Here are a few photos from the V8 Supercars round at Queensland Raceway. While the TV coverage is great, there is nothing like being at the races and this circuit gets the thumbs up from the Greene household - its family friendly (i.e. plenty of spots to sit and watch and not full of drunken louts), its got great viewing from all the way around the track and there's heaps of opportunity to get up close and personal with the teams and drivers. I love the V8's but I've got a soft spot for the pocket rockets - the Aussie Racers. At about 1/3 the size of a V8, they can and do race four wide which makes for spectacular cornering and even more spectacular crashing. Of course, cars travelling at 200km/hr do test my photography skills. Of the 120 photos taken on the day, over 50 were of the track, with no cars in sight. Of the 70 that are left, I've got quite a few of the tips of car noses and disappearing rear wings and nothing else. Looks like I'm going to have to spend more time at the motorsport to improve my woeful photography skills!!! 4/8/2013 12:37:05 am
Do you have a function on your camera to take continuous photos? You can just hold the shutter button down and it'll continue to take shots. That way you'll get a sequence of shots as cars round a corner and can then choose the one/s that actually work. Combine it with a super-fast shutter speed and you get clean, crisp lines; or you can slow the shutter speed for heaps of atmospheric shots with blurred 'movement trails'.
Fiona Greene
5/8/2013 01:44:22 pm
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