Drag Racing Pics

[cammers]

I took these shots at Santa Pod a couple of weeks back! This was my first drag racing outing with the D70, which is the main reason I bought it in the first place!

First of all, here's a crash sequence. The car isn't in perfect focus, as prior to the run, I had set the camera to focus on a different part of the track nearer to where I was standing! When I saw the car start to lose shape, I just shot away and hoped for the best!





Here's a few others... ideally I would have liked to have used a slower shutter speed, to get a bit more background blur, but I found that my success rate suffered, so ended up shooting mostly at 1/640








And finally a couple off track








>> Edited by cammers on Wednesday 8th June 21:08

>> Edited by cammers on Wednesday 8th June 21:09

[imperialism2024]

Some nice shots there.

I'll make sure to post mine after I take them in September...

[_dobbo_]

As I understand it (never tried any panning myself) panning shots get progressively harder the higher the speed of the subject. Since those dragsters carve up the strip at a fair old lick it probably makes life hard with panning!

how many times can I say panning in one sentence!?

>> Edited by _dobbo_ on Wednesday 8th June 21:38

[cammers]

LexSport said:

Great shots! Looks like Lex Joon had a bit of a weekend! Almost up and over on the Saturday and then that when you were there! The padock shots look good too.

Thank's.. I was there all weekend, and have the sunburn to prove it!

[beano500]

Wow!

Great shots...



...not sure that more blur is necessary, but it's a personal choice...e.g....

[slinky]

cracking shots cammers!

fancy trying to grab some shots of ours next time we're at the same event?

I'm in the process of uploading a load of photo's to our gallery that a friend of the team took... just one or two

slinky
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[slinky]

Images now uploaded... they can all be found @ www.587racing.com/gallery have a look in the main event album..

All images in that album were taken by Steve Baron..

Enjoy,

slinky
587racing.com

[badbeachbuggy]

Cool

A friend of mine from another forum takes alot of great drag racing pics...

www.pbase.com/slimboyfat/wheels

I'm making a couple of trips to the Pod in July. I'm crewing with a team at Bug Jam (not for my non existing mechanical skills but for my photography) and I'll be up there for the Mopar Nationals the weekend after.

[badbeachbuggy]

Also Sharkman's photos here...

www.topendtales.com/




>> Edited by badbeachbuggy on Thursday 9th June 07:22

[cammers]

Well I certainly don't think I can compete with either Sharkman or slimboyfat, but then again I bet I had consumed considerably more alcohol then them! hahaha!

Slinky.. nice pics mate! I was looking through them wondering how you managed to crew, and take all those shots.... then I realised it was your mate behind the camera!!!
Anyway.. not sure how I managed to miss your teams runs! On Friday's sportsman qualifying day, it may have something to do with the 3 1/2 hours it took to put up my tent. Followed by the traditional Tesco supply's run and the essential pit walk! By the time I actually settled down with a few tins to watch the qualifying, it was nearly over! lol

[simpo two]

badbeachbuggy said:

Also Sharkman's photos here...

His 'school of excellence is quite entertaining!

[slinky]

No worries cammers... I'm sure you'll see us again

Here's a couple of Steve's shots that I've had a quick tinker with in photoshop...

Our little toy...



Two Top Fuel Cars, Andy Carter & Mikael Kagered, with Kagered having some issues!



and proof that tyres aren't always round!!!



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[bad_roo]

That last shot is absolutely incredible.

[slinky]

just tweaked this one..

I'm not too sure how well it'll come out, but ... do you think he means business??



slinky