Motorsport Pics - Post Them Here

[JK6065]

Thank you Steve,

The background looks a bit odd because it was a light yellow/brown piece of grass that's out of focus because of the panning and rather shallow depth of field. By applying a colour-filter in black and white conversion it came out a little bleach.

the car isn't completely as it should in the above photograph. for example the nose-piece was left off, and there a High voltage running light on the rollbar.

Yesterday we had a Photoshoot with a reporter and photographer from Top Gear Magazine Holland on the circuit of Zolder in Belgium. I'll upload some shots from the shoot I did when laying alongside the professional Top Gear photographer in the back of a car racing on the track.

[Mick J S]

Nice series Mick.

I Love the first one, nice and sharp but retaining the feel of movement. As the bike is in the middle of the frame it would probably take a vignette to accentuate it more

I see the bloke with the L-series glass only featured in shot 2. It looks like a 70-200 f2.8 so I think I would have got rid of him too Nothing like a bit of lens envy

Thanks Steve, Vingette? show me how

[stevewe88]

Thank you Steve,

The background looks a bit odd because it was a light yellow/brown piece of grass that's out of focus because of the panning and rather shallow depth of field. By applying a colour-filter in black and white conversion it came out a little bleach.

the car isn't completely as it should in the above photograph. for example the nose-piece was left off, and there a High voltage running light on the rollbar.

Yesterday we had a Photoshoot with a reporter and photographer from Top Gear Magazine Holland on the circuit of Zolder in Belgium. I'll upload some shots from the shoot I did when laying alongside the professional Top Gear photographer in the back of a car racing on the track.

Thanks Jeroen, I wasn't sure if it was just from the conversion or not.

It sounds like a very good experience being with pro on the track. I look forward to seeing some of the results.

[stevewe88]

Thanks Steve, Vingette? show me how

How is this? Its delicate but I think it does the trick.

[Mick J S]

This looks great Steve, could you give me the details on how it was done?

[stevewe88]

This looks great Steve, could you give me the details on how it was done?

No problem, it is quite straight forward really once you have done a few.

I first coverted the image to LAB colour (Image, mode, Lab Color) then (Image, Apply Image), using a blend mode of soft light and on the lab channel about 40% opacity. This just made the colours pop on the bike to start with.

Then you always have to remember to switch the colour back to RGB (image, mode, RGB but don't do apply image this time)

Then for the vignette-
Duplicate the layer and set the blend mode to Multiply at 100% opacity, the whole image will darken.
Add a layer mask to the duplicated layer
Then with the rectagular marquee tool and feather set to 250px select an area around the bike so that the selction area is about two thirds of the image size. When you let go of the selction tool the feather will kick in and give you a more eliptical shape. You just have to play around with the selection until it is the right size and then move it so it is centred over the bike.
Then press alt+backspace and it will delete a very soft hole throught he layer mask.
ctrl+D to deselect, flatten image and hey presto!

Give it a go, it's a great technique whenever you want to make your subject stand out from the background a bit more.

Cheers
Steve

[simonaldred]

Hi All

Great thread - some really nice shots. Thought I would upload some I got recently from Moto GP @ Silverstone. Here are some of the Italians!

[JK6065]

With our university racing team I've been to Silverstone for a week. I shot some shots at a trackday that was held there.









And also a shot from our race car at an acceleration run in the pouring rain.

[stevewe88]

Hi All

Great thread - some really nice shots. Thought I would upload some I got recently from Moto GP @ Silverstone. Here are some of the Italians!

Thanks for posting Simon, those are some great shots.

The fourth one is my personal favourite because i seem to get more connection with the rider, being able to see his visor.

Number 3 makes me laugh because it looks like a squirrel has hitched a ride on his back

Number 2 is a lovely shot but it seems a little squashed into the frame. Maybe a bit of space to the left to give him room to ride into??

Number 1 is really cool. Very good crop but oh wow, the colours make my eyes bleed A nice effect.

Thanks again for posting and please keep them coming

[spngr311]

I am loving those last two posts. I have to get to the track and shoot...You guys are making me jealous!

[simonaldred]

Steve

Thanks for feedback on crop - you are spot on - any better?



Thanks

Simon

[JK6065]

Much better Simon. I really like the shot now. Nice sharp and great colours.

[simonaldred]

Much better Simon. I really like the shot now. Nice sharp and great colours.

Thanks JK - Steve was dead right - looking at the original it did look very odd.

[simonaldred]

Here are a couple more from different events. Whilst I like the composition I am a little annoyed as they are a little soft! Can't win them all!







And then for some fun with rear sync flash

[stevewe88]

Steve

Thanks for feedback on crop - you are spot on - any better?



Thanks

Simon

Just the job, perfect.

[stevewe88]

Here are a couple more from different events. Whilst I like the composition I am a little annoyed as they are a little soft! Can't win them all!







And then for some fun with rear sync flash

Thanks for posting again

Number 1 is a great shot, nice sense of motion. i would however just clone the orange object of of the right of the frame as it grabs attention away from the subject.

2 and 3 are coolI love the fire

I like number 4 too, very different. If you look down the left of the car it looks like it is hinged in the middle It has made a fun shot out of something that might otherwise have been a bit static. Good Idea

[Rasbury]

I see It's been a few months since anyone has posted here on this thread or my posting anything either so I'll bring this thread back out of the closet and post a few pics of images from an event that seems to be missing from this thread.I bought my camera a few weeks after this event went on in 2011 and waited all year for it to come back so i could post these pics.So here are a few images from the 2012 NHRA Gator Nationals in Gainesville,Fla for your C&C.Thanks for viewing.

[glenng]

[bigdog91]

These are from out local dirt track. This is my neighbors grandson. He is quite good, they hit speeds up to 70 mph. There are different age groups and the last picture is of a young girl in the 8-10 year old's. I just love the look of concentration on her face. She won her race by 3 laps!


IMG_3489-2 by Big Dog 91, on Flickr



IMG_3492-2 by Big Dog 91, on Flickr



IMG_3487-2 by Big Dog 91, on Flickr



IMG_3490-2 by Big Dog 91, on Flickr



IMG_3475-2 by Big Dog 91, on Flickr

[Pieta]

Hi everyone.

There sure arent MANY petrolheads here. Well I am one of the biggest petrolheads i know and the shots ive seen here are all just briliant. I am planning on going to Abhu Dhabi in 2013 for the f1. Has anybody been there? Any advice on where to sit to get the best shots. Will a 400 mm lens be enough. Any info on this would be good as I would probably only have a chance to do this once in my lifetime and id like to make the most of it.