My first tries on DSLR-photography

[aaron_]

...so there was this Canon cashback-thing back in April till June.
I originally wanted to go with Nikon (D200) but they don't have the compact, leight weight 70-200mm f/4 zooms.
This together with quite a low price on the 30D made the deal for me.

Here are some pictures with the combo (and a Tamron 17-50 f/2,8 for the wide angle things)
I'll only post the first one of the series and hyperlink the others since they're quite big (almost always near 100% crops)
Click on the pictures and the should enlarge to full size.


Hpi Racing Firestorm 10T
For review purposes. This one was actually quite easy, since trucks generally react more sluggish and are less prone to get thrown around.

• http://www.offroad-cult.org/Forum/images/20070430/P1.JPG
• http://www.offroad-cult.org/Forum/im...0070430/P2.JPG
• http://www.offroad-cult.org/Forum/images/20070430/P3.JPG
• http://www.offroad-cult.org/Forum/images/20070430/P4.JPG
• http://www.offroad-cult.org/Forum/im...0070606/P5.JPG

Some still shots
They still need post processing

• http://www.offroad-cult.org/Forum/im...0070616/P2.JPG
• http://www.offroad-cult.org/Forum/im...0070713/P1.JPG

Buggies in action
Well, with buggies, I always have difficults in tracking them. At close distances of ~2m at 200mm focal length, I can hardly get sharp pictures:

• http://www.offroad-cult.org/Forum/im...0070606/P1.JPG

So the solution was to back off a few metres, which makes focussing and tracking easier, but requires a lot of cropping.
You might remember the location, since the pictures were shot at the RMC-Vienna





I like the wide-angle shot a lot better, tough I didn't like how I had to place myself to get the picture









Next time, I'll use a tripod and a red dot sight on the camera so I get a bigger field of view and catch up with the action faster at close distance.
It's going to be my first race behind the camera


I hope you like the photos! C&C is always welcome!