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Well, I don't have much in the way of photos from the Ridesmart trackday from June 7th, but I decided to post whatever good shots I have.  Seems that there where a few folks from the hill country as well (I didn't know that at the time), and I think I got shots for a couple of them.  Can anyone confirm? (I guess I'll make a post in their forum as well).

Don't expect much... I didn't even take my telephoto lens this time, as I didn't want to push my back, I took most of the photos next to the "pit out", with a 50mm lens.  Next time I'll take the big guns again  [thumbsup]

(http://www.avillez.com/RS/trailered.jpg)

(http://www.avillez.com/RS/gus-pitout.jpg)

(http://www.avillez.com/RS/guspano.jpg)

(http://www.avillez.com/RS/red999.jpg)

(http://www.avillez.com/RS/yellow999.jpg)

(http://www.avillez.com/RS/instructor.jpg)

(http://www.avillez.com/RS/instructor2.jpg)

Man, I wish I could have ridden, that big track looks pretty fun! 

Speaking of fun, I have been officially "discharged" by my back doctor.  It's not 100% yet, but it's pretty dang close.   [beer] to that!!!!

André

cool theres a pic of me!!!! :P

red or yellow?

Mustard here. The Don, err Vinucci, is Ketchup. We were thinking of inviting Mayo to our little group of superheroes. Some of ya may know him by his civilian name. Bryant.  :P

Cool, I'll see if I have any more shots of you guys.  I almost got a shot of vinnuci waving at me...

Andre, those are some great shots. Nice motion. The composition, DOF and vignette on the trailer shot really make for an intriguing visual.  [thumbsup]  I would love to work with that image some for an art piece. (pppplease)  ;D

You weren't the yellow one that went down were you? If you happened the be #37 you were really smooth out there, at least through the first few turns (all I saw cornerworking from station one.)

An 848 went down right in front of me, which was a sad sight to see.

The Houston guys told me about the 848 that went down. I hope the rider is doing ok. Was that the one that got careflighted out? 

Great pics, AndreRA3.



No, just a fracture on the elbow and some road rash on his hand where the glove ate through.
He went off in the left-hand corner after the transition from the old track to the new track.  The one that is the downhill and off-camber.
He says he thinks it was the new tires that were not properly warmed up.

He's a member of the Texas Sportbike Assoc. (TSBA).  Not sure if he's registered on the other Duc boards.

The guy that got airlifted out was supposedly stuffing people in the corners for most of the morning.
If that's true, guess it came back and bit him in the ass in the afternoon.

I'll think about it  [thumbsup].  What do you have in mind?

The 848 looked like he entered a little hotter than he had been earlier in the day, and the front end washed as if he had grabbed the front brake, which I highly doubt that he did. He was pretty smooth and way too deep into the corner to do that.

Sounds like he might have hit a bump and lost the front because of that.  I've done something similar...

Very nice pics andre!!  [thumbsup]

I hadn't really thought too much about it, other than I kept going back to that shot. A strong composition will hold your gaze. Start from there and you can't go wrong. I played around a little and came up with this. Not saying the final would look like this but I like where it's going. I'd really just like to get something along these lines and maybe output something on canvas for the garage. Lemmee know what you think.

(http://pixl8.smugmug.com/photos/311050621_uHjFd-L.jpg)

The thing is that I really like that shot, and I don't really want to "give it up", if you know what I mean.  I haven't photographed much since the accident at TWS, so part of me just wants to have something new to call my own work, warts and all. 

Incidentally, that's pretty impressive cloning you've done there!  The gas container, sidestand, uhaul letters...  It really does clean up the composition a lot.

Hmmm.... let me think about all this for a little while longer

ahhh no worries Andre...  I totally understand where you're coming from. I've got a zillion other ideas that need attending to anyways. Can't wait to see more great shots!  [thumbsup]

Thanks for the compliment.

thats some pretty good photoshop work there. do you work in photography or some other art related field?

oh and those are some great shots andre... what camera are you shooting with out there?
i can only imagine it cant be too easy getting sweet shots of bikes flying around the track out there haha

Yeah, I'd guess that he works in graphic design, photography, or another similar field.  He's got a good eye and the skills to match, obviously.

Oh, and thanks for the compliments, rsoffar!  I'm using a canon 5D nowadays, and this time I only used a 50mm f/1.4 lens.  I've also used a no-name 400mm  t-mount lens (bought for $30 in "ugly" condition) and have had nice results with it, provided I'm stopped down to f/11 or smaller.

oh sweet, i have a few friends up in ny working in the photography field...and i have been at a design firm for the past couple of years and will be attending pratt institute in the fall up in ny so i always enjoy meeting other ppl that dabble in the arts  [thumbsup]