Should I keep the crappy cars?

[ronlane]

tecboy, from that first set, I think you found the training grounds for wanna be drifters (kinda like Fast & Furious Tokyo drift where he is learning). Maybe you should find a better group of drifters. lol.

 

[tecboy]

tecboy, from that first set, I think you found the training grounds for wanna be drifters (kinda like Fast & Furious Tokyo drift where he is learning). Maybe you should find a better group of drifters. lol.

That was my first impression. I was expected a lot of Japanese imports. Turned out to be junk cars drifting.

 

[12sndsgood]

You don't have a high dollar nice car when your learning. Even guys with there d1 liscence have beat up cars a lot of times because money's tight with all the traveling and costs associated.

 

[ronlane]

I thought that was just guys with jeeps and off-roading because it was expensive to fix and you break all the time.

 

[Braineack]

I thought the point of drifting was to do up a really nice car and see how much you could destroy the paint job...

 

[tecboy]

I got some angle shots. What do you think?

 

[12sndsgood]

Looks like dans truck made it out west blue/orange. Same truck I posted earlier in your other post. Gotta get more angle. Track location becomes crucial for getting that.

 

[Rags]

Delete 'em

You're from San Jose, so you've probably heard of the Petite LeMans, well the have The LeMons at Sonoma Raceway.

The LeMons is comprises of beaters. Spent the day and only kept less than 6 shots; I felt obligated since I paid admission

I delete often, since it difficult to search and get the good ones. If I shoot 1200 at an event I get it down to 100 -150 in a couple of days

Every 6 months or so I prune them down to 40 - 60.. Sounds drastic but shooting bursts there are a lot of near duplicates

Why would I want to keep what I consider junk?

Rags

BTW I like the #4 Chevy in the first batch.

If you're going to shoot this stuff what not shot at slow SS to give the cars motion? They look like they are standing still (needing valve guides)

 

[tecboy]

I have a hard time shooting below 50 ss. Should I leave Image Stabilization on or off?

 

[12sndsgood]

I will start out at 1/100th and then as I'm going I work the shutter slower and slower Most of my drift shot are between 1/60th and 1/80th. But during the day I'll try some down in the 1/20th range.

 

[Rags]

I have a hard time shooting below 50 ss. Should I leave Image Stabilization on or off?

Good advice from 12S

I don't think IS has any value since you camera is still and subject moving; you'll get blur anyway

Experiment. Don't shoot too tight you can crop later - you'll keep more smoke

It's not easy shooting slow at the time these events occur (mid day)... pray for fog...

Rags

 

[tecboy]

Is she a beauty?

 

[Rags]

There is a sub class of motorcycles called rat bikes.

Serious junking from new(and weird)
http://ragspix.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Bikeweek-Daytona-Ragspix/i-SBv3C64/1/L/117-1721_IMG-L.jpg

At the Bonneville salt flats there are Rusties. Old roadsters intentionally rusted
http://ragspix.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Bonneville-Ragspix/i-RggWN9c/1/X3/DSC_0175-X3.jpg

Seems to be a state of mind eschewing new

Rags

 

[tecboy]

Hey, check this out!

 

[vintagesnaps]

If you want good photos keep practicing and developing your skills, you've got some nice ones here that have more space than you need which could be improved with some cropping but you're getting there.

Taking a reasonable number at any one event is enough to work from if you learn what you're doing. Shooting an extraordinarily huge number of shots is just pray and spray which isn't a sports shooting technique but what people do with their cameras when they don't seem to have developed good skills, you don't want to do that - getting good at shooting sports/action is a lot about timing. You could try looking at Sports Photography and Photojournalism for Professional Photographers and Photography | SportsShooter.com and search motor sports and see what you find.