Froride's MotoGP Pics
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Roadstergal
Sergeant Jackrum
Fookin' a, dude!
back2thelab
Well-known member
Holy Amazing Pics!! Look at the concentration in Lorenzo's eyes...
J-Boat
Read Only Lurker
Here are a couple from the weekend. I'm still downloading the cards.
Rossi and Stoner in turn 2
More to come:thumbup
This one is magazine worthy...:wow:thumbup
Johndicezx9
Rolls with it...
:thumbup
froride1
Unique Case
Thanks, that turn 9 spot is great. I shot a ton of photos from there. The turn 2 shot was from the turn 2 suites. I rented a Canon 300mm F4L, 70-200mm F4L and a 1.4X teleconverter for the weekend. Everything I shot was done with some combination of the rented lenses. For the turn 2 shot I used the 300mm with the teleconveter on a Canon 40D. Even then the shot is cropped a little.
nweaver
Well-known member
So have I. If you stand on the hill right, you can get a nice full framing of trees even around the bike.
Nice choice. I need to do the rental lense bit again next time.
How much did you find the teleconverter slows the autofocus for the 70-200mm F4L?
froride1
Unique Case
It didn't seem to slow the focus down much. I was having more trouble getting the exposure right, a lot of my shots are slightly overexposed. I really like the 70-200mm F4L. It's much easier on the arms than the F2.8L is. My arms are shot after holding the 300mm for three days. I haven't tried a monopod yet and I'm worried it'll be in my way more than it will help. I need to rent one and see. I'll porbably give it a shot at the Historics next month.
nweaver
Well-known member
How are you setting your settings? Are you letting the camera decide aperture or shutter speed or setting both manually?
Are you using the histogram mode and test photos?
So do I. The other nice thing is the 70-200mm F4L is actually affordable to buy in non-IS form. I'm considering getting the 1.4x doubler so I can get some more reach with it.
froride1
Unique Case
I have been using manual mode, I'm still learning to use it. I was putting to much trust in the screen on the camera back and not studying the histogram. I was about one stop off on most shots. I was varying the shutter speed to do some panning shots. I used between 1/250sec and 1/125 sec, so I had to play with the aperture a lot. I had panning down at the Rolex Grand Am race but bikes are much harder to shoot. The shot below was at 1/125sec. I got frustrated and started shooting at 1/500sec to get better shots. I'm still learning, MotoGp was not great but I still got some good shots. I have a ton to go through still.
FWI: both the lenses I used were the IS version. I'll be renting for the forseable future. Looking to buy a house in the next year so no money for lenses. Borrowlens.com has been great so renting is the way to go right now.
nweaver
Well-known member
I learned that one the hard way myself. The histogram mode is about the only way to do the settings: I usually look at just the pure white being just on the verge of oversaturation.
I've found 1/400th is nice: You still get good motion blur on the panning shots but you don't tend to have much vibration-blur.
Also, the noise immunity on these cameras is so good that you can shoot at ISO400 or even ISO800, which enables a much tighter aperture, which means you have more depth of field which helps on the panning by making the actual focus a little less important.
froride1
Unique Case
I like at least 1/250th or slower for panning. I love the backgound blur and sense of speed the slow shutter speed gives. But shooting bikes is much harder than cars. I was shooting mostly with ISO200 and went to 400 when it was foggy.
I started sorting through all my photos and here are a bunch from Friday's practice session. All are looking down from the inside of turn 9.
The Doctor
Pedrobot: mission complete
Stoner
Marco Melandri
Nicky
I started sorting through all my photos and here are a bunch from Friday's practice session. All are looking down from the inside of turn 9.
The Doctor
Pedrobot: mission complete
Stoner
Marco Melandri
Nicky
