Northwest 200 Thursday Practice

jim9449 · 10th of May 2007 (Thu)

Hi went to the practice at the Northwest 200, first time shooting motorbike racing, all taken at York corner
10D 80-200 f2.8
C&C welcome
Thanks for looking

1
Adrian Archibald Tas Racing

2
Ian Lougher

3
Serve Plater

4
Ian Lougher

5
Flying Kiwi Bruce Anstey

6
this one is specially for gsgary his favorite rider John McGuinness

7
John McGuinness

pepperoni · 10th of May 2007 (Thu)

Nice crisp shots!
If I would change anything, I'd have you try a slower shutter speed to get more sense of motion and speed.
$.02

Klippie · 10th of May 2007 (Thu)

Excellent shots great stuff, as previoulsy said try a slightly slower shutter speed something around 160th/sec for good wheel/background blurr.

Please post some of the racing when it starts...

jim9449 · 10th of May 2007 (Thu)

Quote:

Originally Posted by pepperoni

Nice crisp shots!
If I would change anything, I'd have you try a slower shutter speed to get more sense of motion and speed.
$.02

Thanks for your advice pepp

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klippie

Excellent shots great stuff, as previoulsy said try a slightly slower shutter speed something around 160th/sec for good wheel/background blurr.

Please post some of the racing when it starts...

Klippie cheers for your remarks, sorry I won't be able to make the racing on Saturday, thats why I went tonight

This was shot at 1/200

Jonathan · 11th of May 2007 (Fri)

Love the shots - shame about the clipped rear tyre ion #1 but the rest look great to me.

jim9449 · 11th of May 2007 (Fri)

Few more from the Practice, the rest can be seen at
http://jim9449.smugmug.com/gallery/2829886
Fastest man in practice Michael Rutter. Lap speed 122 MPH

Steve Plater

Ian Hutchinson

Ian Lougher

Adrian Archibald

John McGuinness

Guy Martin second fastest in practice at 121 mph

jim9449 · 11th of May 2007 (Fri)

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemminglover

Love the shots - shame about the clipped rear tyre ion #1 but the rest look great to me.

Ta lemminglover will take that on board

gsgary · 12th of May 2007 (Sat)

Great shots for your first time Jim, as the others said drop your shutter speed
I think Rutter will be the one to beat just like his dad in the 70's-80's one of the top riders of his time at the NW200, If you can get hold of a copy of The road Racers and V four Victory it shows Joey as a young lad starting, they were called The Armoy Armada Joey Dunlop Frank Kennedy, Mervyn Robinson (joey's brother in law) and Jim Dunlop sadly only Jim is still with us all the others lost thier lives to thier love of racing

dessie · 13th of May 2007 (Sun)

good pics Jim like the one with john Mcguinness eyes through the visor.

jim9449 · 13th of May 2007 (Sun)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gsgary

Great shots for your first time Jim, as the others said drop your shutter speed
I think Rutter will be the one to beat just like his dad in the 70's-80's one of the top riders of his time at the NW200, If you can get hold of a copy of The road Racers and V four Victory it shows Joey as a young lad starting, they were called The Armoy Armada Joey Dunlop Frank Kennedy, Mervyn Robinson (joey's brother in law) and Jim Dunlop sadly only Jim is still with us all the others lost thier lives to thier love of racing

Thanks Gary, tend to sill think on Rugby lines trying to stop the action, completely different racing is,

Quote:

Originally Posted by dessie

good pics Jim like the one with john McGuinness eyes through the visor.

Thanks dessie, was trying to get that shot with the eyes, tried a lot but some have dark visors

10th of May 2007 (Thu)	#2
pepperoni Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 980 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Northwest 200 Thursday Practice Nice crisp shots! If I would change anything, I'd have you try a slower shutter speed to get more sense of motion and speed. $.02 __________________ Mamiya. Canon. Elinchrom.

10th of May 2007 (Thu)	#3
Klippie Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 160 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Northwest 200 Thursday Practice Excellent shots great stuff, as previoulsy said try a slightly slower shutter speed something around 160th/sec for good wheel/background blurr. Please post some of the racing when it starts... __________________ EOS 30D - Tamron SP AF24-135mm - Sigma APO 100-300mm EX HSM - Kenko 300pro 1.4x - Manfrotto 680B & 468RC2 - plus a few memory cards. Last edited by Klippie : 10th of May 2007 (Thu) at 17:57.

11th of May 2007 (Fri)	#5
Jonathan Cream of the Crop Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lydd, Kent, UK Posts: 6,917 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Northwest 200 Thursday Practice Love the shots - shame about the clipped rear tyre ion #1 but the rest look great to me. __________________ "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet" - Winston Churchill My blog site My Gear List My Flickr

11th of May 2007 (Fri)	#6
jim9449 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,428 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Northwest 200 Thursday Practice Few more from the Practice, the rest can be seen at http://jim9449.smugmug.com/gallery/2829886 Fastest man in practice Michael Rutter. Lap speed 122 MPH Steve Plater Ian Hutchinson Ian Lougher Adrian Archibald John McGuinness Guy Martin second fastest in practice at 121 mph Last edited by jim9449 : 16th of August 2007 (Thu) at 17:11.

12th of May 2007 (Sat)	#8
gsgary Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chesterfield,UK Posts: 1,283	Re: Northwest 200 Thursday Practice Great shots for your first time Jim, as the others said drop your shutter speed I think Rutter will be the one to beat just like his dad in the 70's-80's one of the top riders of his time at the NW200, If you can get hold of a copy of The road Racers and V four Victory it shows Joey as a young lad starting, they were called The Armoy Armada Joey Dunlop Frank Kennedy, Mervyn Robinson (joey's brother in law) and Jim Dunlop sadly only Jim is still with us all the others lost thier lives to thier love of racing

10th of May 2007 (Thu)	#1
jim9449 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,428 IMAGE EDITING OK	Northwest 200 Thursday Practice Hi went to the practice at the Northwest 200, first time shooting motorbike racing, all taken at York corner 10D 80-200 f2.8 C&C welcome Thanks for looking 1 Adrian Archibald Tas Racing 2 Ian Lougher 3 Serve Plater 4 Ian Lougher 5 Flying Kiwi Bruce Anstey 6 this one is specially for gsgary his favorite rider John McGuinness 7 John McGuinness Last edited by jim9449 : 16th of August 2007 (Thu) at 15:00.

13th of May 2007 (Sun)	#9
dessie Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 739	Re: Northwest 200 Thursday Practice good pics Jim like the one with john Mcguinness eyes through the visor.

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