Viper @ the drags

[Tubbed440]

Here's a mentionable I took over the weekend at a local message board's track day. I took about 500 photos that day and had a low keep rate due to me not having a whole lot of interest in taking pics that day. Needless to say, I was disappointed (it's not like I should have expected A1 work that day, but non the less......:oops:) with the outcome until I saw this pic. Just thought I would share.

Canon 20D, 100-400 L IS, TV, 1/160th, F8 @ 100mm ISO 400

http://jonsmithphoto.com/tubbed440/pics/11072009%20HPJ%20Draggin%20rights/Dragging%20Rights%20525.jpg

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Looks great!
Great subject, great blur, great light.
Looks like a calendar shot.

[ForumForker]

This is really a nice pic. Everything works. I like it !

[RadAL]

i would crop the right side of the picture more (to just behind that round thing at the bottom right) but nice picture!

[4g63]

awesome shot!

[996c2]

Nice technical shot that one! Good motion in the wheels and well panned. Well done.

[Tubbed440]

i would crop the right side of the picture more (to just behind that round thing at the bottom right) but nice picture!

Yea, that is a little distracting, but when I crop most of that out, there is not much lead in/lead out on the front and rear of the car - it almost looks like it's cropped too tight when I try that. If you want to have a go at it, be my guest. I'm always looking to improve - and other people's perspective is a good way to do so. ;)

[Jim M]

Cropping is often a matter of taste. I think it looks fine the way it is. I played with it out of curiousity, and cropping off the right made it want some off the top as well. By the time I finished playing around, I decided I liked your original better. On the other hand, when I just cropped from the top just to the bottom of the guardrail, I liked the result. However, that messed with the aspect ratio, which is sometimes important to preserve.

[PhotosGuy]

Nice shot of it! Here's my crop:

406476

Tubbed440 Talk is cheap! Where are the shots of it?

[snyderman]

All of the above! Nice shot.

dave

[Tubbed440]

Talk is cheap! Where are the shots of it?


???? I'm not sure I understand this. LOL

Thanks for the compliments and suggestions. :)

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

He wants to see the tubbed 440
I agree, lets see it.

[Jethro790]

He wants to see the tubbed 440


And so do I!

[Tubbed440]

He wants to see the tubbed 440
I agree, lets see it.

Gotcha.

Here's my second Duster. I don't have pics of my first tubbed duster scanned in. They pretty much look the same anyways. The first one was lost to a brake malfunction on the big end of the drag strip.

Duster (http://jonsmithphoto.com/tubbed440/pics/Duster/)

Here's my current project. It's tubbed also, but no where near the extent of the two dusters. Scroll through the build thread and you can see pics.

Challenger (http://horsepowerjunkies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36751&highlight=mock-up)

[jimken61]

I like the aspect ratio of the original shot, great light, colors and motion blur. You might try cloning out the object, looks like a plastic bucket on a post.

[PhotosGuy]

Here's my second Duster. Thanks! It looks like it's going to be nice & clean. Plum Crazy I assume? This Dart used to belong to the kid across the street:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=388401
Next time you shoot the rear end, use the 70-200 & get back so the tires don't look distorted.

[Barry53]

Very good, the light is fantastic, beside having good brightness.
Congratulations

[Tubbed440]

Thanks! It looks like it's going to be nice & clean. Plum Crazy I assume? This Dart used to belong to the kid across the street:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=388401
Next time you shoot the rear end, use the 70-200 & get back so the tires don't look distorted.

That car is long gone. It died a horrible death due to the accelerator hanging and hitting a ditch culvert. The cage and 5 point harness allowed me to walk away without a scratch. The duster pics were taken with a point and shoot - this was before I moved up to a DSLR. I had been shooting 35mm SLR for a while, just took me a long time to move up. Too many hobbies! :lol: Now, I am building the challenger - so hopefully one day I will have it to a point where I can drive it somewhere interesting for a photo shoot. ;)

EDIT: Again, thanks for all the kind words and kudos. This was one of those shots where you step back and say, "Where did that come from!?!?" LOL

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Thanks for the look.
Musta hurt to see a nice car like that mangled. Glad the safety gear did it's job.

[Shrt Bus]

Yo B!!! Didnt realize you were on here...

Great shot!!!!!! I presume that was at FMP!?!?

Rick

[Tubbed440]

Yo B!!! Didnt realize you were on here...

Great shot!!!!!! I presume that was at FMP!?!?

Rick


You are correct sir. That would be a this years Draggin' Rights. :cool:

[Kafn8td]

Nice shot, colors and reflection! No helmet? What did he run?

[Tubbed440]

Nice shot, colors and reflection! No helmet? What did he run?

I don't remember, but then again, I don't remember it being all that fast. This was at a test and tune, so I'm not too sure what the rules are for that. I have not driven a car down the strip in over 5 years, so my memory of the rules is a little cloudy.

[Kafn8td]

I haven't raced in a couple of years, but it used to be NHRA sanctioned tracks require a helmet for all racers even on T&T days. I think Vipers get into the 11's pretty easily if the driver can shift. Again - nice shot!

[Tubbed440]

I haven't raced in a couple of years, but it used to be NHRA sanctioned tracks require a helmet for all racers even on T&T days. I think Vipers get into the 11's pretty easily if the driver can shift. Again - nice shot!

I think that is an IHRA sanctioned track - or they may not be sanctioned at all, I can't remember.

Thanks for the compliments!

[Jim M]

I haven't raced in a couple of years, but it used to be NHRA sanctioned tracks require a helmet for all racers even on T&T days. I think Vipers get into the 11's pretty easily if the driver can shift. Again - nice shot!
13.99 is where NHRA requires a helmet. And it kind of looks like he has a helmet to me.

[kit lens]

???? I'm not sure I understand this. LOL

Thanks for the compliments and suggestions. :)
Thats alright, I don't understand him either. I accidentally posted mine in "Transportation" from this same event, and he thats where they belonged. :lol:

Nice shot Bryan. :cool:

[Bubbamark]

Awesome shot!!

[Bryanp71]

there is just something to be said about a viper on a racetrack. Beautiful shot