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The second (and better) instalment of my pics from a round of the Offshore Powerboat Challenge held last Sunday in Newcastle (first batch of pics are here). More pics can be found on my SmugMug site here. To see a large version click a pic.

Peter, bloody fantastic i like them all and well we dont have a lot of boat racing here anymore but yeh looks like nice weather and got some good shots well done stubbsy

love the action shots Peter. I think the first one can be cropped a bit tighter to emphasise the action a bit more.

Great action series Peter. My favourite is the fourth, with my only nit being you've chopped off the bow.

These are really good stubbsy - well done


Bob G

Good action great shots.

Jeff

Great shots Peter. I like the 4th best, that boat is almost exploding with power.
Maybe one day they'll get back to Hobart

Cheers
John

All very nice Peter, I'd say they third photo is my pick of the bunch.

I'm not sure what it is about the first two - they are fine captures, but they don't really have a strong impact. For me they display the boat and context, but don't actually give a feel for the situation.

However I think that 3 and 4 do!

I love the third - the ?captain ?driver leaning forward adds to the sense of speed and the boat being urged faster - great shot

I also like fourth - the close up gives a great feel for the huge spray.

Peter, I really like the third one nice timing getting the roost of a boat in the background across the entire frame. Looks like it was fun to photograph.

Thank you all for your comments. Taking these shots presented a number of challenges - getting the entire boat and wake in frame, getting the %#%$@ thing in focus, dealing with the light (it was mid afternoon & the sun was high in the sky) and, finally, getting a good feel of action in the shot. Using a CP on the lens and getting on top of the panning process helped a lot as did the lens 70-200 VR lens - next time I hope to do better

Wayne - I'll try a tighter crop, thanks

Andrew - tell me about it. As it is I've actually added a bit of bow into the image that wasn't in the shot

Mitchell - trouble is working out what gives that sense of speed. I've been experimenting with tighter cropping and in some cases that seems to have worked.

Mark - 3rd shot is the best of these I got, but I have a few others on my SmugMug site where the other boat is just disappearing off the LHS.

This one nails it - it looks like a big angry BEAST !