Toronto Honda Indy | 2012

Today admission was free to the grounds of the Indy here in Toronto so I headed out early in the morning to take in the atmosphere, loud noises, and just try to get some shots! I have never shot motorsports before, never done panning before and it was a challenge! These cars were moving really fast so to keep up with them I had to overcome some issues. First was the double fencing anywhere I went, so AF was jumping all over the place. Since my aperture was well above f/11 for most panning shots, I went with manual focus and just pre focussed on a spot on the track. All I had to do was pan and try to keep up with the cars. My 5D2 did very well, buffer never held me back and just helped me stay focused on getting the shot rather than worrying about other things. Enough talk, photos!

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Those Horizontal lines bug me.

EL_PIC wrote in post #14681354
Those Horizontal lines bug me.

Im with you on that one. Wasn't up to me unfortunately, double fencing was horrendous today.

Nice Tony, like 5 thru 8 best

The fencing is brutal in Toronto for sure.

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nice shot! Next year I should post a thread to see if any POTN members are going. What time did you go?

I hosted a small event with TPMG. A small group of us started at about 11AM and stayed until the Ferraris went out to qualify at 5.

ions wrote in post #14683344
I hosted a small event with TPMG. A small group of us started at about 11AM and stayed until the Ferraris went out to qualify at 5.

Aw man! I was there from around 9:30 and left at Noon. I just missed the Ferraris on the track, but got enough of them in the paddock area

Those 458s are stunningly gorgeous cars.

ions wrote in post #14683382
Those 458s are stunningly gorgeous cars.

You're telling me! And they sounded absolutely immense. I only heard them start up, not actually race, and they sounded better than the Indy cars