V8 Supercars at Indy
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:07 amAll taken from the Holiday Inn (Friday and Sunday)
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:07 amPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:09 amFantastic Mark i love them all, Great pics and love the flame throwers but yeh seems like a good spot to get pics from.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:14 amHi
Great shots gotta love those V8s
Jeff
Great shots gotta love those V8s
Jeff
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:59 amGreat shots! 
Gee don't think he went too close in the 2nd pic 
What lens did you use?
Gee don't think he went too close in the 2nd pic
What lens did you use?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:14 pmhey mark .. nice shots #4 is the one i like ( a tad dark ) well done
cheers rob
cheers rob
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:46 pmGreat shots, love them all. My fav is the 2nd one with the Dodo car brake locking and BANG up the back of Murphy's. Great colours the V8's make on pictures.
Cheers,
Bill
Cheers,
Bill
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:09 pmThanks folks.
Piro, it was Nikkor 80-400 VR (courtesy of Oneputt, have to save my pennies )
Bill, I have a few others in the same sequence. He was definately giving him a bit of a touch up.
Piro, it was Nikkor 80-400 VR (courtesy of Oneputt, have to save my pennies
)
Bill, I have a few others in the same sequence. He was definately giving him a bit of a touch up.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:13 pmGreat shots. Love the shots of Richards having a nibble at Murphy.
Nice spot for shooting too.
Good to see you kept the lens on the cars!
Nice spot for shooting too.
Good to see you kept the lens on the cars!
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:43 pmGreat clear pics Slider. I like the first one.. only thing better would have been seeing Lounds win Batherst as well !! Next year
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:06 pmThanks guys.
Here is another one of the lad at work
Here is another one of the lad at work
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:29 pmSome great shots there, looks like a good vantage point
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:20 pm
This is me - green with envy.
#1 - you got to spend lots of time watching the cars
#2 - your shots are awesome.
Ahhhhhhhh.
I particularly like the bumper to bumper shots!
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:36 pmThanks Mudder and Kinetic.
It is very hard at Surfers to get a spot with no FENCES but still reasonably low down.
Thankfully my hosts at Holiday Inn have a nice gap in the trees from the 2nd floor restaurant. Enabled me to get some nice shots.
In between drinks, prawns, oysters etc. etc.
Tough job but someone's got to do it. 
It is very hard at Surfers to get a spot with no FENCES but still reasonably low down.
Thankfully my hosts at Holiday Inn have a nice gap in the trees from the 2nd floor restaurant. Enabled me to get some nice shots.
In between drinks, prawns, oysters etc. etc.
Tough job but someone's got to do it. Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:41 pmSlider wrote:... In between drinks, prawns, oysters etc. etc.
Ah, now you're just gloating... As I would too if I was there!
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:45 pmmudder wrote:Slider wrote:... In between drinks, prawns, oysters etc. etc.
Ah, now you're just gloating... As I would too if I was there!
Couldn't resist
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:54 pmNice shots Mark . I really like the 2nd shot of Richards and Murphy .The colour looks really bang on it and i like the composition .
The two of Lowndes look like they need a little bit of a bump of contrast/saturation and the McConville shot with the flames looks a bit dark . Did you shoot these RAW or jpeg ?
Looks like it was a great weekend up there . Amazing how they spend a month turning the place upside down and inside out to host that race for one weekend then pack it all away again.
The two of Lowndes look like they need a little bit of a bump of contrast/saturation and the McConville shot with the flames looks a bit dark . Did you shoot these RAW or jpeg ?
Looks like it was a great weekend up there . Amazing how they spend a month turning the place upside down and inside out to host that race for one weekend then pack it all away again.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:12 pmSuberb shots Mark - congratulations on some real pole-position images!
My fav is the side-by-side of Johnson & Kelly. PS - Don't forget your mates next year!!!
My fav is the side-by-side of Johnson & Kelly. PS - Don't forget your mates next year!!!
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:37 pmThanks Tony , Simon,
Tony, Here is another with some of teh adjustments you suggested.
It was very overcast there on Friday. This one seems to be better yellows but I am not so sure about teh blue. Might have overdone it. What do you think.
Shot in Jpeg (mode Ia) to squeeze more in and give faster multi-shot sequences.
Tony, Here is another with some of teh adjustments you suggested.
It was very overcast there on Friday. This one seems to be better yellows but I am not so sure about teh blue. Might have overdone it. What do you think.
Shot in Jpeg (mode Ia) to squeeze more in and give faster multi-shot sequences.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:35 pmHey Mark . Yep that looks better . I find yellows are a tough colour to rescue when it isn't right straight out of the gun .Over exposed or under.I've had some luck with photoshop using the match colour adjustment .
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:39 pmMight be over done, but i love it and really it is not that bad looks like lots of contrast. love it, love it looks cool and these were great shots.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:10 pmSlider,
Great shots mate. I know the hassles in getting V8's to look good.
Did you try any panning slow shutter shots?
I like the different angle, makes a nice change from the usual side on shots that most of us poor folk are stuck with
I like the contrast in the Lowndes falcon that you just posted. I find the Supercars look nice with the brightness lowered and contrast pumped up, gives a nice 'magazine' feel to the image.
Well done all round!
Great shots mate. I know the hassles in getting V8's to look good.
Did you try any panning slow shutter shots?
I like the different angle, makes a nice change from the usual side on shots that most of us poor folk are stuck with
I like the contrast in the Lowndes falcon that you just posted. I find the Supercars look nice with the brightness lowered and contrast pumped up, gives a nice 'magazine' feel to the image.
Well done all round!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:35 pmThanks BBJ, Raskill,
Couldn't really get a good position for panning at a slower speed from where I was (without going through the fence). I usually take a few like that to get the nice blurred wheels and background. Great for showjumping too
Got a few from pit lane. This one's at 1/160 @ f/22
Couldn't really get a good position for panning at a slower speed from where I was (without going through the fence). I usually take a few like that to get the nice blurred wheels and background. Great for showjumping too
Got a few from pit lane. This one's at 1/160 @ f/22