Long Beach Grand Prix

Few of my shots from this years race.

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these are really good

Very nice ! 2 and 4 are my favorites, I think.

Nice stuff thanks for sharing. Looks like some fence shadows in the turn 9 & 10 shots, tough place to shoot with all the fencing and crowd.

some of these look a tad out of focus... particularly 1/2/3

great capture, i wish we had events like this in NY.

Nice shots! For me the focus on your shots looks pretty good! The 2nd photo, it looks like the 2 cars in the background are lifting their inside wheels around the corner?

Great shots with some awesome panning shots

Nice compositions, your exposures look a little but hot though, maybe 1-1.5 stops over...

fatclay wrote in post #14315310
For me the focus on your shots looks pretty good!

I bet if you saw a 100% crop of the "Honda" or "Energizer" logos from the first image, or the "Sonnys" logo on the front wing of the second image, you'd think otherwise.

Even looking at the linked high res file, you can tell that the image isn't tack sharp:
http://www.flickr.com …2/sizes/l/in/ph​otostream/

Remember that the full size image is likely at least 5x the resolution of the image you see in this thread. It won't look good on a poster or even printed in a magazine.

JacobPhoto wrote in post #14320116
I bet if you saw a 100% crop of the "Honda" or "Energizer" logos from the first image, or the "Sonnys" logo on the front wing of the second image, you'd think otherwise.

Even looking at the linked high res file, you can tell that the image isn't tack sharp:
http://www.flickr.com …2/sizes/l/in/ph​otostream/

Remember that the full size image is likely at least 5x the resolution of the image you see in this thread. It won't look good on a poster or even printed in a magazine.

dear god, stop ****. this is all I see from most of your posts on this site (pertaining to threads that have photos).

maybe you should start looking at your own event coverage shots before you go criticizing anyone else's shots for being tack sharp, having camera shake, or not being in focus.

'these are really good' and 'very nice' don't help someone become a better shooter.

I assume that people post up images in the 'photo sharing' section because they are interested in feedback and becoming a better photographer. If that's not the case, correct me now. If I'm wrong, then maybe 'photo sharing' could be changed to 'photo fluffing' since only positive feedback is requested.

I posted my FD LB pics here:
https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1171705

I'm open to feedback and critique over there. Let me have em.

JacobPhoto wrote in post #14320709
'these are really good' and 'very nice' don't help someone become a better shooter.

I assume that people post up images in the 'photo sharing' section because they are interested in feedback and becoming a better photographer. If that's not the case, correct me now. If I'm wrong, then maybe 'photo sharing' could be changed to 'photo fluffing' since only positive feedback is requested.

I posted my FD LB pics here:
https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1171705

I'm open to feedback and critique over there. Let me have em.

wrong! you do nothing but tell people their problems in shots. If someone doesn't know how to fix it, then your "critique" offers no value. why not offer a solution rather than simply pointing out the problem?

the solution for photos that aren't tack sharp like the photos in this thread is likely just practice practice practice. Maybe try a slightly slower shutter speed, or adding a monopod to keep your lens on the same vertical plane while you pan horizontally.

The solution to most issues with photos is simply practice. But if you don't know what is wrong with each photo, you won't know how to correct it.

anyways, to offer some assitance where others are lacking.

I agree that they are a touch hot. how were they metered? At Long Beach for FD, I try not to use spot metering because lots of times it'll find a darker area and then you end up with a blown image. Luckily, I think most of these could be adjusted in post.

as for camera shake / oof, use a manually selected single AF point. I know the 5DMKII is not great with tracking so try to keep that in the middle of the frame. with that being said, you'll probably need to compose accordingly and try to get the closest part of the car in the center of the image where the AF point is. You can crop into the image a slight bit to get the composition desired if you want.

As for tack sharp, try to match your shutter speed to your focal length (or get close to it). For me at Long Beach, I ND the **** out of the lens to get this done. Doing this also gets the wheel spin you're looking for (good job on that in these shots) Not everything will come out perfectly but hopefully you'll get more consistent results.

Also, the last shot is my favorite. i love those mustangs and especially that color.