Drift comp/car show C&C please

[300Daz]

Had my first serious attempt at photographing a car show at the Parklands showground a couple of weekends ago. The show featured a drift comp, burnout comp and show & shine.

All photos were taken from public viewing areas. Gear used: 300D, Sigma APO DG 75-300, 18-55 kit lens, Hoya star eight filter and 420EZ flash.

More photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/d_kent/ in Parklands car show set.

C&C most welcome.

[dirtbiker]

Its a nice shot (and good to see that the lens that I'm getting later this week is capable!) but seems to lack a little sharpness, did you sharpen after resizing?

[despot]

The composition is good (smoke and angled wheels), just lacking sharpness.
Good effort.

Andy

[Cadwell]

I'll echo the general comments. It's a well framed shot showing some good action but it needs to be sharper. Looking at your image EXIF information you were at 300mm and f/6.3 which is not far from wide open. That Sigma really needs to be stopped down to f/11 or so to give of its best at 300mm.

[GSH]

As the others have said a bit sharper would improve things a lot.

I'll dig up a couple of examples and post them later to give you an idea :)

[GSH]

These were taken on a very grey day at Silverstone a couple of years ago. There was no wind at all so the tyre smoke took ages to clear and i lost loads of shots because of it.

I was signed on for this one, not that it makes a lot of difference at our "lovely" GP circuit ;)

I was using a 20D with assorted lenses (Sigma 120-300, 70-200 and a Canon 100-40L)

From behind...ooerr madam !

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geoff.hubbert/Pics/Other/D1GB/IMG_8147.jpg

Plenty of wheelspin & opposite lock but not much smoke for some reason.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geoff.hubbert/Pics/Other/D1GB/IMG_8215.jpg

Now we're getting there..

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geoff.hubbert/Pics/Other/D1GB/IMG_8395.jpg

That's more like it !

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geoff.hubbert/Pics/Other/D1GB/IMG_8636.jpg

EXIF should be intact on all of those if you want to check settings etc :)

I'll be having another go at Drifting this year. A friend of mine is the Chief Scrutineer for the European Drift Championship so if nothing else it's a good excuse to meet up & have a chat.

[jlozano180]

I like the shots, great job. very sharp

[300Daz]

Its a nice shot (and good to see that the lens that I'm getting later this week is capable!) but seems to lack a little sharpness, did you sharpen after resizing?

Thanks Dirtbiker. Apart from resizing i haven't done any PP work on that shot.
Good luck with the new glass!!

[300Daz]

I'll echo the general comments. It's a well framed shot showing some good action but it needs to be sharper. Looking at your image EXIF information you were at 300mm and f/6.3 which is not far from wide open. That Sigma really needs to be stopped down to f/11 or so to give of its best at 300mm.

Thanks for the tips Cadwell. Yeah I did get some other shots which look sharper (see url to flickr page in original post) but the displayed pic was my favourite in composition and framing.

[300Daz]

The composition is good (smoke and angled wheels), just lacking sharpness.
Good effort.

Andy

Thanks Andy.

[300Daz]

As the others have said a bit sharper would improve things a lot.

I'll dig up a couple of examples and post them later to give you an idea :)

Thanks GSH. Nice shots.

[300Daz]

I like the shots, great job. very sharp

Thanks jlozano180.