Moto GP 2007 - Donnington Park

[darren h]

Visited the Moto GP this weekend and its the first time i shot bikes (normally rally cars) and had an awesome weekend. Here's a few of my pics, any comments would be appreciated.

The 2 Suzuki riders, Chris Vermeulen followed by John Hopkins.
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8403/motogp01bi6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Toni Elias getting it low, probably the lowest all weekend.
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4417/motogp03wm4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Toni getting it low again.
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2596/motogp02yo7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The current world champ Nicky Hayden.
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8660/motogp07je8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Multi world champ "The Doctor"
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4894/motogp04qv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Future world champ? Casey Stoner followed by Anthony West.
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6041/motogp05uq8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Shinya Nakano.
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1594/motogp06qu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Dani Pedrosa.
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1889/motogp08pd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Incomplete Pete]

Lots of lovely shots, I'm particularly fond of the Elias shot through the Esses and the one of Hayden, although I'd crop both a bit tighter

[strikerstu]

Great stuff in the dry :) love the angle on the first shot.

Stu

[danpass]

Pretty sweet captures there.


Share some techniques with us? I see from the Exif (thank you) that you're using 1/640 and 1/800 Tv and it looks like you are catching them at zero speed (relative to you) such as when they pass thru the apex of the turn.

How is my assesment?


What else? :mrgreen:




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[pumaknight]

Totally fab!!

[darren h]

Lots of lovely shots, I'm particularly fond of the Elias shot through the Esses and the one of Hayden, although I'd crop both a bit tighter

Thanks Pete, yep i see what you mean about the cropping, cheers

Great stuff in the dry :) love the angle on the first shot.

Stu

Thanks alot Stu

Pretty sweet captures there.


Share some techniques with us? I see from the Exif (thank you) that you're using 1/640 and 1/800 Tv and it looks like you are catching them at zero speed (relative to you) such as when they pass thru the apex of the turn.

How is my assesment?


What else? :mrgreen:




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Cheers Dan,

It was my time shooting bikes so i must admit i played it pretty "safe" with alot of the shots, although the Hayden shot was 1/125th. I only took shots on the Saturday and i must admit i found it quite difficult to find some good places especially when shooting through the wire fences and about 1.2 million marshalls and 6.75 million media guys to shoot around :confused:

[despot]

Nice work Darren. I really like #2 and #7.
Donington is not very photographer friendly.

Andy

[Richard T]

great shots Darren

[Stav_98]

Second shot is cracking. Personally not a fan of the tilted camera but that's not reflection on the results of your photos. Great results for your first bike session

[slipper]

crazy shots!

[Simon Harrison]

Darren,

These are really, really nice. Well done in getting these shots, particularly shooting through fences and battling with the thousands of spectators that I'm sure were there. If I'm going to pick one out, then it's the shot of Nicky Hayden. For what it's worth, I think that tilt shots actually work quite well with bikes, and that you've used them well in this selection.

Cheers,

Simon.

[NickR]

Great shots Darren, Elias is very photogenic.

Cheers

[darren h]

Nice work Darren. I really like #2 and #7.
Donington is not very photographer friendly.

Andy
Cheers Andy, yes you are right in that Donnington was not built for photographers :confused:

great shots Darren
Cheers Richard

Second shot is cracking. Personally not a fan of the tilted camera but that's not reflection on the results of your photos. Great results for your first bike session
Thanks for the comments Stav

crazy shots!
Thanks Slipper (I think thats a compliment) :lol:

Darren,

These are really, really nice. Well done in getting these shots, particularly shooting through fences and battling with the thousands of spectators that I'm sure were there. If I'm going to pick one out, then it's the shot of Nicky Hayden. For what it's worth, I think that tilt shots actually work quite well with bikes, and that you've used them well in this selection.

Cheers,

Simon.
Cheers Simon, yours comments are always very much appreciated. Agree with that the bikes do work with the tilted shots(IMO, not cars though)

Great shots Darren, Elias is very photogenic.

Cheers
Thanks Nick, yes i was very impressed with Toni Elis's awesome leaning shots :D

[Ian_H]

Got to agree with everybody else here Darren, a great set of shots in what sounds like poor conditions, at least it wasn't raining :)


Cheers
Ian

[900spg]

Wow, very impressive shots for the conditions mentioned. I love seeing the motogp shots on here. Thanks!

[darren h]

Got to agree with everybody else here Darren, a great set of shots in what sounds like poor conditions, at least it wasn't raining :)


Cheers
Ian
Cheers Ian, your comments as always well appreciated

Wow, very impressive shots for the conditions mentioned. I love seeing the motogp shots on here. Thanks!
Many thanks 900spg

[GSH]

Very nice indeed Darren :)

All credit to you for enduring the weather, the crowds AND Donington all at the same time. You've got a hell of a lot more patience than i have ;)

[KarlMarsh]

Incredible shots! Very well done. As good as any I have seen on superbikeplanet.com

Man, whoever developed the graphics and the color scheme of the Repsol bikes must have been a photographer because the colors work so well in a picture.

I am going to Laguna Seca this year (again) and I really hope to get some shots that are half as good as these. This will be my first year there with a real camera, and I am praying for some cloudy mornings. Hope it helps. :grin:

[JonMoss]

Superb! Very, very impressed :-)

[darren h]

Very nice indeed Darren :)

All credit to you for enduring the weather, the crowds AND Donington all at the same time. You've got a hell of a lot more patience than i have ;)
Cheers Geoff, thanks for the comments

Incredible shots! Very well done. As good as any I have seen on superbikeplanet.com

Man, whoever developed the graphics and the color scheme of the Repsol bikes must have been a photographer because the colors work so well in a picture.

I am going to Laguna Seca this year (again) and I really hope to get some shots that are half as good as these. This will be my first year there with a real camera, and I am praying for some cloudy mornings. Hope it helps. :grin:
Cheers Karl, thanks for the comments. Would love to go to Laguna Seca, hope you have a good time and get some good shots

Superb! Very, very impressed :-)
Cheers Jon, thankyou very much