ALMS at VIR Sept. 14-15

A few from this weekend's ALMS series at VIR. I expect the cars will look familiar, only the course has changed.

1. Recovering from a force off at turn 11. The driver did a great job avoiding the fence. Then getting the car turned around and back on the track.
And this was during morning warm-up/practice!

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They could use some work in post to give more contrast and saturation.

Image 5 is out of focus so for me it would go in the recycle bin. 2 and 3 are the best of the bunch you've posted.

Definitely need some post editing. I looked at your whole gallary and you got some pretty good shots they just need editing.

I really liked this one http://owenguion.zenfo​lio.com …88290/h432c1c82​#h432d2c1c.

I hope you don't mind me doing this, but I did a VERY quick edit in iPhoto, took about 20 seconds, and this is how it turned out. What do you think?

Bicknell55 wrote in post #15001278
They could use some work in post to give more contrast and saturation.

Image 5 is out of focus so for me it would go in the recycle bin. 2 and 3 are the best of the bunch you've posted.

I knew the Lola was OOF because I was focusing on the Patron Lotus at the time.
Any tip for getting both cars sharp under these conditions?

[QUOTE]Definitely need some post editing. I looked at your whole gallary and you got some pretty good shots they just need editing.[QUOTE]
Thanks, I haven't had time for post work or knowing what it would take to improve them. I'll make a second pass with some post.

V4her wrote in post #15002049
I knew the Lola was OOF because I was focusing on the Patron Lotus at the time.
Any tip for getting both cars sharp under these conditions?

If both cars are moving at different speeds then it is physically impossible unless you use a very high shutter speed. You may have been focusing on the Ferrari however it still looks OoF as well.

Bicknell55 wrote in post #15003607
If both cars are moving at different speeds then it is physically impossible unless you use a very high shutter speed. You may have been focusing on the Ferrari however it still looks OoF as well.

It's a moot point... the photo was taken with autoexposure setting. Camera was off on its own and user was a passenger.

JT

John Thawley wrote in post #15012299
It's a moot point... the photo was taken with autoexposure setting. Camera was off on its own and user was a passenger.

JT

Yes, I tend to shot aperture priority at races. You recommend full manual on every shot? I am a tad slow working the controls relative to just trying to get the shots. If exposure is going to vary from a lighter car to a darker one ...

I shoot full manual 90% of the time

NeherPhoto wrote in post #15014065
I shoot full manual 90% of the time

Same here.
I decide what shutter speed I want to shoot at, often metering off the track surface (which is often close enough to 18% grey). Then I do a few test shots of dark and light cars and look at the histogram to find a compromise setting something that works best for all cases.
-Brad