Photos from Le Mans
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Just been going through some of the photos I took at Le Mans last weekend, and here are a few of my favourites...
ISO 200, f8, 1/640s
ISO 50, f6.4, 1/320s
ISO 100, f7.1, 1/320s
ISO 100, f10, 1/320s
ISO 100, f10, 1/160s
ISO 100, f7, 1/320s
ISO 100, f6.4, 1/500s
ISO 100, f7.1, 1/500s
>> Edited by ehasler on Friday 2nd September 13:45
ISO 200, f8, 1/640s
ISO 50, f6.4, 1/320s
ISO 100, f7.1, 1/320s
ISO 100, f10, 1/320s
ISO 100, f10, 1/160s
ISO 100, f7, 1/320s
ISO 100, f6.4, 1/500s
ISO 100, f7.1, 1/500s
>> Edited by ehasler on Friday 2nd September 13:45
ehasler said:
could do with a little more variation though...
Yup, agree with that, although the problem is the lack of decent viewing spots there - most have catch fencing obstructing your view.
Ed - where were those shots taken?? mine seem to contain more fencing than cars..........
Chris
Top Stuff. Thanks for the comments 
Sorry about the "C" - I'm still playing around with different ways of marking my images, and just have a batch job that does it all at the click of a button, but I didn't think it detracted from the image too much.
I'll post up shutter/aperture details this evening when I get home, but other details of the shots are:
Head-on corner shots were taken on the outside of Tetre Rouge just after the Dunlop Bridge curves, where you can get a view without any fencing. Lens was a Canon 300mm f2.8 L with 2x converter (giving 600mm f5.6). Camera was a Canon 1Ds Mk II.
Side profile shots were taken at the same corner, but on the opposite side of the track (you need to walk all the way round past the car park). If you stand at the top right of the spectator area, you again get a clear view over the fencing, although it helps if there aren't many people there as they can get in the way. Lens was the 300mm on it's own, and it was a struggle to get the cars to fit in the frame - the shots above aren't cropped at all, so you can imagine the number of photos I took of 3/4 of car
Thankfully using digital I could preview the shot and was able to keep taking them until I got a few that I was happy with.
Sorry about the "C" - I'm still playing around with different ways of marking my images, and just have a batch job that does it all at the click of a button, but I didn't think it detracted from the image too much.
I'll post up shutter/aperture details this evening when I get home, but other details of the shots are:
Head-on corner shots were taken on the outside of Tetre Rouge just after the Dunlop Bridge curves, where you can get a view without any fencing. Lens was a Canon 300mm f2.8 L with 2x converter (giving 600mm f5.6). Camera was a Canon 1Ds Mk II.
Side profile shots were taken at the same corner, but on the opposite side of the track (you need to walk all the way round past the car park). If you stand at the top right of the spectator area, you again get a clear view over the fencing, although it helps if there aren't many people there as they can get in the way. Lens was the 300mm on it's own, and it was a struggle to get the cars to fit in the frame - the shots above aren't cropped at all, so you can imagine the number of photos I took of 3/4 of car
Thankfully using digital I could preview the shot and was able to keep taking them until I got a few that I was happy with.
It's a fantastic lens, although it's b
d heavy!
I was carrying it around in a backpack along with a 70-200 f2.8 and 24-70 f2.8 plus the body, tripod and monopod and all-in it came to about 15kg which isn't much fun in 35+ degree heat!
Apart from that though, it is great - 300mm @ f2.8 is nice, but stick a 1.4x TC on it and you get a useful 420mm @ f4 and with the 2x TC you get 600mm @ f5.6, which is very handy as you still retain AF and get good shutter speeds.
It's not perfect at 600mm, as the 2xTC loses a bit of sharpness, but it's a lot cheaper and easier to carry than the 500/600mm lenses!
d heavy! I was carrying it around in a backpack along with a 70-200 f2.8 and 24-70 f2.8 plus the body, tripod and monopod and all-in it came to about 15kg which isn't much fun in 35+ degree heat!
Apart from that though, it is great - 300mm @ f2.8 is nice, but stick a 1.4x TC on it and you get a useful 420mm @ f4 and with the 2x TC you get 600mm @ f5.6, which is very handy as you still retain AF and get good shutter speeds.
It's not perfect at 600mm, as the 2xTC loses a bit of sharpness, but it's a lot cheaper and easier to carry than the 500/600mm lenses!
Thanks. That will help a lot as far as pointing me in the right direction. I have a race to go to end of July (Rolex Sportscar Series at Barber Raceway in Alabama). I will be in the pits (actually, I will be "managing" the Finlay Motorsports Daytona Prototype - long story) and shall be bringing the Canon for it's first trial run. I will be using your settings as a "cheat sheet" 
ErnestM
ErnestM
ehasler said:...can I just clarify that a Royal Marine, who had spent time in the SAS and had special weight-lifting experience, would have struggled picking up this backpack!!! ...and it wasn't exactly a pleasantly mild week-end!!!
It's a fantastic lens, although it's b
I was carrying it around in a backpack along with...
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