Phillip Island Superbike

[matchap]

Hi there,

Some Superbike shots from last Saturday on the Island. That was qualifying day.

All taken with a Rebel Xti (or 400D as it is called where I come from) , 70-200 f4 is usm and 100ISO (wish I had less, some great light!).

Anyway, here are the pics, C&C welcome as usual:

1.Exif: 180mm; 1/100; F18
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2255/img4123wq1.jpg


2.Exif: 200mm; 1/250; F8 (The local Hero)
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3824/img4291iu8.jpg


3.Exif: 200mm; 1/200; F11 (Max Biaggi)
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9966/img4293fa9.jpg


4.Exif: 95mm; 1/200; F11 (Régis Laconi, countryman)
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2754/img4773bd4.jpg


5.Exif: 120mm; 1/200; F11 (Régis Laconi, countryman)
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3200/img4774jn8.jpg

[Jim G]

I really like that second last one - great panning and composition... those colours seem to have quite a bit of pop.

[matchap]

I really like that second last one - great panning and composition... those colours seem to have quite a bit of pop.

Yeah, itwas a little bit overexposed and I had to play with contrast at a certain point...
Maybe too much
Could be corrected if it is too much ;)

That is my favourite as well, I like the lines but can't explain why... My family likes the last one more...

[S7000]

Have to go with the last one, very sharp and great colouring...

[grphx]

I like the 2nd one.

I been shooting motorcycles at f/4, but I guess I need to up it to like f/8 or something. Yours are very sharp and I have a Canon Rebel XT with a 70-200mm f/4 L and they arn't as sharp as yours.

[matchap]

I like the 2nd one.

I been shooting motorcycles at f/4, but I guess I need to up it to like f/8 or something. Yours are very sharp and I have a Canon Rebel XT with a 70-200mm f/4 L and they arn't as sharp as yours.

Hi there, thx for your comments.

I was shooting in Tv mode, to control my panning work. I was quite surprised to see F18 for the first one on the Exif data.

Closing a little bit (F8 sounds good) should help in terms of sharpness, and is not really armfull if you're shooting outside and are lucky enough to have a sunny day.

Anyway, I have to add that I got a bunch of pictures not sharp or out of focus as well.

To practice my panning, I have trained with racehorses on a local racecourse (cheap entry and quick movements as well, this was a surprisingly good idea if there is no motorsport event and if one wants to train...)

I posted the results in the sports section few weeks ago

Bye

[Her_B4]

Wowee - fantastic shots. I like them all and wish 1) that I had been there and 2) that I had taken your shots.

Only just coming to grips with the panning myself and am practising at roundabouts because they are slow enough for me to keep up relatively smoothly!! :oops:

My favourites are probably 2 followed by 3 (influenced by the fact that I am Ducati girl:):D).

Sooooo, I am coming over for the Motogp again this year - which part of the track did you take them from? Sweeper onto the front straight?

[matchap]

Wowee - fantastic shots. I like them all and wish 1) that I had been there and 2) that I had taken your shots.

Only just coming to grips with the panning myself and am practising at roundabouts because they are slow enough for me to keep up relatively smoothly!! :oops:

My favourites are probably 2 followed by 3 (influenced by the fact that I am Ducati girl:):D).

Sooooo, I am coming over for the Motogp again this year - which part of the track did you take them from? Sweeper onto the front straight?


I there!

Thx for your nice comments!

I have seen your bike in your previous posts and understand your preference for these shots ;)

As a french, I would go for #3, my countrymen are quite rare in that part of the world ...

Concerning the pictures, well, I have to say I had a "wake up issue" last saturday and was quite late on the Island (arrived around 10H30), so the spot I wanted to go to was already packed (turn 10, slow and sharp corner, as a spectator you're on the interior side, great for photo but well known....)
I tried some shots anyway but was not happy with the results (panning between two heads is not really funny) so decided to move.

#1, 2 and 3 were taken after turn 6 (called Siberia). In that spot you can stand on the side of the track, quite close to the action. The background is usually quite rubbish but if you pan and / or crop, you can hide it a little...

I had some good shots then and only posted the best (in my opinion) ones.

You can also have some good ones close to that over crowded spot I was talking before, if you pan from the corner exit up to the bridge. Once again the background is not great...

Finally, #4 and 5 were taken in the first corner (called Doohan corner). They are going really fast (on one shot I can read 208 on Haga's tacho :cool:) but it gives good results and you're quite close to them...

And if you want some beautiful background for your pictures, I would recommand the straight just after that first corner, here is what I got there (not with the superbike but I like it):

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5990/img4454km2.jpg

I think I have listed all spots I like there. If I go to the MotoGp I'll let you know if you want.

Bye
Matthieu

[Quarantine]

some nice shots. the last one I really like