Auto Sports With 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II

[rpcrowe]

This is the first of many panning shots. ISO 100, 100mm. f/13 at 1/125 second

I am falling in love with this lens. I shot this using Mode 3 of the marvelous IS capability.

[Dave Humphries]

Very nice Richard, glad you're enjoying the new lens so much.

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[Donald]

Superb panning shot, Richard.

[rpcrowe]

I was so close to these cars that I was shooting on the shortest focal length of this lens...
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[joebranko]

Great work in the planning!

[NorthernFocus]

Some awesome shots, Richard. Glad you treated yourself to the new lens and are enjoying it.

[rpcrowe]

When I purchase something as expensive as this lens, it is always gratifying to enjoy using it.

I am lucky that I was able to try out the previous version of this lens because I didn't like it at all...

Now I know why these little Mazda and Honda sports cars hold their value. There's a group of folks ready to purchase them for this sport!

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Richard,

Having now seen your later post with 3 more shots, I am intrigued by the letters adjacent to the numbers, these are mostly "STR", plus one "CAMC" - do you (or anyone) know of their significance - is it a classification of the race events/league they are racing in?

Thanks, Dave

[rpcrowe]

Hi Richard,

Having now seen your later post with 3 more shots, I am intrigued by the letters adjacent to the numbers, these are mostly "STR", plus one "CAMC" - do you (or anyone) know of their significance - is it a classification of the race events/league they are racing in?

Thanks, Dave

I have posted the question on my club site. The host for this event drives these cars in addition to being a photographer. Off hand, it looks like the letter designator may be for the class of vehicle.

The vehicles with designators "CAM-C" were full size American cars like these two...




They were also competing in the same groupings.

I like how 1/125 second exposure keeps the car relatively sharp with the backgrounds blurry. I also like the spinning wheels blurred. I won't be afraid to use that slow a shutter speed for propeller aircraft at the next airshows I will be attending...

[IzzieK]

Excellent panning, Richard. I have not done this for a very long time.

[Rebel]

Nice panning Richard, I've tried this myself and its quite difficult to get right!

[rpcrowe]

Matt,
That's the advantage of digital... We can shoot a multitude of shots (I used high speed burst) and then dump all but the ones we like. Most of use could never afford to do this when shooting film...

[Wavelength]

Very nice images.... i too want to do some panning

[rpcrowe]

In answer to Dave... These are the replies I received from the event host...

There are five classes called “Street Touring” (ST) classes that allow limited suspension and wheel changes and external engine modifications, i.e., chip, air filter, etc. There are then subdivisions of the basic ST class. The R designation stands for Roadster and would include Mazda Miata, Honda 2000, Datsun 240 -280ZX, etc. The rules can be found at http://cdn.growassets...*.
There are a lot of different classes to allow for the wide variety of both performance variables and modifications allowances.

CAM stands for Classic American Muscle and is a newer class designed to attract automobile enthusiasts who are currently interested and/or participating in Goodguys®, Ultimate Street Car Association®, or other similar events for “classic” vehicles manufactured in North America by “The Big Three” based in the US - GM, Ford, and Chrysler (AMC is also included). The class is further subdivided into three sections, CAM-C, CAM-T and CAM-S.