Some excellent shots, all nicely rendered. Obviously a longer lens would have been useful, and of course a long zoom can be a great asset in a venue like this.
A friend who covered it for Autoweek said the PR crew ran a shuttle for the press so photogs could change location. That's a huge plus. (I recall having to sprint from turn 1 at Indy to turn 4 so I could meet my bosses requirement for a variety of shots.) Paul via phone > On Apr 30, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > > It's been a busy week with the end of the semester coinciding with the > release of the PDML Photo Annual, so it's taken me a long time to > throw together a gallery of photos from last week's race. It's a bit > rough and hurried but it should give you an idea of what the event was > like. > > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/AustinMotoGP2017/ > > Equipment was the K-1 and K-5 for bodies, the K-1 being used with the > FA*300/2.8 and a Sigma EX 1.4x teleconverter. The K-5 was used with > the DA 12-24 and the DA-L 55-300. > > Things I learned: > > It's much easier shooting these events when you have press > credentials. Bob Capa was right: If your pictures aren't good enough > you aren't close enough. > > It's much harder shooting these events when you have press > credentials. It's work. You can't stop and enjoy the race. And you > have a shedload of images to sort through, edit and upload on a short > deadline. > > Always have your gear organized well before the event. I meant to take > the Pentax F 1.7x teleconverter but grabbed the Sigma by mistake. I > could have used the extra reach of the 1.7x and I think the Pentax is > a little sharper. The Pentax is definitely faster focusing (I can > actually notice a difference between the faster bikes/riders and the > slower ones because the slower ones are more likely to be in focus!) > > No matter how good your gear is this kind of photography takes skill. > Practice is vital for this kind of work and I very much noticed how > out of practice I am. My race day photos would have been much better > if I'd bought a three day pass and photographed all the practice and > qualifying sessions first – just a couple of days practice would have > helped me get back a lot of my motorsports photography technique. > > Still a fun weekend. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
