woodyracing
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So this is my first attempt at "sports photography" or anything like that, really. Went to the AMA Superbike races at Road Atlanta (near Atlanta obviously lol). I'm a former amateur racer and have been around motorcycle racing for years so I decided to go to see what I could get from the weekend. Using my Canon T2i and I actually rented a couple of lenses from borrowlenses.com, a Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM and a Canon EF 16-35 F2.8L. My only telephoto lens is a 70-200 L with no IS and it's really hard to get clean shots at 200 without a tripod and especially trying to pan to follow moving objects (like motorcycles for example) and I obviously have no press credentials so 200mm wasn't going to get me the shots I wanted anyway....
The weekend went pretty well, I was going to be there Fri-Sun but couldn't make it until almost noon on Saturday.
The lenses were great, the 100-400 was perfect for what I needed, it's push-pull to zoom which was a little strange but I got used to it. It had been used a LOT though and the hood that came with it wouldn't stay on worth anything. I need a lot of practice on panning and really everything related to shooting a moving motorcycle but by the end of the weekend, I was getting the hang of it. I did still use my 70-200 because it turned out to be perfect for the podium ceremonies and I wasn't as scared about it getting drenched with champagne as I was about the rented lenses...
So anyway, enough talk, here are some pics and there are plenty more on my flickr page if anyone just wants to look at more (I know ya'll don't like clicking things so it's totally optional lol)
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IMG_8375 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9219 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_7611 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_7062 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9244 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_8360 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_8591 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_8426 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9403 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9864 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9866 by woodyracing, on Flickr
The weekend went pretty well, I was going to be there Fri-Sun but couldn't make it until almost noon on Saturday.
The lenses were great, the 100-400 was perfect for what I needed, it's push-pull to zoom which was a little strange but I got used to it. It had been used a LOT though and the hood that came with it wouldn't stay on worth anything. I need a lot of practice on panning and really everything related to shooting a moving motorcycle but by the end of the weekend, I was getting the hang of it. I did still use my 70-200 because it turned out to be perfect for the podium ceremonies and I wasn't as scared about it getting drenched with champagne as I was about the rented lenses...
So anyway, enough talk, here are some pics and there are plenty more on my flickr page if anyone just wants to look at more (I know ya'll don't like clicking things so it's totally optional lol)
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IMG_8375 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9219 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_7611 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_7062 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9244 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_8360 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_8591 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_8426 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9403 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9864 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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IMG_9866 by woodyracing, on Flickr
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