my attempt at shooting some motorcross

[gotamintvtr]

i just found some shots from a show i went too where the diggers were from my other thread.
like in my other thread i only used my kit lense as thats all i had at the time. so the colour isint great because of the distance.
coments welcome

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gotamintvtr/IMG_0342.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gotamintvtr/IMG_0332.jpg


http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gotamintvtr/IMG_0365.jpg


oh and i appolagise i havent masterd the art of cropping the images and stuff yet.

jamie

[sugarzebra]

Welcome to POTN Jamie. its amazing what those guys can do on a dirt bike. Its hard to get good exposures against the sky, but these are very interesting shots. In the first two shots you might want to remove the guy on the bottom to increase the sence of the bikes flying. Keep up the good work.

[gotamintvtr]

yeah im still trying to learning how to use the software for cropping. i got the basics but want to be able to do it properly without ruining the image. when i get some spare time ill have a go and post for comments then.
cheers though and thanks for the welcome.

check this out too what you think of this one?
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=213079

[Mattyj]

#3 is really cool

[gotamintvtr]

i thought that i think i got a few others of the three in the air at once.

[Shasta]

Too bad they are so far away but good attempt. It's difficult isn't it. You see images that are amazing and you think I'm going to get some shots like that, it must take a heck of a lot of practice.

[gotamintvtr]

yeah i tottaly agree with you. its very dificult. but since then i have now got a 75-300 so that might be alot better in the future but the chances of seeing this again is very slim.

[Okiewan]

pssst... that's not motocross :)

Tough light/sky, good attempt tho!

[gotamintvtr]

i know its not realy motorcross more like tricks but it was good and they were on scramblers its the 1st thing that come to mind

[ron chappel]

Yep,as everyone is saying it's tough getting ok exposures against a bright sky.

Coincidentally i too was geting some jump shots today (see the "MX" thread).
One thing i noticed is the major improvement you get when taking pics from the same side the sun is coming from.This will do two things - it means the background is the darkest part of the sky (even if only slightly) plus the riders are lit by the sun.
Added together these make a significant difference.

[gotamintvtr]

ok cheers for that advice ron. i couldnt get the other side that was the only available place.

[ron chappel]

Oops,i should also have said -
Even doing what i said before,most pics of this nature are going to be difficult.Exposing the sky properly then lightening up the riders in photoshop is nearly allways nessesary.
I played around with your third image and managed to improve it alot,but didn't want to repost it in case this annoyed you.
By the way -if you don't mind people doing this ( changing and reposting your images) you can change your user settings so that the phrase 'image editing ok' is displayed under your avatar.It's real handy sometimes

[HrcRacing]

i know its not realy motorcross more like tricks but it was good and they were on scramblers its the 1st thing that come to mind

Ok, just for clarification, this isn't "motoRcross", it's sort of "motocross" in that it's Freestyle Motocross or FMX. ;) :D

I like these but, man, they could have been so much better had you had that 75-300 at the time. Regardless, that third one is a nice shot. Well done.

[gotamintvtr]

ron its fine if you host the pic for me i realy dont mind ill change my settings when i work it out. cheers for the comments people mucho apreciated.

jamie