Anyone keen on a track day at E.C.R?

[cakeman]

Yeah the fella on the white S4RS..... he looks quick even in the photos!

[mattyvas]

May I suggest-

Yes longest lens you have
Shoot at 100-200 iso better quality than 800 which usually equals low light
Shoot using the longest shutter speed you can i.e. 125th or lower
Pan using your waist not your arms it's a more fluid movement
Shoot somewhere between f/8-f/16 or one third stops


Just my thoughts.

[suzyj]

must find a monopod as well , arms get a bit sore after a while

Monopod is very useful - It steadies the whole thing without stopping you panning freely.

The vast majority of my shots are completely hopeless as well - I have a reasonably good, long lens (300mm f/4.5 nikon prime) which is quite sharp wide open, but it's manual focus, so tracking focus on fast moving bikes is, well, a challenge.

I had enough reach to get into turn two okay - my effective focal length is 450mm due to a smaller sensor.  The settings that worked okay for me were f/8 or f/11, in order to maximise my depth of field, at ISO 400.  This gave me around 1/300 second exposure, which was short enough to slow things down without being so short that it just freezes everything.

I basically did two "types" of shot - prefocussing on the ripple strip toward the end of turn two, and snapping bikes as they came into focus, for this sort of shot:



This one is pretty forgiving - the motion of the bikes are mainly towards me, so there's not a lot of blurring.  But it's pretty boring.

The more frustrating shot (but better when it works) is to track the bikes as they exit turn two, trying to simultaneously pan with the bike and pull the focus back at the same time, so I get a more side-on shot.  These are my favorites, but it's a really low percentage shot - I only got two or three of these all day that were worth having.





I reckon it's a learning exercise - I'm getting a little better each time.

[Dannog]

Wow looks like u guys had a great day at EC. Sorry I missed it

[Betty]

Another tip for the budding photographer ... lots of photos of the clown on the 999.






Its much easier to shoot an (almost) stationary object

[PAUL M]

Had so much fun at the last ride day, would there be any
interest in another Monster day before the end of the year ?

Dates
November Sat 6, Sun 7, Mon 22   
December  Sat 11, Sun 12, Sat 18, Sun 19   

[Betty]

Had so much fun at the last ride day, would there be any
interest in another Monster day before the end of the year ?

Dates
November Sat 6, Sun 7, Mon 22   
December  Sat 11, Sun 12, Sat 18, Sun 19   

Tricolore is apparently paid up for November 6. This is a Ducati supported day, which as it turns out, actually does have some benefits

I suspect that if you pick that day and give the odd, gentle, prod momentum and numbers may build ... I am sure there are a few others keen on a/another spin around the track.

[tricolore]

Yeah, I am booked for the 6th, places have been filling prety quick so if your serious you should book in.

[PAUL M]

OK, Eastern creek calender page doesn't match the booking page,
6th of Nov is not there, might already be full.

would also prefer a Sat

20th Nov or 18th Dec

Any interest for these dates?  [moto]

[melvin]

I'm booked for the Nov 20

ps
oopsie ...... typo. meant Nov 22

[PAUL M]

Which group?

[melvin]

White

[tricolore]

I am booked for Monday 22nd.
I will be in the green group 
It will be the last one before the end of the year and before it gets too bloody hot.

[craigo]

Booo. Booked on the 22nd, waiting list for white and yellow.

Since they closed Oran it seems you have to book months out to guarantee a seat 

[Nickati]

We are booked in for the 19TH Merry Christmas everyone !