A day out at the festival of speed

A few selected pics from my day at goodwood 2007.

my 30D is once again being fixed by canon uk (not a happy bunny) but fortunately my sister lent me her 5D for the day.

those who were there will know the light at times was shocking, but all good fun.

very nice - much better than your previous attempts

1st one is a corker

any PP on these?

Dave_G wrote in post #3425970
very nice - much better than your previous attempts

1st one is a corker

any PP on these?

i think the fact that the focusing system is working on the 5D unlike my 30D helped an awful lot.

minor PP as you expect from me, auto levels and tiny bit of unsharp mask (although tbh dont think most needed it i was just being causious)

didnt get as much done as i wanted, as its just bloody hard to get the hillclimb action from nice spots, so spent more time in the forest

aye know what you mean

the FoS is an event you probably need to spend two days at if you want loads of variety in your pics...

yes deffo, i missed out on so much! its just so expensive to go and get lots of people in the way of my shots on sat/sun

Puts my pics to shame How do you get yours so sharp?

Matt T wrote in post #3426399
Puts my pics to shame How do you get yours so sharp?

lol thanks! its just practice, a few weekends ago they were not sharp atall (ok camera was faulty but even so) You just need to get to grips with them.

I have found that the new lens i bought 70-200 f2.8 IS L helped, but thats because my only other lens didnt give me any focal range to do motorsport images.

I still feel the pics are not as sharp and crisp as id like.

just keep praciticing is the order of the day

Fancy posting shutter speeds etc? I have a real problem with head on shots so could use the help

the exif should still be in the images, if you want to read the exif of all my images.

i usually shoot at 320/400 for head on/slight angle.

although i expect a few in there are not lol

i also select center point focusing if you have not done so.

all these tips were what i was told by DaveG off here btw

Great work, I love all pictures of rally cars!

A lot better, did you have the extra focus points activated in the custom function as they do help a LOT in ai servo. But what do I know, my name isn't Jak.

Great shots, loving the supra one of course

PaulEY wrote in post #3427686
A lot better, did you have the extra focus points activated in the custom function as they do help a LOT in ai servo. But what do I know, my name isn't Jak.

i just used center focus point. I didnt use any custom functions as its my sisters camera and i dont want to go activating different settings and forget to remove them.

She probably has them switched on anyway, if you looked at the shots on the rear screen you would have seen the extra focus points highlights in red around the center point.