Mustangs and a Vette at Dunnville

[Not4you]

First time at the track with a camera instead of a car. Here are some of my favourite images. MS Paint and MS Office Image Editor used for the first time for PP (no Photoshop yet) so I know they can be better. Ahhh, the joy of learning!! C&C welcome.

#1
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/Not-4-you/DunnvilleMay120.jpg

#2
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/Not-4-you/DunnvilleMay117.jpg

#3
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/Not-4-you/DunnvilleMay092.jpg

#4
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/Not-4-you/DunnvilleMay110.jpg

#5
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/Not-4-you/DunnvilleMay111.jpg

#6
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/Not-4-you/DunnvilleMay089.jpg

#7
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/Not-4-you/DunnvilleMay112.jpg

#8
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/Not-4-you/DunnvilleMay095.jpg

Thanks for looking.

[tehdrok]

Nice composition. When you get Photoshop, you could try sharpening them a little, as they seem a tad soft. Also, you might want to try panning, with a slower shutter speed, so you get some motion blur on the wheels/background :) Beautiful cars!

[smcclelland]

Cool shots man, would definitely like to see more of the Saleen :) Dunnville is a brutal, unforgiving track on cars (especially brakes) so it's rare to see people actually taking shots from there.

[Not4you]

the darkness from the rain made slow shutter speeds seem under exposed, but I didn't try anything with ISO or bracketing so with some time and practice I know I can do better. It was barely above freezing with rain and a brutal wind so I didn't stand out there experimenting as much as I had planned :) thanks for the tips.

knowing where to stand and the zoom can keep you out of trouble ... plus having eyes in the back of your head!! Dunnville is a blast but yeah, it kills the brakes!!

[tehdrok]

the darkness from the rain made slow shutter speeds seem under exposed

The slower the shutter speed, the more light should hit your sensor.. So if anything, they should be overexposed :lol: Try notching your ISO up and opening up your aperture as wide as it'll go, then play around with the shutter speeds until you get the desirable effect. If you're having problems keeping your hands steady while panning, a monopod might be a consideration, too :)

I haven't tried bracketing myself, yet :lol: Look forward to seeing more of your shots!

[smcclelland]

the darkness from the rain made slow shutter speeds seem under exposed, but I didn't try anything with ISO or bracketing

don't worry so much about bracketing, you just need to focus on the shutter speed. I always try and keep my ISO at ISO 100 but when the clouds roll in I sometimes gotta push it up but I really don't like to go beyond ISO 400.

One thing I noticed in the EXIF data is you were shooting in Normal Priority, try moving to Tv mode (Shutter Priority) and let the camera work out the aperture setting for you. You're shooting at 1/125 which is a good place to start with panning action shots, as you get more comfortable with the motion you can start dropping down to 1/100, 1/80 etc. If you notice the shots are appearing really dark or underexposed then up your ISO a bit, when I had my XTI I found sometimes I had to shoot with ISO 800 when I had a Canon 75-300 to get the desired contrast and exposure due to the small aperture.