Knockhill circuit...

[Peter McCullough]

My first attempt this year at 'panning' at Knockhill race circuit using my Canon 5D Mk1 and a basic 28-105mm f/3.5, a little too short length wise.

I personally enjoy the different bands of colour.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

That's excellent dude!
I tried some panning not so long back... And it is difficult to get it right . Fair play.
Looks very good

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nicely done and I love the bands of colour too. I'd probably be tempted to crop a bit off the RH side to move the bike out of the centre of the frame though. What do you think?

 

[Peter McCullough]

Thanks Dan,

My top tip is to shoot many shots to get a good half dozen or so, think I shot a few hundred during my first attempt, does no harm as you delete the blurry/crap ones etc...

It's fantastic watching the pro's close to you shooting with the likes of long/fast/expensive lenses, spoke to a lovely/helpful pro chap who had two top notch Canon EOS 1 MkIV bodies and two huge fast f/2.8 lenses. Just a shade under 20k for his kit, wOw!

 

[Peter McCullough]

Yea Pete I agree, it's too much 'in the middle'.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Nice done! What shutter speed did you end up using?

Love Knockhill - when it's not raining

At least you can get relatively close there, and the fencing is low enough to shoot over. 300mm is a good lens length for that circuit - you can get some killer shots with a 300.

That corner at the end of the start/finish straight is nuts - cars flipping onto two wheels etc etc

I'll try and find a shot...

 

[Peter McCullough]

Pete Askew;

I've adjusted the bike photo, does that work better?

 

[Pete Askew]

I think so yes. Adds a bit more drama I think. What about you?

 

[Peter McCullough]

Yes I agree it seems to work better, the last shot was too much slap/bang in the middle.

Rule of thirds and all that stuff eh...

 

[Garry Lee]

Great shot!

 

[Alastair Cummins]

Great first attempt, really captured the speed and the spray adds to it alot!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Peter - loving the composition on the reworked version - looks fantastic

 

[Allan Batchelor]

Ive not been to any of the bike meetings there in ages. Last visit was for the last banger race of the year. Dont think i posted any picks of it tho

 

[Peter McCullough]

Hi Garry,

Thanks for your kind words.

Cork is a beautiful place, I've family just outside Blarney, close to a tiny village called Tower. Have you been in Giles Norman's art shop in Kinsale? A lovely guy who's devoted to black & white photography.

Thanks.

 

[Peter McCullough]

Ok, I've adjusted this original shot so it should show slight improvement;

 

[Pete Sykes]

My first attempt this year at 'panning' at Knockhill race circuit using my Canon 5D Mk1 and a basic 28-105mm f/3.5, a little too short length wise.

I personally enjoy the different bands of colour.

A great shot ......... Real sense of speed.

Peter

 

[Garry Lee]

Hi Garry,

Thanks for your kind words.

Cork is a beautiful place, I've family just outside Blarney, close to a tiny village called Tower. Have you been in Giles Norman's art shop in Kinsale? A lovely guy who's devoted to black & white photography.

Thanks.

Just spotted this now. I've often been in Tower and I've been in Giles' shop. He uses one camera, some kind of Nikon, one lens, a 35-135 zoom, one film and one developer. An example to all of us! I've not spoken to him but his photos are popular presents.

 

[Allan Batchelor]

Ive been looking at the calendar for the season Peter so will try get thru a few times myself this year

 

[Alastair Cummins]

I see they can run the circuit in reverse now. It should make for some good shots of them leaping down, over the chicane!