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Hi all,

Well it had to happen, I finally got the chance to shoot some bikes. Had an absolute ball. Here are two of many.





CHeers
David

hi

second one looks great, what camera set up do you have? no much info?

Good use and selection of shutter speed for both here.

#1 Maybe crop a bit of the sky - perhaps at the top of the tree line.

#2 I like it as is, shows a stack of roost being thrown and rider determination

byrt_001 wrote:hi

second one looks great, what camera set up do you have? no much info?

Hi there Byrt,

I was using a Canon 30D and the Sigma 50-500. Thanks for the comments.

Cheers
David

daniel_r wrote:Good use and selection of shutter speed for both here.

#1 Maybe crop a bit of the sky - perhaps at the top of the tree line.

#2 I like it as is, shows a stack of roost being thrown and rider determination

Hi there Daniel,

Thanks for the comments, I will work on the cropping (these are uncropped obviously). Mind you I try and try to avoid cropping as much as possible.

Speaking of a bit of Roost here is another I quite like.



Cheers
David

Hi Dave
Was good to meet you there and it is a small world this dslrusers
here is one of mine I grabbed
have not sorted through them all yet
The wide angle stuff looks good though


http://www.fieldphotographics.com/DSC_1237.jpg

Edit by Geoff: Image way too large. Linked now. Pls resize (and post in thread if you desire) so that max side is 800pixels.

Mate... you aint wrong about it being a small world. Was great to meet yourself also. Nice work on the shot, look forward to seeing some more and the wide angle stuff.

Cheers
David

here is one more

Dave, great pics there mate if i was home in the mount today i would have been at a grass track in Victoria, but for the first time u did well mate, good fun at these.

BBJ wrote:Dave, great pics there mate if i was home in the mount today i would have been at a grass track in Victoria, but for the first time u did well mate, good fun at these.

Cheers John,

I had a great time, I look forward to doing some more bike events (then again I'm happy shooting anything that has a motor )

Regards
David

Hi TassieD and O1,

Great pictures. It was good to get to meet you both there and thanks for putting me on to this site. Being a mostly landscape photographer (or basically things that don't move) this meet was very challenging for me to get used to things that move and spew dirt and smoke all over you.

This is one I kept from the meet.



( Bet you're glad you went to that corner Owen)

Cheers Peter

He isnt the only one for going to THAT corner Peter.

All in all was a good day out. Like the shot

Cheers
David

01 your image is a little large...

Anyway, looked like a great day out...

Hi Ozczecho

Have hopefully worked out the size issue





tried the 12 24 with this one

and again

#1 is great...love it. Looks like you were really close.

Looks like everyone had a ball. Some good shots here. Tassie what end of the 50-500 were you mainly using?

great pictures O1. Love the composition and how you make it feel like you were standing so close to the rider!

will

DJXtreme wrote:great pictures O1. Love the composition and how you make it feel like you were standing so close to the rider!

will

True, but he was standing so close to the rider.....

Cheers
David

Big V wrote:Looks like everyone had a ball. Some good shots here. Tassie what end of the 50-500 were you mainly using?

Hi there Big V,

Thanks for the comments and yep, we all had a great time. If my memory serves me correct I was between 300 - 400 with the bigma. It varied during the day as I tried different things.

Cheers
David

Looks like you guys had a ball there.
My favourite is Owen's rider number 185.
I think it's being able to see the eyes that does it for me.
Cheers
John

Well again i say it is good to see others getting to these events and having a ball as i do. You can get some great shots doing this sort of sport.

Good to here me mate Dave down there is not getting too lonley as this is how we meet and share the knowledge. Clipsal is where i ran into Dave and is good to meet other who have our passion no matter what camera you are using.

I hate these who are stuck up as i get here with the Canon shooters who come for speedway, couldn't even say hello as walking past so i am glad we are not like them and we get out and take pics and chat to others.

Fella's the bikes pics are all great, loved looking at them and now can u tell me how many dust bunnies do u have?? LOL

didn't you want to go to Winton Dave?
oh well

redline wrote:didn't you want to go to Winton Dave?
oh well

Hi there Redline,

Hell yeah wanted to go, but SWMBO (she who must be obeyed) put a stop to that. Hope you got some good action to share, I look forward to seeing them.

We have a day down here at the end of next month, so hopefully will get to that one.

Cheers
David

BBJ wrote:Well again i say it is good to see others getting to these events and having a ball as i do. You can get some great shots doing this sort of sport.

Good to here me mate Dave down there is not getting too lonley as this is how we meet and share the knowledge. Clipsal is where i ran into Dave and is good to meet other who have our passion no matter what camera you are using.

I hate these who are stuck up as i get here with the Canon shooters who come for speedway, couldn't even say hello as walking past so i am glad we are not like them and we get out and take pics and chat to others.

Fella's the bikes pics are all great, loved looking at them and now can u tell me how many dust bunnies do u have?? LOL

Couldn't agree more John,

As for dust bunnies, if I had any they got blown out that night when I hit the camera with the rocket blower.

Cheers
Dave

Dust bunnies galore John
Is hard when you see a great corner with great action but the dust is too much.
But it was great to meet up with some dslrers as you mentioned.
It is a great community.

TassieD wrote:

redline wrote:didn't you want to go to Winton Dave?
oh well

Hi there Redline,

Hell yeah wanted to go, but SWMBO (she who must be obeyed) put a stop to that. Hope you got some good action to share, I look forward to seeing them.

We have a day down here at the end of next month, so hopefully will get to that one.

Cheers
David

I've posted some on nissansilvia.com and vicdrift Dave.

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Just checked them out, outstanding. Nice to see a Tassie car amongst them.
Will you be coming down next month?

Cheers
David

yeah, i am thinking of going but i've never been down in tassie before.
whats a nice and cheap place to stay near the track?

redline wrote:yeah, i am thinking of going but i've never been down in tassie before.
whats a nice and cheap place to stay near the track?

Shoot me a pm with your email address and I will get some details together for you. Might even have a word to my in-laws who have a boat shed (decked out for guest accomodation) which they may be willing to let you use. Also if you do come down drop me a line with flight details and i'll work on picking you up from the airport, to and from the track and back to the airport when you depart.

Cheers
Dave

johnd wrote:Looks like you guys had a ball there.
My favourite is Owen's rider number 185.
I think it's being able to see the eyes that does it for me.
Cheers
John

Hi there John,

Was a great day out, I agree fully about being able to see the eyes. Will work on that next time.

Cheers
David

Looks like you lot had a great day, with some terrific action shots... That would have been a blast...

Loved seeing the rider's eyes and concentration on #185, that's a pearler!