I don't know if any of you ever check out the Sports forum... I know I haven't had that many occasions to venture over there, so I wanted to share a couple of shots that I posted there over the weekend.

I am so pleased with these words can't explain. When I opened these files late last Friday night I was just stunned with what I captured. I'm not bragging, I'm talking about the shear quality of the images at ANY size. I printed them at 13 x19 and they are, without a doubt, the best files I have generated out of a DSLR...

It has been a long journey for us Nikon owners to where we are now. I'm glad I hung in there.

Thanks for looking.

Terry

D3, Nikon 500mm f4, ISO 640

Great stuff there... love the 2nd and 3rd... great colors!

Terry I feel the same way Its really nice when all the pieces of the puzzle sink into place. I still enjoy shooting with my D2X but there is something special about the D3. Great Shots!

dj dunzie wrote:
Great stuff there... love the 2nd and 3rd... great colors!

Thanks DJ ... glad you like them. The colors are what got me, and the total lack of noise at ISO 640.

T

Christian S wrote:
Terry I feel the same way Its really nice when all the pieces of the puzzle sink into place. I still enjoy shooting with my D2X but there is something special about the D3. Great Shots!

Yeah, this is pretty cool... I have my D2x also, and I still have a great deal of respect for it. It's no slouch, that's for sure.

Thanks for looking

Terry

Great shots Terry, I like the eyes in #3.

Don

Don Olson wrote:
Great shots Terry, I like the eyes in #3.

Don

Thanks so much Don. I see you come from the 4x5 era too. Quite a transition isn't it. These are some great times for photographers... every year a new thrill it seems.

I appreciate you stopping by to comment.

Terry

Nice shots. But this is why, back in the film days, we didn't use Velvia for people. It yielded contrasty tones and saturated colors; great for landscapes and yes, drag cars. But it wasn't as flattering for skin tones as, for example, Astia was. The cars are your primary subjects and they look great as processed. So my only nitpick would be to turn down the saturation on the crews / spectators.

~Ted

turnert wrote:
Nice shots. But this is why, back in the film days, we didn't use Velvia for people. It yielded contrasty tones and saturated colors; great for landscapes and yes, drag cars. But it wasn't as flattering for skin tones as, for example, Astia was. The cars are your primary subjects and they look great as processed. So my only nitpick would be to turn down the saturation on the crews / spectators.

~Ted


Ted you are dead on on the skin tones. I shot these with a custom Vivid setup so the processing, except for sharpening and cropping were done in camera.

I have set up a custom (to my liking) Neutral color setup, and if I have the presents of mind to remember to switch back and forth (some days I'm sharper than others) I'll apply them appropriately.

Thanks Ted for the very well tuned input.

T

awesome colors on those cars, looks great

Hey Terry,

Sweet work! Those colors and the sharpness is out of this world!

Good job on these.

Jim

excellent shot, 1st is my fav.

jg5726069 wrote:
awesome colors on those cars, looks great

Thank you so much JG...

Terry

JimFox wrote:
Hey Terry,

Sweet work! Those colors and the sharpness is out of this world!

Good job on these.

Jim

Hello Jim. I sure appreciate the kind words.

Terry

louis fusco wrote:
excellent shot, 1st is my fav.

Thanks much Louis... that is my fav too. I just love that car

Terry

Fantastic shots! Absolutely love the colors in all of them, especially the car in number 2 - WOW!!!

Love the concentration on the face of the driver in #3, colors of the cars are fantastic! Just looks like too much fun! Great shots Terry!

Damn man. The colors POP, 2 esp.

nadroj wrote:
Fantastic shots! Absolutely love the colors in all of them, especially the car in number 2 - WOW!!!

Many thanks nadroj... glad you liked em.

Terry

NightOwl Cat wrote:
Love the concentration on the face of the driver in #3, colors of the cars are fantastic! Just looks like too much fun! Great shots Terry!

Hi NightOwl Cat... the number 3 shot is actually a pretty extreme crop of a shot similar to the other two which are also cropped some. I was looking the other day and that driver has a cavity in his right rear molar and that's a load of crop...

Thanks for stopping by.

Terry

pointedem wrote:
Damn man. The colors POP, 2 esp.

Yeah the 66 Vette (shot #2) was the fastest qualifier that night, but he crossed the centerline in the final round and was atomatically disqualified. It is a beautiful car... many with all that color look like crap, but this one is so artfully done.

Thanks pointedem.

Terry

Awesome!

The title of this thread should read:

Photographer outstanding at the drags....and the D3 did its job.

love the colors of the 2nd car. great work.

freespirit wrote:

Awesome!


Many thanks freespirit

T