Monster Truck Event- Lots of Pics

anwmn1 · February 4, 2008

Took my little guy out to a monster truck event. He loves the carnage and it is good time to attempt action photos in bad lighting. :deal

Before the event you can get dow in the dirt and see the trucks and other vehicles up close.

Testing my new ultra wide lens
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Some crazy RC action
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The Carnage begins-
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Action Sequence-
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Perspective is a weird thing- The truck looks so small in this shot. :scratch
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Thanks for looking- comments always appreciated

Skippy · February 4, 2008

anwmn1 wrote:

Took my little guy out to a monster truck event. He loves the carnage and it is good time to attempt action photos in bad lighting.

Before the event you can get dow in the dirt and see the trucks and other vehicles up close.
Testing my new ultra wide lens
Some crazy RC action
The Carnage begins-

Action Sequence-
Perspective is a weird thing- The truck looks so small in this shot.
Thanks for looking- comments always appreciated

Awwwww WOW bet your son was just thrilled to bits about going to see those Monster Trucks, heck yeah I would have been too

How wide is your new lens Aaron?

These shots look great, got yourself some great shots with this lot.
How do they right those vehicles when they flip like that?
They look like they have plenty of safety bars in them.

Excellent Series Aaron

thanks for sharing .... Skippy

Tee Why · February 4, 2008

Some big air, I'm surprised that these guys/drivers can survive such a crash.

Nikolai · February 4, 2008

Aaron,
Awesome stuff, dude! Great capture on the air shots. Love the WAs too!

anwmn1 · February 4, 2008

Skippy wrote:

Awwwww WOW bet your son was just thrilled to bits about going to see those Monster Trucks, heck yeah I would have been too

How wide is your new lens Aaron?

These shots look great, got yourself some great shots with this lot.
How do they right those vehicles when they flip like that?
They look like they have plenty of safety bars in them.

Excellent Series Aaron thanks for sharing .... Skippy

Thanks Skippy-

Yeah he loves these events- shoot I love them too!

These guys do some pretty amazing things.

When the trucks flip over- which they almost always do- they use a front loader to right them. The trucks have the same engines as dragsters pushing 1500HP and are pretty impressive engineering pieces. All chromolly tubing- nitrogen shocks- 18 inches of wheel travel- and so on. They can do 60 mph in just a few seconds and have jumped over 200 feet.

My new lens is the Zuiko 7-14mm F4.0 - no that is not a typo!! It is a huge chunk of glass and costly but I am thrilled with some shots I got on Saturday night (another thread in a day or two). I can't wait to try some landscapes with it. It will be on display at the dgrin shootout

Thanks again Skippy.

anwmn1 · February 4, 2008

Tee Why wrote:

Some big air, I'm surprised that these guys/drivers can survive such a crash.

They don't just survive- they climb out- stand on the side and cheer on the crowd. Some of these guys crash and break their trucks on purpose!

anwmn1 · February 4, 2008

Nikolai wrote:

Awesome stuff, dude! Great capture on the air shots. Love the WAs too!

Thanks Nikolai.

AndyMcKay · February 4, 2008

Great Pictures! My Boys are all surrounded around the screen.. They want to know where the superman truck is..

anwmn1 · February 4, 2008

AndyMcKay wrote:

Great Pictures! My Boys are all surrounded around the screen.. They want to know where the superman truck is..

No Superman at this show but there was Batman!

Link to more trucks

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/gallery/4262378#P-1-12

I highly recommend taking your boys to an event. These are the most family friendly events I have ever been too.

AndyMcKay · February 4, 2008

We went just a few weeks ago, I brought all three boys but wasn't brave enough to bring my camera too.

I will next time if I had these I'd blow them up for their room then totally be supermom! :ivar Gravedigger is my 5 yr olds fav!
Personally my fav was the Mutt.. Too cute!

AndyMcKay · February 4, 2008

Oh... and we didn't have the option to be that close to the trucks or on the ground like that with smaller trucks.. That looks awesome! Thanks for sharing the other pictures too!

anwmn1 · February 5, 2008

We went just a few weeks ago, I brought all three boys but wasn't brave enough to bring my camera too. I will next time if I had these I'd blow them up for their room then totally be supermom! :ivar Gravedigger is my 5 yr olds fav!
Personally my fav was the Mutt.. Too cute!

My son already has too many things on the walls

I have a shot of him jumping his quad that I blew up to 30x40. His own personal poster- pretty cool!

AndyMcKay wrote:

Oh... and we didn't have the option to be that close to the trucks or on the ground like that with smaller trucks.. That looks awesome! Thanks for sharing the other pictures too!

That is suprising- all the shows in the Phoenix area have the pit passes available- for free most of the time. This includes the boat drags, and jets vs funny cars too.

Our seats were second level this time because I thought it would be better. I was wrong and we ended up moving towards the lower level during the freestyle event to get better shots. Had to stand but it payed off.

douglas · February 5, 2008

Very cool stuff, looks like alot of fun, thanks for sharing

Arvan · February 5, 2008

Amazing photos!..:O..Americans love monstertruck mayhem don´t they?

anwmn1 · February 5, 2008

douglas wrote:

Very cool stuff, looks like alot of fun, thanks for sharing

Thanks Douglas

anwmn1 · February 5, 2008

Arvan wrote:

Amazing photos!..:O..Americans love monstertruck mayhem don´t they?

Who doesn't?

A stones throw from you- some of the craziest 4x4 action goes on in Iceland.

Arvan · February 6, 2008

anwmn1 wrote:

Who doesn't?

A stones throw from you- some of the craziest 4x4 action goes on in Iceland.

Yeah..Formula offroad..That´s entertaining stuff! 800+ horses going up a volcanoslope

Monster Truck Event- Lots of Pics

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