Dragracing in Northern Sweden

polymoog · Jun 8, 2009

The first event of the season was greeted by hail showers ... but in between the breaks they did manage to get some runs in, here's a couple of pics, let me know what you think :

Heck · Jun 9, 2009

You were on the wall for these? Nice work, I like the first one too bad that cable was in the way.

Antarctican · Jun 9, 2009

Nice work, polymoog! Good colour and good captures of the action. 3 (the racer doing the wheelie) and 5 (I liked the coiled look to the racer) are my faves

gsgary · Jun 9, 2009

I think i like the last one best but that Suzuki Katana takes me back to when i had one

polymoog · Jun 10, 2009

Heck said:
You were on the wall for these? Nice work, I like the first one too bad that cable was in the way.

I know, really annoying isn't it ..

and to be honest I couldn't be bummed to clone it out :roll: need to improve my clone skills first ... Yes I was by the wall.

Antarctican said:
Nice work, polymoog! Good colour and good captures of the action. 3 (the racer doing the wheelie) and 5 (I liked the coiled look to the racer) are my faves

Thanks, what do you mean by "coiled look", like he is coiled up on the bike?

gsgary said:
I think i like the last one best but that Suzuki Katana takes me back to when i had one

We suddenly realised that guy in the last pic might do something interesting, and after his burnout my friend sprinted round the other side of the wall to get a head on shot of the wheelie

What bike do you have now?

Antarctican · Jun 10, 2009

polymoog said:
... what do you mean by "coiled look", like he is coiled up on the bike?

His posture is coiled or tense, like he's about to spring into action

Josh220 · Jun 10, 2009

Antarctican said:
polymoog said:

... what do you mean by "coiled look", like he is coiled up on the bike?

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His posture is coiled or tense, like he's about to spring into action

Is it still considered "coiled" if he is already in action? Seems like it only pertains to pre-action. In that shot, he is already leaving the line.

polymoog · Jun 10, 2009

Antarctican said:
polymoog said:

... what do you mean by "coiled look", like he is coiled up on the bike?

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His posture is coiled or tense, like he's about to spring into action

OK, I see what you mean

Al-Wazeer · Jun 10, 2009

heey nice drag race coverage you've done!
In Bahrain drag racing always in night, so doing coverage with my d40 is not easy

250Gimp · Jun 10, 2009

Great Shots Moog!!!

I like the lat one the best! Good timing and great tire wrap!

On my uncalibrated monitor, it seems like all the shots could use a bit of a colour boost.

Cheers

polymoog · Jun 10, 2009

Al-Wazeer said:
heey nice drag race coverage you've done!
In Bahrain drag racing always in night, so doing coverage with my d40 is not easy

Wow, always at night? Is that because it is too hot during the day?

250Gimp said:
Great Shots Moog!!!

I like the lat one the best! Good timing and great tire wrap!

On my uncalibrated monitor, it seems like all the shots could use a bit of a colour boost.

Cheers

RThanks, and interesting point about the colours. I was sure the saturation was OK, boosted some of the pics by 3 or 4 points but I did also make some other alterations because I didn't want the red of the track to take over, it made the light red as well .. will have to make finer adjustments next time

Might be going to another event on Saturday so we'll see how that turns out ...

gsgary · Jun 10, 2009

polymoog said:
Heck said:

You were on the wall for these? Nice work, I like the first one too bad that cable was in the way.

Click to expand...

I know, really annoying isn't it ..

and to be honest I couldn't be bummed to clone it out :roll: need to improve my clone skills first ... Yes I was by the wall.

Antarctican said:

Nice work, polymoog! Good colour and good captures of the action. 3 (the racer doing the wheelie) and 5 (I liked the coiled look to the racer) are my faves

Click to expand...

Thanks, what do you mean by "coiled look", like he is coiled up on the bike?

gsgary said:

I think i like the last one best but that Suzuki Katana takes me back to when i had one

Click to expand...

We suddenly realised that guy in the last pic might do something interesting, and after his burnout my friend sprinted round the other side of the wall to get a head on shot of the wheelie What bike do you have now?