Capturing fast cars.....

.....this is my 2nd attempt at this and I managed not to park them. [:)]


The photos were taken 5-22-09, Lime Rock park in CT., at their Memorial Day weekend gathering of vintage F1s, Grand Am, and F2000 categories, between 11a and 3p on a sunny day.


Unfortunately Lime Rock is 3 hour drive from my house, so taking advantage of the golden hours wasn't possible.


Particulars I used to capture moving vehicles; AV, TV, M, shutter between 60 and 160, ISO 200-500, AWB, f stop mostly between 8 and 13 and some higher.


Equipment; 40D and 100-400IS, some captures w/a polarizing filter, all hand held panning and in RAW.


I would appreciate input,tips concerning technique and capturing of this type of subject.


M, 1/125, f11, ISO 500 w/CPF


http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e...modified37.jpg


AV, 1/60, f18, ISO 400, + 1/3, w/out CPF


http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e.../41ontrack.jpg


M, 1/160, f10, ISO 500, w/CPF


http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e.../198Cooper.jpg


Cropping isn't accurate, the photos were resized to fit format.


Thank you in advance


Bill


For more photos and more to be added go to;


http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee23/bikejanitor/Lime%20Rock%205-22-09/.

All the 3 in your post are simply sweet and look like pro shots! Great work [:)]

The second one is my favorite. Very good choice in cropping and a very clean background make this photo stand out. Excellent job in panning for all three. Very nice.

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<p class="MsoNormal"]Oren and TSEvanson, thank you for expressing your
appreciation of my shots&hellip;I had a great day at LRP and would go back in a minute
to photograph.<span id="{B3259B43-87DD-439C-A602-03BAE9E70A02}"] It&rsquo;s a really an intimate
track for the amateur photographer.
<p class="MsoNormal"]<o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"]I&rsquo;ve since gone through all my photos taken that day,
culling the bad ones and working w/a few I deemed worthy of posting.
<p class="MsoNormal"]
<p class="MsoNormal"]Link to more photos;
<p class="MsoNormal"][url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29409592@N03/sets/72157618665805181/]http://www.flickr.com/photos/29409592@N03/sets/72157618665805181/[/url]
<p class="MsoNormal"]<o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"]In the process of working on these photos I also recorded
what the technical settings were for these pics.<span> This allowed me to narrow down my choices of
settings for shooting this type of subject, in these conditions, for the future.
<p class="MsoNormal"]<o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"]But I&rsquo;m still curious to compare (what I feel will work for
me at the next race) to someone&rsquo;s settings that has more experience than me at
photographing races.
<p class="MsoNormal"]<o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"]So any tips/critiques concerning my pics in this arena would
be appreciated.
<p class="MsoNormal"]<o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"]Regards
<p class="MsoNormal"]Bill

Well I don't know what to say Bill, you've got some great photos there.