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Hi guys

First post so I would like to say HELLO to everyone.
Picked up a D300 and some goodies not long ago and Melbourne was my first major motorsport event with it. Previously was in the PENTAX camp but needed to upgrade as I like my fps and I couldn`t justify looking for lens` on ebay anymore.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjpphotography/
The first five are taken with the D300 and the rest with the K10D.

Welcome champ, nice selection of pics on your Flickr. D300 sounds like a dream, can't wait to get my grubby little hands on one!

James.

Welcome to the forum. Like your shots... keep em coming..

Just wondering did you shoot with auto WB?

The color seems a little off in some photos (the track seems a little blue) but spot on in others.

Yeah, I was shooting with Auto WB.
All my shots are spread out over the 3 days of practise, qualifying and race day so I think that`s where the inconsistencies are from.
I`m still coming to grips with D300, too many settings but I`m slowly finding what works for me.
I must admit I left the Vivid setting on from the night before so the colours are a bit lol
I`ve got heaps more shots, just gotta find the time to process them a little, usually just a crop and level adjstments. A little pulling back on the saturation help too.

Chris

great pics, i am sorting mine out at the moment.

it was just a pain being behind that bloody grid tho

The only place without a fence is either in the stands up high(depending which one) or the gaps for the marshals and safety vehicles.
My other shots are worse, if it wasn`t for the 1.7 TC I think they would all be like that.

What I found was that if you are the same distance from the fence as your subject then hello grid lines!
I tried to find as close a spot to the fence and the subject further than I was.
Shooting through fences is new to me with the D300 and the 70-200 VR. Lucky I didn`t tell then at the gates about the TC giving me about 510mm to use.
Yep. I got asked a few times, including while I was shooting, `how big is that lens`....only 200mm buddy.

I will be getting a TC (not sure how well they work with my D40 but hey, will soon find out lol) but i think its a must to get past these silly lense rules at events!!! (only allowed 70mm last night at Jack Johnson but it wasnt a bad thing as my battery died after 4 shots lol)

i have my images on Facebook so they are small and pants lol . will upload the better ones nextweek in a new thread