I'm finally getting around to processing and posting pictures from the glorious F1 weekend in Austin, TX last year. Yeah, I had fun.
That particular weekend was one of many firsts for me.
First time:
...going to a F1 race.
...shooting at any race.
...outing with my newly acquired 7D.
...renting a lens.
...shooting with a long lens.
...oh I could go on, I'm surprised you're still reading. Anyhow, I took about 1600 shots and got what I consider a few keepers.
Most of these I cropped down to a 32:9 ratio, one of them I took to 16:9. I welcome your C+C just bear in mind that I'm not a pro sports photographer. Even if I were, not like I could profit from an F1 picture.
You can always profit from any picture you take, but sometimes not directly. I got my first Motocross gig because the track owner saw some of my Formula Drift pictures. I am very jealous of these, great work, especially from the stands
If you would profit much at all from a F1 picture you might get some lawsuits, I believe they watch that pretty closely. Decent shots, it really helps to be at track level though.
Right, the T&C on the F1 tickets specifically prohibit using the pictures for anything other than personal use. F1 has a very limited set of exclusive photographer licenses for their races.
Yes, I would have loved to have been at track level. Unfortunately the only places I could get were GA & usually had fences in the way. At one point on the track I could've gotten really nice front-end shots, if only I had something like a 600mm lens.
I've been to F1 races all over the world, always get 3-day grandstand seats, and always spend a few sessions taking pictures from my seats; it's tough to get great shots from that high up (above the height of the safety fencing but low enough to get decent angles of the cars)...
My favorite day for photos is the pit walkabout day (Thurs), but not all tracks do it...
Your best shot is the Ferrari. Good job catching the glow of the rotors as he was on the brakes.
The others are all a bit soft but that might be my critical eye.
Good panning technique.
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