Just to introduce myself

[Dixie]

Just joined the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I am a photographer who specializes in racing (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Fiddle Back Racing, Toyota #66, Driver: Todd Bodine) and National Parks.

I am looking forward to a great time here in the message board.

The attached photo is last years truck which is a Ford #67 and was taken at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY.

Happy to be aboard.

[Nir]

Welcome aboard Dixie!!

[gus]

Just joined the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I am a photographer who specializes in racing (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Fiddle Back Racing, Toyota #66, Driver: Todd Bodine) and National Parks.

I am looking forward to a great time here in the message board.

The attached photo is last years truck which is a Ford #67 and was taken at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY.

Happy to be aboard.
Another good one...so whats in your gear arsenal Dixie ?...some long stuff ?

[Michael Allen]

Welcome to Dgrin Dixie! Looking foward to some more racing shots.

[lynnma]

Hi Dixie:wave :cheer Welcome welcome.. look forward to seeing your work.

Lynn :1drink

[Dixie]

Another good one...so whats in your gear arsenal Dixie ?...some long stuff ?Actually, not as long as you may imagine. I have a Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 which I use during daylight races, but I tend to shoot in the 150-250mm range. That lens is way too slow for the twilight and night races so last year I added the EF 70-200 f/2.8 IS USM lens to the arsenal which has worked out great and gets me the shot I need in most cases. I also have a Canon 2X teleconverter, but of course that halves the speed of the lens and I end up with lighting problems for stopping the action when I need to. I tend to shoot in the 1/100 -1/250 shutter speed range so that when I pan with the trucks I still get a slight illusion of speed by having the background blur slightly with the wheels blurred as they spin and still have enough shutter speed to capture a pretty sharp image of the truck itself.

I should also mention that I am a NASCAR licensed crew member for Fiddle Back Racing and that gets me right up to the firewall in the pits which gives me a pretty good advantage on being close to the action. Plus, I'm normally perched on top of a 7 foot tall tool wagon which gives me a pretty good angle to shoot over the safer barrier between the pits and the actual track.

[4labs]

Welcome Dixie. So now that we got a tease show us some more!

[Dixie]

Welcome Dixie. So now that we got a tease show us some more!I have to leave shortly for North Carolina, but will post more when I return the first of the week. Until then, here is a shot of Steadman Marlin, son of Sterling Marlin #40, who drove for us last year in Daytona.

So far there have been two truck races this year. I will start posting photos from this years races after the Atlanta race on March 18th. This year we are running a Toyota and our number is 66 with Todd Bodine behind the wheel.

[ian408]

Welcome aboard!


Ian

[Steve Cavigliano]

Welcome Dixie :wave


Nice pics and a very good tip about using somewhat slower shutter speeds to give the impression of speed (not to mention, tires rotating) :clap



I think you're gonna like it here :nod


Steve

[blackwaterstudio]

Welcome aboard, its great to photo Nascar, I'm in talks with Lowes Motor Speedway about shooting the Coke-Cola 600 night race :clap

[Dixie]

Welcome aboard, its great to photo Nascar, I'm in talks with Lowes Motor Speedway about shooting the Coke-Cola 600 night race :clapIf you've never done night racing before just let me know and I'll pass on what I can to help you. I have to shoot at high ISO settings to get many of my shots. There is a piece of software named Noise Ninja which does a great job of removing noise from high ISO settings. I'm still in North Carolina, but when I get home tonight I'll get the link for the site where Noise Ninja can be purchased. It does an absolutely great job and if I remember correctly it sells for about $79.

Noise Ninja has definitely savaged a load of night shots for me. It also handles the processing in batch which also makes it a great tool when you shoot so many shots (I sometimes do close to a 1,000 shots per race just to get what I need). I shoot in multi-shot mode and generally fire from 3-5 shots per then pick the best from the series.

[Dixie]

The link for Noise Ninja 2 is http://www.picturecode.com.