Northwest 200 Road race

[jim9449]

Glorious sunny night for the practise session of the NW200, don't take bikes often so be easy on me.
Jim
#1
http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535056132_ivcWN-O.jpg

#2

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535056040_MZU2v-O.jpg

#3

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535055421_8XfBt-O.jpg

#4

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535055174_Xgggg-O.jpg

#5

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535055630_3N2WC-O.jpg

#6

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535055917_Rgc3S-O.jpg

#7

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535055514_oewAM-O.jpg

#8

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535055723_ehpQf-O.jpg

[craig_xB]

5 might be one of the coolest things i've seen in a very long time.

[stuman16]

Awesome! I love #1

[MREGAN]

Jim great work as usual. I thought I was doing well tonight untill I seen your pics.
Mine look crap compared to these. Take a look and see what you think of mine. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7909312#post7909312)
I am still using the 300d thats my excuse anyway lol Think I need much more practice.

[GO BIG]

Some great shots there bud, i'll be over myself on Friday, thanx for the taster.

[jaglad]

Great work, look forward to seeing more

[jim9449]

5 might be one of the coolest things i've seen in a very long time.

Thanks craig_xB for your comment, it's a unusual shot looks like the mudguard is rubbing on the wheel.
Jim

Awesome! I love #1

Cheers stuman16
Jim

Some great shots there bud, I'll be over myself on Friday, thanx for the taster.

Hope the weather holds for your trip GO BIG, might get down on Thursday for some more appetizers ;).
Jim

Great work, look forward to seeing more

Thanks jaglad I'll try and make it down again for more.
Jim

[jim9449]

Jim great work as usual. I thought I was doing well tonight untill I seen your pics.
Mine look crap compared to these. Take a look and see what you think of mine. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7909312#post7909312)
I am still using the 300d thats my excuse anyway lol Think I need much more practice.

Thanks for your kind remarks MREGAN, had a look at your shots,you were using 1/100 for panning, I would find that for me very difficult to get clear shots, I would start at 1/320 and if the wheels look stationary drop the speed till you got wheel blur, those bike were coming straight at me at 180MPH and wheel blur did not matter so I was up to 1/1000 to get sharp shots, the only down side I was hand holding a Sigma 120-300 which got very heavy after a few laps:(, good luck
Jim

[dessie]

Great shots Jim fast bit of road there i was at Ballysally with Red Dog good crack and came away with some good tips

[NYNCTC]

very nice shots, love 5!

[jim9449]

Great shots Jim fast bit of road there i was at Ballysally with Red Dog good crack and came away with some good tips

Hi Dessie was not far from you at the straight coming out of Mathers Cross, is the camera OK? if I had knowen you boys were down we could have met up!
Jim

[wjm]

gutted im not there
cracking shots jim
looking forward to seeing some from saturday,nothing better than the run into york on the first lap

[Red Dog]

Super shots Jim. Had we known where you were we'd have gone down. Roundabouts get a bit boring after a while. Looks much more exciting where you were.

Heres Ryan Farquhar

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3528997662_9486b1dc01_o.jpg

[Sharpstat]

Super shots! One day I want to witness this race. Was it 2 years ago in this race the racer who lost his life in practice (sorry it escapes me right now) gained validation by his son winning the race with a couple of wicked late braking attempts? Saw it on the internet since we don't have Eurosport,Skye,etc! :rolleyes:

[Red Dog]

Robert Dunlop died in the same pratice session last year. His son Michael went on to win the 250cc race on Saturday less than 48 hrs after burying his father. Awesome stuff, but a fairtale ending to what was a very sad week.

[jim9449]

very nice shots, love 5!

Cheers NYNCTC

gutted im not there
cracking shots jim
looking forward to seeing some from saturday,nothing better than the run into york on the first lap

Thanks wjm will try and get some more up
Jim

Super shots Jim. Had we known where you were we'd have gone down. Roundabouts get a bit boring after a while. Looks much more exciting where you were.

Heres Ryan Farquhar

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3528997662_9486b1dc01_o.jpg

Great shot Red
Jim

Super shots! One day I want to witness this race. Was it 2 years ago in this race the racer who lost his life in practice (sorry it escapes me right now) gained validation by his son winning the race with a couple of wicked late braking attempts? Saw it on the internet since we don't have Eurosport,Skye,etc! :rolleyes:

Thanks Sharpstat, it is a great event you will enjoy it, Red Dog explained the sad happening.
Jim

[jim9449]

Here's one of mine of Ryan Farquhar

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/535859823_mQtaB-L.jpg

[Sharpstat]

Robert Dunlop died in the same pratice session last year. His son Michael went on to win the 250cc race on Saturday less than 48 hrs after burying his father. Awesome stuff, but a fairtale ending to what was a very sad week.


Thanks for the info. I was so happy he did it I was yelling at the telly!

[jim9449]

Thursday night practice was dark and wet had to shoot a 1000 ISO.
Here are a few

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/537236020_WLmCh-L.jpg

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/537236250_ejQvj-L.jpg

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/537245133_ZG3GL-L.jpg

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/537243661_WAxqs-L.jpg

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/537233018_wRVrE-L.jpg

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/537235109_Xo5Xo-L.jpg

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/537231688_5zCvg-L.jpg

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/537231602_tXutS-L.jpg

[Red Dog]

Excellent shots Jim considering they're doing over 190mph at that point.

[alexanderGARDNER]

That 5th shot is mental! Really amazing how the tyre smoke reacts and flows on a touch down.

[jim9449]

That 5th shot is mental! Really amazing how the tyre smoke reacts and flows on a touch down.
Cheers justAL
Jim

[Z FOTOTECHNIKA]

Nice photos. Like that last burnout.

[jim9449]

Nice photos. Like that last burnout.

Thanks for you comment
Jim