NASCAR Photos

brian_f2.8 · Oct 7, 2012

Recently I have been shooting NASCAR. Some CC would be appreciated

silve225 · Oct 8, 2012

I like them all except for the top right. The top right one is just to plain but that just might be me.

brian_f2.8 · Oct 9, 2012

Thanks, not sure why there are so many views n no comments. Could be a good thing or a bad thing.

dtprkr · Oct 9, 2012

I like your work here. Nice job of capturing the car. Can you give the details of your set up and settings?

imagemaker46 · Oct 10, 2012

The first one looks a little soft. The shot of Carl Edwards doesn't do anything for me, cutting the car off behind the wall. I like the 3rd one, nice angle shows the banking really well and is just a nice clean shot. Last one can't really see enough of the car. I know it's the victory burnout but to the person that doesn't, they would have trouble figuring it out.

brian_f2.8 · Oct 10, 2012

dtprkr said:
I like your work here. Nice job of capturing the car. Can you give the details of your set up and settings?

Well each pan is different. Basically I try to find a clean spot if possible. The one car is cut off cause its different. I start with an idea of speed. Basically I'm at 1/40th maybe 1/30th. From there I adjust my aperture n iso. Ideally I want to be at f11. Sometimes I have to be at f22 and 100 iso. I really need a ND filter.

brian_f2.8 · Oct 10, 2012

imagemaker46 said:
The first one looks a little soft. The shot of Carl Edwards doesn't do anything for me, cutting the car off behind the wall. I like the 3rd one, nice angle shows the banking really well and is just a nice clean shot. Last one can't really see enough of the car. I know it's the victory burnout but to the person that doesn't, they would have trouble figuring it out.

Sorry you feel that way but your the only one. The last shot works cause it would be used for editorial. I like the bank shot. Have to be different for NASCAR. The shooting there is limited.

matthewo · Oct 10, 2012

yeah a nice 4-6 stop ND filter would deffently be ideal. i really like the B+W i just got. the background even though your panning, still is a bit distracting because its in sharp focus

mjhoward · Oct 10, 2012

I like them but I think you need a little longer lens... or crop a little dead space out. For instance, in the first one, I think it's good including the panned crowd to give the photograph the sense of motion, but the amount you've included makes it seem like they are the subject rather than the car. Just my opinion of course.

brian_f2.8 · Oct 11, 2012

If I used my 500, I'd be too tight and would see enough of the motion. I agree with what ur saying but not in NASCAR. When I do alms or grand am, you can do this because of the track configuration.

imagemaker46 · Oct 12, 2012

brian_f2.8 said:
imagemaker46 said:

The first one looks a little soft. The shot of Carl Edwards doesn't do anything for me, cutting the car off behind the wall. I like the 3rd one, nice angle shows the banking really well and is just a nice clean shot. Last one can't really see enough of the car. I know it's the victory burnout but to the person that doesn't, they would have trouble figuring it out.

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Sorry you feel that way but your the only one. The last shot works cause it would be used for editorial. I like the bank shot. Have to be different for NASCAR. The shooting there is limited.

I've shot Nascar at Talladega. I'm guessing that you were shooting from the stands? I agree that the burnout would work as part of a package, I thought that at the time, but as a stand alone I just find a little too much smoke. The bank shot is as I said nice and clean. What track is this?

2WheelPhoto · Oct 12, 2012

Nice panning!

gsgary · Oct 12, 2012

It must be hard making shots of Nascar look exciting when they just go round in an oval

imagemaker46 · Oct 12, 2012

gsgary said:
It must be hard making shots of Nascar look exciting when they just go round in an oval

The race I shot I was working the pits most of the time, that's where all the action is, unless there is a wreck. It's like shooting F1, everything starts to look the same. I've seen some brilliant shots from both types of racing, generally coming from the guys that follow the circuit, increases the odds of getting some great stuff when you shoot all the races. Just like anything else.