Mike,
What can I say, amazing work. The colors jump off the screen and the
panning shots are particularly nice. To catch the car perfectly is an art.
I've saved the link as I want to go over each shot in more detail when I
find more time. At first glance, I particularly like sp00_11.jpg, where the
car is actually off the ground. Sp99_23 is awfully nice too, with the
smoothly blurred background. You must have had a great time.
I grew up in Indiana and for 5 or 6 years in the mid-80's I was an official
at the Indy 500. I ran the main timing computer on race day and all the
qualification days. The side benefit of the job (volunteer, unpaid of
course) was that I had an all-access pass and a reserved parking spot next
to the tower. There was something wonderful about driving around the line
waiting to get in on race day, driving the wrong way down the road and
turning in front of the first car and having the guard let you into the
track.
My first day on the job, my 'boss' explained that I had one of only about a
dozen of the '99' passes. When I asked where I could go, his answer was "if
you want to have a picnic, on the track, in the first turn, during the race,
this badge lets you do it. I just wouldn't recommend it".
I went to my first Indy 500 at age 6.
Racing is a blast.
Tom
> I don't do this often but wanted to share last weekend's work with any
> here on the Olympus list who are interested. The event was one of only
> two NASCAR road course stops per season and was at Sears Point in
> Sonoma, CA. The file names are sp00_xx.jpg and the link to the first
> page containing these images is:
>
> http://motorsportvisions.com/NASCAR/nascar3.htm
>
> All were taken with OM2s bodies. The panned shots were all taken with a
> recently aquired Zuiko 135 f3.5 (instead of my usual Tamron SP 60-300 I
> am trying to use prime Zuikos whenever possible and that tiny little 135
> was really a treat to pan with). The straight-on shots were all taken
> with a Tamron 70-350 with Tamron SP 1.4x converter (all at max zoom
> setting which is ~490mm converted). Pit row driver shots were all taken
> with a Tamron SP 60-300 zoom. (Yes, I carried a ton of stuff around
> those hills last weekend, but nothing like what most were
> carrying...then again a lot more than the guy who shot with nothing but
> IS-3s.) Film was Fuji Provia F shot at 100 ISO.
>
> I hope that some list members find the work enjoyable. I also am very
> open to hearing any constructive criticisms that could help improve my
> work in the future (just go easy on my sensative ego ;-)...).
>
> Mike Veglia
> Motor Sport Visions Photography
> http://www.motorsportvisions.com
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