Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take

LiMPiNg · 11th of June 2012 (Mon)

I was at the Montreal Grand Prix this weekend and brought a Canon 70-300L 4.0-5.6 IS with me. I've been to track days with friends, but never shot anything like this before, and as an F1 fan it was on my bucket list. I was located in the grandstands at turns 6&7 and here's my take on the race so far - I haven't had much time to process photos. All images are clickable to get to larger versions at Flickr, and any comments are appreciated.

1. Webber's Turn

2. Nico's Portrait

3. Smoking Lewis

4. Follow the Leader

5. Puff of Blue

6. Button Out of Six

7. Alonso's Office

8. Hamilton Celebrates Montreal

FlyingPhotog · 11th of June 2012 (Mon)

Nice series but they all look a little "dense" here...

Blacks are very heavy.

pwm2 · 11th of June 2012 (Mon)

What was the light situation there? I'm a bit confused because some of them looks quite dark but still have some parts of the paint job very light. Almost a bit like objects lit by "black light" at a disco.

LiMPiNg · 11th of June 2012 (Mon)

FlyingPhotog: Hmmm, I do like my edits "contrasty" but perhaps working on this laptop is compounding the contrast while editing and I'm not realizing it. Thanks for the tip and I'll keep it in mind.

pwm2: It was bright sun overhead and in my face basically, and then panning left and right across it, but then there was also times of thin cloud cover giving an odd cast of the sunlight. I had a CP attached for the race (had it on for half of Saturday's action) and so I'm not sure if it is giving the effect you describe, or perhaps it might be in my editing. Maybe a bit of both.

adilh · 12th of June 2012 (Tue)

I like!

kurt segers · 12th of June 2012 (Tue)

As a lifelong fan of fast, shiny red F1 cars I just love nr 7

freezingcoffee · 12th of June 2012 (Tue)

I was there too! Stand 22. Excellent race.

LiMPiNg · 13th of June 2012 (Wed)

Fixed the dead links and toned down the blacks.

11th of June 2012 (Mon)	#1
LiMPiNg Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 55 IMAGE EDITING OK	Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take I was at the Montreal Grand Prix this weekend and brought a Canon 70-300L 4.0-5.6 IS with me. I've been to track days with friends, but never shot anything like this before, and as an F1 fan it was on my bucket list. I was located in the grandstands at turns 6&7 and here's my take on the race so far - I haven't had much time to process photos. All images are clickable to get to larger versions at Flickr, and any comments are appreciated. 1. Webber's Turn 2. Nico's Portrait 3. Smoking Lewis 4. Follow the Leader 5. Puff of Blue 6. Button Out of Six 7. Alonso's Office 8. Hamilton Celebrates Montreal __________________ Canon 40D + BG-E2 \| Sigma 17-70mm \| Canon 70-200L f4 \| Yongnuo YN468 Last edited by LiMPiNg : 13th of June 2012 (Wed) at 22:02.

11th of June 2012 (Mon)	#2
FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft Posts: 57,118	Re: Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take Nice series but they all look a little "dense" here... Blacks are very heavy. __________________ Jay Crosswind Images *Facebook Fan Page* "If you aren't getting extraordinary images from today's dSLRs, regardless of brand, it's not the camera!" - Bill Fortney, Nikon Corp.

11th of June 2012 (Mon)	#3
pwm2 "Sorry for being a noob" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,308 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take What was the light situation there? I'm a bit confused because some of them looks quite dark but still have some parts of the paint job very light. Almost a bit like objects lit by "black light" at a disco. __________________ 5DMk2 + BG-E6 \| 40D + BG-E2N \| 350D + BG-E3 + RC-1 \| Elan 7E \| Minolta Dimage 7U \| (Gear thread) 10-22 \| 16-35/2.8 L II \| 20-35 \| 24-105 L IS \| 28-135 IS \| 50/1.8 II \| 70-200/2.8 L IS \| 100/2.8 L IS \| 100-400 L IS \| Sigma 18-200DC Speedlite 420EZ \| Speedlite 580EX \| EF 1.4x II \| EF 2x II

11th of June 2012 (Mon)	#4
LiMPiNg Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 55 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take FlyingPhotog: Hmmm, I do like my edits "contrasty" but perhaps working on this laptop is compounding the contrast while editing and I'm not realizing it. Thanks for the tip and I'll keep it in mind. pwm2: It was bright sun overhead and in my face basically, and then panning left and right across it, but then there was also times of thin cloud cover giving an odd cast of the sunlight. I had a CP attached for the race (had it on for half of Saturday's action) and so I'm not sure if it is giving the effect you describe, or perhaps it might be in my editing. Maybe a bit of both. __________________ Canon 40D + BG-E2 \| Sigma 17-70mm \| Canon 70-200L f4 \| Yongnuo YN468

12th of June 2012 (Tue)	#5
adilh Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Nevada Posts: 459	Re: Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take I like! __________________ 1Ds Mkii \| 5DMkii \| 50D \| 7D \|17-40 L\|70-200 2.8 IS L \|24-70 2.8 L\| 50&85 1.8\|100 2.8 \| & Still Suffering from Gear Acquisition Syndrome Flicker\|Facebook]\|Adil Photography website \| Feedback1 \|Feedback2\| Zenfolio 10%off : F18-9FY-CYX

12th of June 2012 (Tue)	#6
kurt segers Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Belgium Posts: 52 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take As a lifelong fan of fast, shiny red F1 cars I just love nr 7 __________________ Canon 550D / 18-135 kit lens / nifty fifty A few photos on Flickr

12th of June 2012 (Tue)	#7
freezingcoffee Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 40	Re: Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take I was there too! Stand 22. Excellent race. __________________ 5D MKii, 24-105L, 16-35 II L, 15mm Fisheye, 40mm Pancake, 50mm 1.8, and a 580 exII

13th of June 2012 (Wed)	#8
LiMPiNg Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 55 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Montreal F1 Grand Prix - My Take Fixed the dead links and toned down the blacks. __________________ Canon 40D + BG-E2 \| Sigma 17-70mm \| Canon 70-200L f4 \| Yongnuo YN468

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