YES!!! MX is Back!!!!

Erbeman · March 30, 2010

Attended my first race of the year this last weekend where I pulled double duty as a racer and the photog (which is very, very hard to do). Conditions were far from good with a constand hard wind which made the track dry out and gave way to dusty conditions. Oh well, it was still a blast.

Enjoy

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And my best shot of the day

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ian408 · March 30, 2010

How'd you do racing?

I like 18 and 20. 18 for the angle though not so much for the background. And 20 for the eyes.

Erbeman · March 30, 2010

ian408 wrote:

How'd you do racing?

I like 18 and 20. 18 for the angle though not so much for the background. And 20 for the eyes.

1st moto I was 4th around first corner and cut the inside like I was doing with you that day and moved into 3rd by the second turn. I stayed there for half a lap until I slid out of a muddy corner and two riders passed me. I stayed in 5th for another lap and a half then made the mistake of putting me foot down in a very muddy corner and it stuck, bringing me and the bike down on top of me. By the time I got up and going again, everyone was half a lap ahead of me so I just pulled off to save my energy for the 2nd moto.

2nd moto I pull up to the gate, warm the bike up, then the starter starts walking pointing at everyone getting the Ok, I put the bike in gear and let the clutch out a bit to make sure I was in gear and the bike died!! I started kicking it and it started just as the gate dropped and I dropped the clutch and wheelied then stalled. I was so mad! By the time I took off everyone was two turns ahead of me. I was able to get by two riders before the checkered flag. I was so bummed. Oh well, next race in two weeks!

Here an updated pick of my bike.

Yea, there is no good background at that track!! It is a pasture turned track surrounded by pasture. The RV's and trucks park all around the track, so it's damn hard to get a clear background unfortunately. Because of that, I shot at 2.8 pretty much all day to try and blur the background as best I could.

nipprdog · March 30, 2010

Erbeman wrote:

where I pulled double duty as a racer and the photog (which is very, very hard to do).

Russ, I remember those double duty days, but for me, they were 25, or so, years ago. Made for a busy day.

I really like 2,7,16, and 17. But the backgrounds on the others are too busy, IMHO, including, #20. I know fellow dgrinner 'Amadeus' got tired of hearing me say it, but; "background, background, background." Isolate, the rider.

I'm sure that since you were racing, it limited your shooting locations.

Btw, I shot my local track's Loretta Lynn's qualifier last weekend. I'll get some shots posted in a day, or two.

Erbeman · March 30, 2010

nipprdog wrote:

Russ, I remember those double duty days, but for me, they were 25, or so, years ago. Made for a busy day.

I really like 2,7,16, and 17. But the backgrounds on the others are too busy, IMHO, including, #20. I know fellow dgrinner 'Amadeus' got tired of hearing me say it, but; "background, background, background." Isolate, the rider.

I'm sure that since you were racing, it limited your shooting locations.

Btw, I shot my local track's Loretta Lynn's qualifier last weekend. I'll get some shots posted in a day, or two.

I spoke about this issue in my post right before you posted.

nipprdog · March 30, 2010

Erbeman wrote:

2nd moto I pull up to the gate, warm the bike up, then the starter starts walking pointing at everyone getting the Ok,

My final race was kind of like that.

I'm at the line, and had a head gasket leak.

nipprdog · March 30, 2010

Erbeman wrote:

I spoke about this issue in my post right before you posted.

Yes, I just saw that. But, due to some family phone calls, that post of mine took about 15 minutes to complete.

nw scout · March 31, 2010

I really like #2. Has a cool feel to it, is pretty clean and has good light.

That track looks like it might help to get a bit higher and shoot down into the dirt a little?
Or get really low and close with a wide angle if the sky is looking good?

IdahoMotomom · March 31, 2010

Nice shots.

Up here in Idaho we race all year long. The track we belong to has a summer track (dirt/clay/sand) and a winter track (sand). We got shut out once due to frozen ground, but the racing has been good!

YES!!! MX is Back!!!!

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