sv_n 0 Posted August 9, 2009 HOLY MOLY!!! His knees are like what 1 inch from the floor?? This is an insane picture that made me cringe =) But on the technical aspect, it is very impressive you captured him so clearly. They must've been going so fast you'd have to plan ahead of where they'd be..right? Link to comment
John Crowe 165 Posted August 10, 2009 I will continue posting images from this race. I have two where the knee pad is touching the ground. I have been photographing from this location for over ten years. This is the first year that I tried autofocus, and while I think it was working out okay I quickly got frustrated when the camera would not achieve focus lock on every attempt. I am not sure that is something I can turn off on my D2X or not. I will have to check. So yes I went back to my tried and true prefocus method. With such limited depth of field I had to decide exactly where I wanted the bike to be to get the shot. I found that spot on the ground and left the focus set at that distance and turned off the autofocus. Confirming focus using the rear LCD was a blessing compared to the days of film. This was the first year that I shot two successive shots for each attempt. The first shot when I thought the bike was in the right place and the second shot which generally was the one that was in correct focus. I was shooting at 5 fps. It is the tightest turn on the track so I suspect that they are going somewhere between 60 and 100 kph, or 35 to 60 mph. The weather was crap, again, so I did not get as many different angles as I prefer. Thanks for your comments! Link to comment
jeff_crowe1 0 Posted August 11, 2009 Very nice. Apart from the difficulty in getting such a perfect shot, the fact that there are three of them in a row at the same angle really is impressive! Link to comment
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