Crop question...

[Raian-san]

2nd one. IMO it's better to have space to see where the biker is heading to then cut off the front of the biker and have scene behind him unless there's something behind that the subject or focus is on.

 

[TwoTwoLeft]

Faces work better than the backs of heads.

The holy grail of sports photography is faces and emotions. Obviously the helmet and goggles ised with MX pretty much precludes emotion, making the front/face shot even more critical.

I agree, if you can get through the goggles the eyes are everything. I have these shots too:


ISO1600|f6.3|1/800|340mm


ISO1600|f5.6|1/800|340mm


ISO2000|f6.3|1/800|400mm




It was tough getting all the detail since it was early evening and getting dark and I was about all the way up in the back top corner of the bleachers to shoot over the safety fence. The 60D with a EF 100-400mm L IS does pretty good. There's a few more desert races out here this year, you don't need a stink'n track pass for the desert!