Motorsport photography through a fence

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Motorsport photography through a fence

Postby ben306 » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:28 pm

How you you get around taking panning shots through a fence???

Its the Honda Indy Toronto races this weekend and I've treated myself to a weekend pass seeing it shoots off all the roads around my apartment.

Went for a nosey last night and looks like they have 10+ft high fences, just wondering how will I get the best results for taking photographs??
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Postby Gaz » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:06 pm

high viz jacket with PRESS on the back works well lol
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Postby Albino-Jay » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:17 pm

get as close as you can and see if you lens will fit in one of the holes. what i did at donny and i couldve got some belting shots if i had more zoom lol
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Postby Gaz » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:16 pm

Albino-Jay wrote:get as close as you can and see if you lens will fit in one of the holes. what i did at donny and i couldve got some belting shots if i had more zoom lol


18-70 by anychance?

i found the 70-300 much easier at donnington if you could get above the fenceline at craner.
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Postby Albino-Jay » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:14 pm

Gaz wrote:18-70 by anychance?

i found the 70-300 much easier at donnington if you could get above the fenceline at craner.



18-55mm not got it anymore its broke, need another
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Postby Ste » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:46 pm

ideally, you want to be close to the fence, but that car's be far away from the fence so you can use a longer zoom...

180mm - fence visible
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300mm - no fence
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very slow shutter speed's help blur the fence away too
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Postby Jaffa » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:22 am

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That's one steep fucking hill :shock:
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Postby ben306 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:51 pm

Looks like Im just gonna have to try and fight for better spots.

Chances are I wont be able to get far enough away from the cars as its all streetside. I could upgrade to a grandstand but then Im paying $109 instead of $59 for the weekend
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Postby Ste » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:45 am

Jaffa wrote:
That's one steep fucking hill :shock:



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