A1 GP Race 2007 - Brands Hatch, Kent

SeriouslyC · May 15, 2007

I was limited to using my EF 50mm f/1.8 for these shots, so I know when shooting events like this a telephoto would be more useful but havent aquired one yet.

Panning an A1GP car going about 130MPH was quite challenging, but I was getting good by the end of the day :lol:

Comments and critique please.
#1

#2

#3

#4

Sw1tchFX · May 15, 2007

These look really good, great pans that are plenty sharp. I like what you've done in post production for 2 and 3.

RedDevilUK · May 15, 2007

great use of the selective colour... must admit that alot of the pictures like that, that get posted dont work for me.

these however look great

julius · May 15, 2007

All are great shots. 3 is definitely my favourite - it is one of the best examples of how selective colouring can be used to add to an image, not be the subject of an image.

Nein-reis · May 15, 2007

Awesome shots! I'm trying to get an DSLR before Lemans! I like 1 and 3 the best... whos driving the Aston? I'm a big motorsport fan myself...

SeriouslyC · May 16, 2007

It's not an Aston, it's the new Jaguar (XKR I think) But I must admit the styling looks very similar. Im not sure who's driving they wern't racing, it was a few custom laps by the Jaguar drifting team, pretty amazing drifts though.

Nein-reis · May 16, 2007

SeriouslyC said:
It's not an Aston, it's the new Jaguar (XKR I think) But I must admit the styling looks very similar. Im not sure who's driving they wern't racing, it was a few custom laps by the Jaguar drifting team, pretty amazing drifts though.

yeah sorry, i caught that after I posted it... the huge jag emblem on the side should of been a dead giveaway... :roll:

EOS_JD · May 16, 2007

Yes I agree all excellent images

great work especially just with the 50. Just goes to show what can be achieved with this.

AIRIC · May 16, 2007

Very interesting captures and post work. Well done.

Eric

Peniole · May 16, 2007

Sharp images, love the post procesing too. Would you mind elaborating on the post processing you did (#2 and #3 in particular)?

neogfx · May 16, 2007

Damn these are some impressive shots. Great pans. The selective colouring is superb.
I would love to see an A1 race, went to Silverstone for the F1 2 years ago and that was awesome.

SeriouslyC · May 16, 2007

Peniole said:
Sharp images, love the post procesing too. Would you mind elaborating on the post processing you did (#2 and #3 in particular)?

#2
I opened the RAW file in Photoshop and basically adjusted the curves to provide stronger contrast, upped the contrast to 100 after that with the slider. Increased the vibrance and saturation. And selectively decreased the green and blue saturation. I also added some lense vignetting.

#3 is more or less the same process but I didnt add any vibrance or saturation, I just selectively took the other colours away apart from red and blue which stayed at 0. I also cloned out an advertisement above the A1 car that was a distraction.

It's just pretty much the basic stuff that I did, I think it helped that the cars were sharp before proccessing.

neogfx said:
Damn these are some impressive shots. Great pans. The selective colouring is superb.
I would love to see an A1 race, went to Silverstone for the F1 2 years ago and that was awesome.

This was my first ever race, and it was superb. Made a rather naive decision of not using any ear plugs though, that was a mistake I wont make again, jeez.

I'm going to see an F1 masters race on the 27th May at Brands Hatch, looking forward to it.