is the link to all the pics

    http://schelske.smugmug.com/gallery/7894506_mnEwj
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