British Superbike Championship, Mallory Park

[TomWilko]

The race day is running along today (great racing by the way) but I took a visit yesterday for qualifying. All galleries for the 125cc, Virgin Mobile, Supersport and of course Superbike can be seen on Meangasoline.co.uk. However here are a few:

1) Shane Byrne


2) Peter Hickman


3) Steve Plater


4) Dean Thomas

[TomWilko]

5) Shane Byrne


6) Scott Smart


Comments and critique very much appreciated, EXIF information is embedded in the photos...I love it when the sun comes out!

Tom

[kreeeee]

I love the twinkle on the "P" in picture 2.

Edit: Actually picture 2 in general is a fantastic shot.

[BenW]

They're all fantastic!

As a photography newbie, can i ask how you get the blured background with a shutter speed of 1/250?

[Rave]

a) because the camera is moving pretty fast (because the bike is moving pretty fast)
b) because presumably he used a smallish aperture?

Great pics Tom.

[TomWilko]

Cheers guys, yeh pretty much you lock on the subject as it approaches you and then you take the picture at the point you want the photo.

Something like a Digital SLR will help immensely in taking a fast moving subject as you can set the camera to AI Servo, which basically keeps a focussed lock on the subject as it moves.

It sounds quite straightforward but its taken me well over a year to get the pictures like that...and even then I still pick out things I dislike.

[dkmech]

Very very very nice photos.

I'll keep the tradition of asking what camera you use (even though you tell us every time)

But you don't have to answer

[midzt]

Very nice photos. I love the colors on all of them, so vivid.

Can't wait till i get my dSLR!