Ducati at PR, Washington US

[batfink]

http://www.exackley.com/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=1010

This is my first post to this forum, along with my first go at motorsports photography. I shot several hunded shots yesterday and thought this one came out quite nicely. I would've liked to see a little more light and shadow on the underside of the bike but the sun was on the other side. I think the shot came out too dark unfortunately. The riders visor is also dark, I would've liked to have seen his expression. I'm looking for feedback though!!!. The only modifications I made were resizing the image from RAW with PSP.

Here's the EXIF header information.

Camera Model Name
Canon EOS 10D
Shooting Date/Time
9/11/2004 2:29:56 PM
Shooting Mode
Manual
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/250
Av( Aperture Value )
9.5
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
ISO Speed
200
Lens
70.0 - 200.0 mm
Focal Length
185.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters
Contrast Normal
Sharpness Normal
Color saturation Normal
Color tone Normal
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
5212KB

Thanks for any feedback!!

- Toby.

[Leighow]

It is great -- and you have to live with the dull weather and asphalt track.

ANothet member posted some 2-man cycle shots at a dirt track. Ceck them out as the venue offered more opportunity.

Well done. Perhaps a bit light in terms of showing us exciting action at the track

[batfink]

Thanks for the feedback!! This was shot at a track day, not a race so unfortunately the riders were fairly sparse on the track. I agree though, it would be nice to see multiple bikes to give the impression of racing. That has given me an idea too, if I could shoot from the ground up I would probably get shots that give a better sense of speed as well.

I will hunt around for the shots at the dirt track and take a look.

- Toby.

P.S. Yes, Seattle affords us 'sun breaks' only every so often!!!