Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing

Kamik636 · 14th of August 2007 (Tue)

Here's a few pics i took from this past weekend's Thunder in the Valley Drag race event. It's a big yearly thing over here, and this year i got unrestricted access, so i could roam around anywhere i wanted. Only had to use 2 lenses too, my rented 70-200 2.8IS, and my 85 1.2. I was going to rent a T/S lens too, but couldn't justify the cost, maybe next time. Saw a bunch of other photogs there, most using canon(20/30d's), 1 or 2 nikons though and i even saw an olympus

Here's a random sampling of some of the pics i took.
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srn_photo · 14th of August 2007 (Tue)

Dang these are dope. I love the silverish haze over the pics. The first one with the tire wrinkle is sick!

sethmo · 14th of August 2007 (Tue)

Very cool shots! The first one has a nice 80s look to it

Etnies · 14th of August 2007 (Tue)

Great shots here, nice work.

JonMoss · 14th of August 2007 (Tue)

Love number 3 - any P&P there? Really like the way it looks.

Kamik636 · 14th of August 2007 (Tue)

Thanks for the replies. All of them have been PP'd, i got lazy and just used my Lucisart plugin for all of them, in varying degrees. #2 and 3 were shot with my 85mm wide open at 1.2

Travisj · 15th of August 2007 (Wed)

Great shots, well done. T

CH3NO2 · 15th of August 2007 (Wed)

Great series. I'm really like the processing on the shot of the slingshot dragster. The starting line also looks pretty tore-up. Can see a few spots where the rubber has peeled off the track.

funkybuddha · 16th of August 2007 (Thu)

did you put these pics through a high pass filter in pshop?

Kamik636 · 16th of August 2007 (Thu)

Quote:

Originally Posted by funkybuddha

did you put these pics through a high pass filter in pshop?

Nope, I just used a small amount of USM for them, on top of the lucisart.

adamsti · 17th of August 2007 (Fri)

Love the front engine dragster. Take about dangerous though. Looks like it is a runway, no guardrails at all!!

rjcanon · 17th of August 2007 (Fri)

I really like the PP on these... good work!

Kamik636 · 17th of August 2007 (Fri)

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamsti

Love the front engine dragster. Take about dangerous though. Looks like it is a runway, no guardrails at all!!

Yep, it is actually just an airport runway, once a year when they hold this event it's converted into a dragstrip for the weekend. The crowd is about 30-40ft away and is separated from the track by a fence and a row of logs though, and there's only the tower on the other side. Hasn't been too many problems in the 5 years or so the event has been held, and i hope it stays that way.

bob393 · 17th of August 2007 (Fri)

Great shots!

ieatstars · 17th of August 2007 (Fri)

Wow!! Incredible shots, and I love the effect.

14th of August 2007 (Tue)	#1
Kamik636 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 185 IMAGE EDITING OK	Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Here's a few pics i took from this past weekend's Thunder in the Valley Drag race event. It's a big yearly thing over here, and this year i got unrestricted access, so i could roam around anywhere i wanted. Only had to use 2 lenses too, my rented 70-200 2.8IS, and my 85 1.2. I was going to rent a T/S lens too, but couldn't justify the cost, maybe next time. Saw a bunch of other photogs there, most using canon(20/30d's), 1 or 2 nikons though and i even saw an olympus Here's a random sampling of some of the pics i took. 1 2 3 4 5 __________________ \| Canon \| Elinchrom \| Last edited by Kamik636 : 14th of August 2007 (Tue) at 14:49. Reason: fixed links

14th of August 2007 (Tue)	#3
sethmo Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keokuk, IA Posts: 463 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Very cool shots! The first one has a nice 80s look to it __________________ -=sethmo - Canon EOS 50d=- Links: Website / Gear List

14th of August 2007 (Tue)	#4
Etnies Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 96 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Great shots here, nice work. __________________ Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi \| EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM \| EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

14th of August 2007 (Tue)	#5
JonMoss Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 205	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Love number 3 - any P&P there? Really like the way it looks. __________________ Canon EOS 1D MkIII, Canon EOS 5D 300 F2.8LIS, 200 F2.8LIS, 24-70 F2.8L, 17-40 F4L 100mm F2.8 Macro, Gitzo Carbon Monopod and Tripod + 4Macs Blog and flickr

14th of August 2007 (Tue)	#6
Kamik636 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 185 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Thanks for the replies. All of them have been PP'd, i got lazy and just used my Lucisart plugin for all of them, in varying degrees. #2 and 3 were shot with my 85mm wide open at 1.2 __________________ \| Canon \| Elinchrom \|

14th of August 2007 (Tue)	#2
srn_photo Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 300	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Dang these are dope. I love the silverish haze over the pics. The first one with the tire wrinkle is sick! __________________ I sell F***cking Cameras

15th of August 2007 (Wed)	#7
Travisj Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,783 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Great shots, well done. T

15th of August 2007 (Wed)	#8
CH3NO2 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 267	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Great series. I'm really like the processing on the shot of the slingshot dragster. The starting line also looks pretty tore-up. Can see a few spots where the rubber has peeled off the track. __________________ Canon 40D, G11 Tokina 28-80 f/2.8 Canon 100-400 L IS Sigma 10-20 Metz 58AF-1

16th of August 2007 (Thu)	#9
funkybuddha Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: calgary, canada Posts: 912	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing did you put these pics through a high pass filter in pshop? __________________ http://www.glencophotography.ca

17th of August 2007 (Fri)	#11
adamsti Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minooka, IL Posts: 1,542	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Love the front engine dragster. Take about dangerous though. Looks like it is a runway, no guardrails at all!! __________________ 7D, 5D MKIII, 17-40 f/4L, 24-70 f/2.8L, 70-200 f/2.8L IS, 300 f/2.8L IS, 500 f/4L IS, 1.4xII, 2.0xII "I love the smell of racing gas in the morning" http://www.timadamsphotography.com

17th of August 2007 (Fri)	#12
rjcanon Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NY Posts: 202 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing I really like the PP on these... good work! __________________ 1d MKIII, 1ds MKII, 1D Classic, 100-400L, 70-200 2.8L, 17-40 4L, 50mm 1.4, 100 2.8 macro, 580ex, Alien Bees + Pocket Wizards, Epson 2400, Lots of Mamiya 645 stuff (still need that medium format scanner)

17th of August 2007 (Fri)	#14
bob393 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Goshen, NY, USA Posts: 646	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Great shots! __________________ The equipment list: 20D, EF-S IS 17-85mm with hood and filters, EP-EX15, Grip BG-E2, 4 2GB SanDisk EXtream III CF cards, Dell Inspiron, Manfrotto 3205 Tripod, Lowepro Orion AW backpack, PowerShot A620, And an F1 system in it's case collecting dust!

17th of August 2007 (Fri)	#15
ieatstars Goldmember Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: All over the place Posts: 2,777	Re: Thunder in the Valley Drag Racing Wow!! Incredible shots, and I love the effect. __________________ The love of my life: f l i c k r ♥ Be my fan on F a c e b o o k!

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