A few from Le Mans - 56k Beware -one not work safe.

[Dave_G]

300D/75-300USM II/Tamron 1.4 TC/1600ISO (it was dark)/Some luck/cropping/photoshopping

I need a a grand to get me a 100-400 L I think...I'm happy with the shots taken in really good light and the start/finish straights ones and close ups....just that the low light ones are a bit crappy...I blame Tony Blair and my dodgy 1.4 Teleconverter. Anyone like gmen/KennyG/Cadwell/Brands etc want to give me some pointers please?

Lola B160 coming through the Porsche Curves
http://images10.fotki.com/v191/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_3460-vi.jpg

Ferrari 550 Maranello, same as above
http://images10.fotki.com/v193/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_3469-vi.jpg

911 GT3RS chases Zytek 04S, as above
http://images10.fotki.com/v193/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_3531-vi.jpg

One for all you Yankee boys :D 63 Corvette 06R on the start/finish
http://images10.fotki.com/v192/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4400-vi.jpg

Alex Job Racing 911GT3R, same place as above
http://images10.fotki.com/v191/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4434-vi.jpg

911GT3RS chases Panoz Elan into the Dunlop Esses
http://images10.fotki.com/v192/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4735-vi.jpg

Mind the kerbs! Panoz Elan gets wonky at Arnage Corner
http://images9.fotki.com/v168/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4845-vi.jpg

Courage C65 Ford close up
http://images10.fotki.com/v192/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4910-vi.jpg

911GT3 in the pits
http://images9.fotki.com/v182/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4934-vi.jpg

911GT3RS takes the chequered flag - eventual class winners!
http://images10.fotki.com/v191/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_5009-vi.jpg

This is why we love camping!
http://images10.fotki.com/v193/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_5173-vi.jpg

[Exit]

The corvette shot was a good pan! I like the action in the rest of the shots as well :)

[tommykjensen]

Do You have any photos of the great Dane Tom Kristensen who set record by winning for the seventh time :-)

[Skip Souza]

Nice work. Just proves that the photographer is more important than the equipment. It is just easier with better equipment. ;-)

[Dave_G]

Do You have any photos of the great Dane Tom Kristensen who set record by winning for the seventh time :-)

Aye.

Will get some up soon.

Could have phrased that better....:D

[PhotosGuy]

Thanks, Dave!

[Skip Souza]

Taking another look. Actually my sixth or eighth, My favouites are the first and of course the last. Is there something about Tony Blair I should know? ;-)

[Dave_G]

Is there something about Tony Blair I should know? ;-)

not that no one doesn't know already!

I'm sorting and uploading the rest slowly so will post some more of my meagre efforts later...if anyone can bear to look at them that is!

[Cadwell]

You have some nice shots there, Dave. The rear shot of the Panoz and the angle you got for the Lola coming through the Porsche curves are particularly nice.

I can imagine that you had a struggle with the 75-300mm plus TC in low light. That’s an f/8 lens at best on full zoom; not what you really need and beyond the AF specification of your camera. Unfortunately the 100-400L wouldn’t have served you much better under those circumstances. It’s a relatively slow f/5.6 at 400mm and its focusing is a little marginal when the light starts to go. It would probably have been a little more resistant to the green marks from internal reflections caused by the headlights though.

Good low light motorsport lenses are expensive. In terms of zooms there’s really only the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8EX. Other than that, it’s the big f/2.8 primes like the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM or the EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM.

I don’t know how you were metering but when shooting GT cars with headlights I usually switch to manual and set my aperture / shutter for correct exposure of the empty track. The headlights tend to throw the exposure way off resulting in over dark pictures. Even then, the headlights can still cause problems with auto-focus if you catch them at the wrong angle.

Good work with the pictures and let’s see some more!

[Dave_G]

Thanks for the pointers, much appreciated. You are right when you say I was struggling in low light. I was trialling-and-erroring with settings(you can all use that phrase if you want to) and some came out exposed more or less right (well I thought so) and some were totally under exposed.

Better get saving for a Sigma I can't lift then!

Thanks :)

[Dave_G]

Few more. Pans etc

Oreca - PlayStation Audi R8
http://images10.fotki.com/v192/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4548-vi.jpg

Aston Martin DBR9
http://images10.fotki.com/v191/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4558-vi.jpg

Corvette C6R at the Dunlop Esses. The white highlights you can see is the catch fencing. Couldn't quite zoom past it.
http://images10.fotki.com/v193/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4622-vi.jpg

Welter - same as above
http://images10.fotki.com/v192/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4664-vi.jpg

TVR @ Arnage
http://images10.fotki.com/v191/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4841-vi.jpg

MG Lola thing
http://images10.fotki.com/v192/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4884-vi.jpg

PlayStation Audi R8 again
http://images10.fotki.com/v191/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4892-vi.jpg

Tom Kristensen Audi R8 - note both hands off the wheel - he was flexing his fingers!
http://images10.fotki.com/v192/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4946-vi.jpg

911 and LMP675 car in the pit lane
http://images10.fotki.com/v191/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4947-vi.jpg

Kristensen Audi and Pescarolo at the finish line
http://images10.fotki.com/v193/photos/1/105162/1375405/IMG_4994-vi.jpg

Enjoy