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This was my first attempt at shooting racers in the evening. I've shot thousands during daylight, but evening was a different critter. It took a few tries and a lot of different manual camera and flash settings until I found my magic combination. This included using the flash tilted at a slight upward with a bounce attachment angle to reduce glare on the snow, and setting the exposure on the camera to the fastest possible sync speed. If you're interested, ISO 400, F/5, 1/250 second, average metering mode, automatic focus.The best shots are towards the end. I did not realize how close I was until after the race was done - remember, flash photography - especially evening action - requires that you get close. I was actually between gates, about 8 feet from the racers.The earlier shots were not that great. A combination of the camera's built-in features and automatic settings on the flash just could not cut it. The racers were too fast for crisp images. By the time I was getting the manual settings figured out my hands were so cold I could not move my fingers! I took a warm-up break for half an hour, found some warmer gloves, and started again.I also gave copies of these images to Scott Larson for upload to the Wilmot Racing Program website. Bottom line - the later images are some of my best!117 files, last one added on Feb 29, 2008
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| 2004/05 SeasonPrior to Rick taking pictures of the races. These were the days where we were Trent's "groopies" and no one knew who RIck was. He did take some pictures of the annual Chilly cook-out and the Wilmot Carnival. |
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