Racing pictures

[Steiny]

If any of you have the time, I would appreciate you taking a look at my latest racing photos and if you have any comments as to what I could do better besides getting better equipment, it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

http://www.pbase.com/steiny/nst_speedweek_night_3

[Cadwell]

You've got some nice shots there but my main criticism would be shutter speed. On some of the daylight shots I'm seeing shutter speeds of 1/1000th (and higher) of a second being used for side-on pan shots. That's way too high and consequently you've got a number of "parked on the circuit" type shots. You need to retain some sense of motion in your pictures and you do that by using lower shutter speeds. Try using 1/320th max. for head-on / angled stuff and 1/200th to 1/16o for the side on pans.

[Steiny]

Thank you very much. These are exactly the sort of comments that I am looking for. I will be at the track on Sat and will try some of those settings.

You've got some nice shots there but my main criticism would be shutter speed. On some of the daylight shots I'm seeing shutter speeds of 1/1000th (and higher) of a second being used for side-on pan shots. That's way too high and consequently you've got a number of "parked on the circuit" type shots. You need to retain some sense of motion in your pictures and you do that by using lower shutter speeds. Try using 1/320th max. for head-on / angled stuff and 1/200th to 1/16o for the side on pans.