Figured I would share a few pics from the AMA weekend at road america. The weather as usual sucked so the lighting was a bit tough for my rented 400 5.6 lense experiment but it did better then expected. I used a canon 40D body for all pics.


1. Ben Bostrom exiting turn 1. I love the head on wheelie over the curb shots you can get from a bigger zoom. Im used to a 70 -200 normally

2. Jake Holden leaving the bus stop chicane

3. One of my favorites of the weekend. Geoff May launches down the hill to turn 3, I liked the background from this angle.

4. Geoff's kind of a wheelie guy I guess! Here he is on his cooldown lap in qualifying.

5. Larry Pegram and Matt Mladin battle it out in the damp on saturday. Here they are coming up to 13 after canada corner

6. These two were all but stuck together on Sunday in a fun to watch race. I think they are both using the throttle here.

7. Chris Peris got his first AMA win on saturday in the Daytona class.

8. Fellow cheesehead rookie Blake Young having an impressive first superbike season.

9. Zemke likes to get sideways a lot. Here he is backing it into the bus stop on the backside of the course.

10. Matt Mladin getting it right for the drive down to 3

All in all I got some decent keepers but some were on the softer side for my taste. Maybe some year the lighting will cooperate a bit. Until then, I'll keep on practicing.

you got some good shots, I liked #2 the most, that is a really good shot IMO. I prefer to see the color of racing vehicles, being that they are so brightly liveried, B&W just doesn't do much for me.

Cool pictures, loving the head-on wheelies as well!

I do agree that bright-colored liveries work better, though, overall, good work!

I'm guessing that tracking is easier on the camera with longer focal-lengths, was that your experience as well?

i like bw with these images....just add more contrast to them.

the colors ONLY work best if the lighting it great.

The tracking is only easier if you have the line of sight far enough down track. Most of the shots the bikes come into view fairly qucikly like the ones wheeling down the hill so it can be tough at times. I like the B&W's, and agree the colors are awesome but you do need the light for it, which most of the weekend I didnt have.