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Hello All, well i have been to Phillip Island over the weekend for state titles. Went with a mate as his son was racing in the 125's and give me a chance to sort out my spots for Moto GP, although i have a blister under my foot from walking so did not wonder too far yesterday.

Anyhow here are a few pics and i might do a part 2 later, first pic shot at 600m, others 300m focal length.



A few out the few hundred i took.LOL
Enjoy
John
BBJ

Once again John they are all great. Excellent detail.
I really like the way you capture the heat haze of the exhaust, in particular in the 1st shot.

How did your mate's son go in the 125's?

Thanks Mark, he did ok but was a new bike and first time racing at the Island, but all was ok till last race as he fell off, nothing major bit of cosmetic damage to the bike and a scratch.

These 125's are unreal and have a top speed of around 230ks which is a lot of speed out of a lil 125.

Couple more for you all.


Cheers

Bloody nice work...

Ash said you were there! nice stuff mate and bet you can wait to get back there now for the moto GP... for the bikes and the eye candy!

That first one is a ripper

Thanks Jonesy, mate i was near gonna ring you see if i could borrow that lens, maybe GP in 4 weeks as would be good for wide angle shots as tried to use the kit lens but not fast enough.
Cheers

sing out before you go... no probs at all

Hi there John,

Outstanding images as usual John. I am looking forward to seeing your MotoGP shots.

Great as usual John.Thanks for showing us.

Jeff

Wonderful photos as always John. You sure know how to shoot 'dem bikes.

Good shooting John. Some nice sharp shots with good DOF. My favourites are #1, #2 and then #5. Cheers, Mick.

TassieD wrote:Hi there John,

Outstanding images as usual John. I am looking forward to seeing your MotoGP shots.

Thanks Dave, yes i hope to hear from the Grand Prix Corporation soon about my accredititaion as i have put in for it and did pass the first requirements so just a matter of waiting for Dorna now but mate tells they dont let you know till like a couple weeks before the event, but GP corp sayd it all looks good.

Thanks Mick, Andrew and Jeff, yeh well wasn't a bad weekend so yeh i am looking forward till next trip over for Moto GP, so if anyone from Melbourne over there floating around give me a yell before it and we could catch up like i did with Jase last year.

bastard !

john any shots of some eye candy ??

cheers rob

robw25 wrote:bastard !

john any shots of some eye candy ??

cheers rob

Rob, mate as this was just a race meet i didn't see much and what there was of a couple young girls they had for grid chicks were exactly that young. But wont be long Moto GP will here in 4 weeks so will have to wait till then.

John, do you pan with the 300mm on a mono-pod or handheld? Any hints?

I was utterly shagged (and not in the enjoyable way) after a day of handheld at Oran Park.

Great pics (as usual) by the way, nice and sharp, that 300mm is sharp!

Cheers,

Alan.

Raskill wrote:John, do you pan with the 300mm on a mono-pod or handheld? Any hints?

I was utterly shagged (and not in the enjoyable way) after a day of handheld at Oran Park.

Great pics (as usual) by the way, nice and sharp, that 300mm is sharp!

Cheers,

Alan.

Alan, mate i know how it feels and yes i have done it without monopod and dont anymore. I do pan with it and always use the pod whenever i am going to use the 300 as it is to heavy to hold all day and is the only time i would use the pod.

I will either sit my hand on the top to steady it or i put the tips of my fingers holding the lens hood which then steadies it as like at the Island on the weekend it was a bit windy so helps.

These pics i have not touched other than adjust levels and curves, and at 600m= 900m in 35m terms i still find it focus very fast and sharp enough, but i do only use the 2xtc on nice sunny days.

John, nice pics, like the heat haze in number 1

wow number one is just great

amazing shots as always

christian