On Tuesday some of the AMA Superbike teams were at Laguna Seca for testing. This was after the second day of the two day test session at Infineon in Sonoma had been washed out. Only Ducati, Yamaha and Kawasaki turned up and it looked for a long while like they might not run at all as it had poured rain all night long and the track was very wet.
I'd played hooky from work for this and thanks to my good mate Andrew Wheeler of http://www.automotophoto.com I had, for the first time in my life, ended up with an official photographer's armband. That was a huge buzz and I was going to make the most of the opportunity whatever happened.
This meant I took photos of bikes from every angle I could think of and here's some of the results:
All images with the aged D100 and the Nikkor 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G AF-S (I like this lens), ISO 200, aperture priority.
62.0mm; 1/60s; f/8.0; matrix; pop-up flash
85.0mm; 1/60s; f/8.0; matrix; pop-up flash
45.0mm; 1/80s; f/7.1; EV: -0.33; spot; no flash
85.0mm; 1/250s; f/8.0; matrix; no flash
52.0mm; 1/60s; f/4.5; EV: -0.33; matrix; pop-up flash
62.0mm; 1/50s; f/7.1; EV: -0.33; spot; no flash
85.0mm; 1/500s; f/8.0; matrix; no flash
These are just some of those I've processed with many more to be done, but you get the idea.
Fortunately, I managed to control myself enough to preserve some storage for when the bikes did eventually get out on the track. Those images will be the subject of a thread to come in the not too distant future.
You can see all the images (more constantly being added as I slave my way through post-processing them) at http://www.motifwebs.com/gallery/ama_laguna
In the meantime, your comments and critiques are most welcome as always. Thanks for wading through them all. I know I've gotten a bit carried away, but I'm still jazzed from the day and from the images. :lol:
Neil
I'd played hooky from work for this and thanks to my good mate Andrew Wheeler of http://www.automotophoto.com I had, for the first time in my life, ended up with an official photographer's armband. That was a huge buzz and I was going to make the most of the opportunity whatever happened.
This meant I took photos of bikes from every angle I could think of and here's some of the results:
All images with the aged D100 and the Nikkor 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G AF-S (I like this lens), ISO 200, aperture priority.

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62.0mm; 1/60s; f/8.0; matrix; pop-up flash

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85.0mm; 1/60s; f/8.0; matrix; pop-up flash

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45.0mm; 1/80s; f/7.1; EV: -0.33; spot; no flash

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85.0mm; 1/250s; f/8.0; matrix; no flash

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52.0mm; 1/60s; f/4.5; EV: -0.33; matrix; pop-up flash

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62.0mm; 1/50s; f/7.1; EV: -0.33; spot; no flash

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85.0mm; 1/500s; f/8.0; matrix; no flash
These are just some of those I've processed with many more to be done, but you get the idea.
Fortunately, I managed to control myself enough to preserve some storage for when the bikes did eventually get out on the track. Those images will be the subject of a thread to come in the not too distant future.
You can see all the images (more constantly being added as I slave my way through post-processing them) at http://www.motifwebs.com/gallery/ama_laguna
In the meantime, your comments and critiques are most welcome as always. Thanks for wading through them all. I know I've gotten a bit carried away, but I'm still jazzed from the day and from the images. :lol:
Neil