[PIC_THREAD] Sports, Action, Transportation

Throttle · 17 Jan 2013 at 03:30

i thought id contribute. I went to the WOR events Tough One at the weekend it is one of a number of extreme enduros held each year. They include, Hells Gate in Italy which runs into the night and was won last year by the UK rider Graham Jarvis, Erzberg in Austria which fields around 1800 competitors and was won last year by the UK rider Jonny Walker and the Romaniacs thought to be one of the Worlds toughest Hard Enduro-Rallye in the Carpathian mountains above the city of Sibiu which Jarvis won last year. The events are very hard and riders with a back ground in trials tend to do well.

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MouseMat2004 · 4 Feb 2013 at 17:40

Hillclimbs

Motocross

Motorcycle Trackdays

GTAMADDOG · 10 Feb 2013 at 12:17

A few from the Team GMF Wyedean Forest Rally yesterday:

IMG_1158 by GTAMADDOG, on Flickr

IMG_1149 by GTAMADDOG, on Flickr

IMG_1185 by GTAMADDOG, on Flickr

IMG_1189 by GTAMADDOG, on Flickr

IMG_1238 by GTAMADDOG, on Flickr

Couldn't get into the swing of things on the panning front this year. I also need to buy a decent flash as well as I couldn't get any decent shots when it started to get darker.

Rojin · 10 Feb 2013 at 12:21

Nice, I was going to go but having a stinking cold meant I couldn't drag myself out if bed early in the morning (that and playing WoT to 4am!).

Jimmy1983 · 10 Feb 2013 at 13:29

Great shots Rojin, can you tell me how you manage to keep focus nailed with such low shutter speeds?

Rojin · 10 Feb 2013 at 14:07

Jimmy1983 said:
Great shots Rojin, can you tell me how you manage to keep focus nailed with such low shutter speeds?

It's practice practice practice, and I still get loads of blurred shots when going for the slow shutter speeds. Plant your feet roughly perpendicular to the track, then smoothly pan with your upper body. I like to also get shots as cars head towards me and going away, as getting the side on shots all the time can get a bit boring. The side on is the easiest to get, this is where digital excels as you can click away to your hearts content!

La Vie en Bleu 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr

The shutter speed you use will depend on the speed the cars are going, and in sunlight you're going to be at f16 and above so an nd filter can be a good idea ( I'm getting one this year). I've got a CPL but don't find it too useful as I don't take fixed shots where I can set one up.

Jimmy1983 · 10 Feb 2013 at 15:44

Rojin said:
Autumn Classic 2012 @ Prescott Speed Hill Climb

Autumn Classic 2012 @ Prescott Speed Hill Climb

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This one reminds me off Darren Heath. Love that guy.

Rojin said:
It's practice practice practice, and I still get loads of blurred shots when going for the slow shutter speeds. Plant your feet roughly perpendicular to the track, then smoothly pan with your upper body. I like to also get shots as cars head towards me and going away, as getting the side on shots all the time can get a bit boring. The side on is the easiest to get, this is where digital excels as you can click away to your hearts content!

La Vie en Bleu 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr

The shutter speed you use will depend on the speed the cars are going, and in sunlight you're going to be at f16 and above so an nd filter can be a good idea ( I'm getting one this year). I've got a CPL but don't find it too useful as I don't take fixed shots where I can set one up.

Yeah I do love motorsport, really want to try it again.

Rojin · 10 Feb 2013 at 16:37

Jimmy1983 said:
This one reminds me off Darren Heath. Love that guy.

Yeah I do love motorsport, really want to try it again.

Just Google'd him, I wouldn't mind just carrying his camera bag around for the day! :cool:

Rojin · 10 Feb 2013 at 22:01

Make the trees disappear!

D.P. · 12 Feb 2013 at 05:50

Santa Cruz surfing

Rojin · 15 Feb 2013 at 21:53

munge · 16 Feb 2013 at 19:04

Quite liked this, my old 350D and 70-300, can't seem to find the heaps of others that are I think on my old desktop that'll need plugging in...
Though loving the panning motion shots in some of these.

0271 by munge, on Flickr

Rojin · 20 Feb 2013 at 21:50

domthecondom · 23 Mar 2013 at 20:42

Rojin · 28 Mar 2013 at 00:34

Lotus @ Prescott Speed Hill Climb by jj_glos, on Flickr

munge · 28 Mar 2013 at 08:28

Rojin said:
Lotus @ Prescott Speed Hill Climb by jj_glos, on Flickr

You seem to have got the panning with blur thing going really well, did it require much practice? I should imagine it would be very easy to leave the car not quite sharp too.

And are these from a hill climb?

Rojin · 28 Mar 2013 at 10:24

munge said:
You seem to have got the panning with blur thing going really well, did it require much practice? I should imagine it would be very easy to leave the car not quite sharp too.

And are these from a hill climb?

It's pretty simple to do in all honesty, it only gets trickier when you start using slow shutter speeds and shooting at an angle (I.e. not a side on pan). This is where digital is great as you can just shoot away and get instant feedback. When shooting a low shutter speed <1/60 I don't get loads of keepers, but it's all good fun.

Yes it's at Prescott Speed Hill Climb which is near Cheltenham. It's a nice day out. The La Vie en Bleu is a French themed event they run, tickets for that are currently £7 on one of the discount sites...

Cosimo · 28 Mar 2013 at 13:23

Rojin said:
Lotus @ Prescott Speed Hill Climb

That is excellent.

For a second or two I thought that Jim Clarke was at the wheel.

Jimmy1983 · 28 Mar 2013 at 21:21

Couple from me

An Exception · 28 Mar 2013 at 21:49