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11 Jun 2007, 16:55 (Ref:1934175)
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Ferrari Racing Days - Silverstone June 2007
Hi. I am a novice photorapher. I seem to spend a lot of time at race tracks hence my main focus will be on motorsport - it looks like there a a lot of great photographers in the forum. I am using a Nikon D80 and my enthusiasm to get the most out of my camera has resulted in me participating in a one day course with Nikon on Thursday to find my way around the camera more comprehensively - in other words - get out of 'auto' mode.
I have been practicing in 'sports' mode and the results can be viewed at http://suewhyte.fotopic.net My last outing was last Friday at Silverstone - Ferrari Racing Days (testing). Fantastic. Any tips on my photography would be greatly appreciated. 
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12 Jun 2007, 14:24 (Ref:1935092)
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First thing I would say is that I can't see any EXIF/techie info on any pictures up there, so I'm flying blind, but...
 I suspect you may be trying to pan at a LOW shutter speed? This takes a LOT of practice. You have to learn to place the car in the VF, and keep it in teh same place, or you ust get soft/blurred images.  The pit stuff looks OK, and the head on shots. Get it off Programme of any kind, and onto Shutter Priority, or Aperture Priority, and set it either as fast as you want (1/60 is plenty slow enough to start with), or open the lens up as much as it will go. (f2.8/3.5/5.6, depends on the lens you have...). Oh, and I'd also ask what ISO you are set to? I tend to run a minimum 200, and with my noisy old thing, I try not to go over 400.  Hope this helps? 
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12 Jun 2007, 16:01 (Ref:1935189)
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Ferrari Racing Days Silverstone
Yes thanks - any help is much appreciated. More will be revealed when I go on the course - I hope.
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17 Jun 2007, 14:23 (Ref:1939947)
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Bishops Itch, in between...
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18 Jun 2007, 16:13 (Ref:1940866)
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19 Jun 2007, 19:40 (Ref:1941972)
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Hah Hah, I'm not far from there myself. Never been though.
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Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne? Here? In a women's prison? At three o'clock in the morning? With my reputation? Oh well, penal correctitude it is then.
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20 Jun 2007, 11:32 (Ref:1942435)
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Nearly bought a house just up the road!
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21 Jun 2007, 22:42 (Ref:1943768)
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I'm in Ryton, so far enough but still local.
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Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne? Here? In a women's prison? At three o'clock in the morning? With my reputation? Oh well, penal correctitude it is then.
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22 Jun 2007, 19:47 (Ref:1944530)
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I live in Cobham, Surrey. We sell High Octane Racing Fuel imported from America - the business is based in Southam. I was up there yesterday. Didn't have time for lunch at the Long Itch. I had been to the Formula 1 Test Day at Silverstone in the morning. Not half as exciting as the Ferrari event or the Brooklands Centenary or even the events at Santa Pod.
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You must go! The best bacon, sausage, egg, chips and cup of tea you could imagine.
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