F1 with a budget cap!

Steeps · 22-06-2009, 20:46

Creature asked me along to Silverstone for testing again this year, thought it would be a good chance to have a dabble at motorsport pics. After debating what to buy, in the end I thought it best to just play with the toys I have and see what I could do. As I've not done anything like this before and with my best lens having a MASSIVE 50mm zoom I felt like a right amateur standing next to people with 300mm L glass.

Anywho the pics. Wanted to play with panning but with no zoom that's near enough impossible without going near the fence, these were just to have a play and not for any collection.

Slightly cropped as I didn't have the black fence lines in

Really wish there wasn't any fencing as I could have had some great shots

SidewinderINC · 22-06-2009, 21:13

How hard is it to get pictures right when panning?

Mark · 22-06-2009, 22:01

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Originally Posted by SidewinderINC

How hard is it to get pictures right when panning?

It's all down to practice and technique. Even such seemingly mundane things as foot position can have an impact.

Creature · 22-06-2009, 21:19

Very when I kept wanting to move, meaning he had to adjust for the speed every 10 minutes

kaiowas · 22-06-2009, 22:38

For future reference, if you go to the viewing area on the outside of Priory the viewing position is high enough that you can shoot over the fence. That spot is very popular with the togs who aren't professional enough to get media bibs.

Not sure what access is like on GP weekend though, most of the year it's just a bare area of tarmac but I think they put a temporary grandstand up for the F1

Toby · 22-06-2009, 23:31

The proliferation of high catch fencing at major circuits is becoming a serious pain in the ass tbh.

Steeps · 23-06-2009, 00:17

Got a few more done, heavily cropped.

Garp · 23-06-2009, 01:27

Considering your 'limitations' you've got some great photos there

22-06-2009, 20:46	#1
Steeps Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 143	F1 with a budget cap! Creature asked me along to Silverstone for testing again this year, thought it would be a good chance to have a dabble at motorsport pics. After debating what to buy, in the end I thought it best to just play with the toys I have and see what I could do. As I've not done anything like this before and with my best lens having a MASSIVE 50mm zoom I felt like a right amateur standing next to people with 300mm L glass. Anywho the pics. Wanted to play with panning but with no zoom that's near enough impossible without going near the fence, these were just to have a play and not for any collection. Slightly cropped as I didn't have the black fence lines in Really wish there wasn't any fencing as I could have had some great shots __________________ Last edited by Steeps; 22-06-2009 at 20:53.

22-06-2009, 21:13	#2
SidewinderINC Joey Tempest Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gravesend. Posts: 2,751	How hard is it to get pictures right when panning? __________________ No Sig.

22-06-2009, 21:19	#4
Creature Crispy Coated Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 2,087	Very when I kept wanting to move, meaning he had to adjust for the speed every 10 minutes __________________

22-06-2009, 22:38	#5
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	For future reference, if you go to the viewing area on the outside of Priory the viewing position is high enough that you can shoot over the fence. That spot is very popular with the togs who aren't professional enough to get media bibs. Not sure what access is like on GP weekend though, most of the year it's just a bare area of tarmac but I think they put a temporary grandstand up for the F1 __________________ Anal Fish Porn Last edited by kaiowas; 22-06-2009 at 22:40.

22-06-2009, 23:31	#6
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	The proliferation of high catch fencing at major circuits is becoming a serious pain in the ass tbh. __________________

23-06-2009, 00:17	#7
Steeps Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 143	Got a few more done, heavily cropped. __________________

23-06-2009, 01:27	#8
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Considering your 'limitations' you've got some great photos there __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?