Fast Ford in the Wet

Taken at historic race meeting in Melbourne Australia

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nice catch, but focus seems off a bit. The person to the left is a bit distracting

very nice

This is a lot better than the other shot in terms of focusing and I do like the composition with the fence in the foreground and the car exiting the frame with the spray trailing behind. BUT - the person in the left of frame is very distracting. You've got the right idea about how to shoot, but when selecting a trackside vantage point, you must look around you for objects that could creep into the frame unintentionally and spoil a good shot.

Many thanks for your constructive comments. I guess I had the idea that the person & umbrella added a quirky contrast & contradiction to the photo. But on reflection I was taking the focus off the race car - ultimately not a good thing. See my revised crop below. Cheers, Rob

Rob, the revised crop looks much better. :-)

 

I can see what you were trying to achieve with the idea of spectator with the umbrella though - where you could have gotten that to work is if you were shooting the car head on instead if a vantage point were available for you to do that. ;-)

 

I have added a link to a shot that I took during the Gate-a-Mation Citroen 2CV 24 hour race at Snetterton that might be of interest to you:

 

http://v8.macmillan.co.uk/s_images/wittyfiles/pics/web_galleries/2004_snet_2cv/images/IMG_5061.jpg