Honda Superbike Championship

[ABowers]

Well, this is one of my very few posts...I just read around...not too much on the posting side..

But anyways, i recently purchased Canon 70-200 F4 L USM....and this was my real first experience to try it out...so let me know what you all think.
Shot with Digital Rebel XTi

Thanks.


The location was Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL

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This would have been my favorite...But i cut his head off...oh well.

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Thanks for looking!

[LaSarthe&Back]

Lovely! Like the last one a lot. Is the lens IS'd?

[hammerhead]

They turned out way better than mine.good looking pics.Did you shoot these behind the vendor area? I couldnt get that close to the track i shot several at turn two. Here's one T2 uncropped or processed.
http://hammer.smugmug.com/photos/146588232-L.jpg

[ABowers]

Lovely! Like the last one a lot. Is the lens IS'd?


Nope...Non IS. It was really difficult trying to figure out the whole panning thing. I finally realized that i needed to continue to move with the bikes, even after i pressed the shutter release button..I kept my center square in my eyepiece on the bike, and just panned all the way through. Thats what worked the best for me.


They turned out way better than mine.good looking pics.Did you shoot these behind the vendor area? I couldnt get that close to the track i shot several at turn two. Here's one T2 uncropped or processed.
http://hammer.smugmug.com/photos/146588232-L.jpg

Some of them i shot down by the white picket fence by the vendors...correct. Then more were shot by the Ducati place, and some coming right off of the straight.

They turned out really well i think,

[penguin1300]

I was unable to make the races this weekend due to work sending me over to Atlanta (ARG!!!); however, here is an image I captured a few weekends ago at the STT track day while standing in T2.

http://www.nofone.org/pix/images/20070320220120_crw_8059.jpg

Shot with 70-200mm f/4L on a 300D.

The overwhelming lesson I learned that day was to look through the view finder with my dominant eye (which turned out to be my left when I thought it was my right). Once I figured this out, I was able to have both eyes open and still be looking through the view finder. This was learned after my face was hurting from squinting and making my face into a pretzel for several hours.

Once I was able to relax, I found it much easier to pan. The jerky while pressing the shutter went away and a host of other issues (such as wacking heads off riders).

Oh, and don't forget to keep your shutter speed within the 1/<focal length> rule. And also make sure you account for any planned cropping. In this picture, I knew I would crop half after realizing that 200mm didn't have the reach I needed. Thus, 1/400 was the min. This should not have been a problem for you lucky bastages who got to enjoy an amazing weather but was something I had to keep in check on the overcast day I was there.

[hammerhead]

I was using a canon100-400@400mm+1.5 kenkoTC, AV @ 8f. to get a high enough shutter speed to cover the 600mm+ range i was shooting I had to boost the iso to 800-1000.Guess I should have tried something a little different. Oh, well if it was easy it wouldn't be any fun.;)
Here's one a little closer and not moving much.j/k:)
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[ABowers]

Nice. Call me uneducated but what is the shutter to focal length rule? I just set the camera on shutter priority, and went to work.

[hammerhead]

Nice. Call me uneducated but what is the shutter to focal length rule? I just set the camera on shutter priority, and went to work.
Lets say you're shooting at 500mm range with your lens, you will want a shutter speed of at least 1/500. You want a shutter speed as close as possible or over the focal length.i.e. if you were shooting at 500mm and chose a speed of 1/125th you would be more likely to see camera shake in the photo.
I hope this helps and if anyone self cares to chime in with a better answer please do.:)
Bobby

[ABowers]

Hmm....Interesting. I was pretty close to where i needed to be then. I was at 200mm a lot, so around 1/250 to 1/200 would have been a good setting. I left the camera on shutter priority, and let it figure the rest out.

[penguin1300]

hammerhead nailed the theory ;)

Unfortunately, I have no clue what the formula basis is or where it comes from. Other then the fact that is meant for hand-held shots and that it has worked well for me. If you use a tripod or a IS lens, you can goto slower shutter speeds.

Wikipedia actually has a good read on it; however, I'm unable to find this evening. If I can find the link, I'll post it here.

[ABowers]

Thanks a bunch!

Yeah, i wasnt able to come up with the funds for the 70-200 F4 IS. oh well. Ill just make do with what i have.