Formula-D National Competition. Infineon Raceway.
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24th place! I am quite pleased as this is a lot of firsts for me. First time using an SLR since college. First time trying to post process. First time using an SLR zoom lens. First time entering a challenge.
To answer some of the comments made during the challenge: I did not rotate the image, it was taken that way. I did crop about 25% of the image in order to frame the shot better. I also made the mistake of oversharpenning this way too much giving it that pixelated look along the edges.
To make this picture any better in my own opinion I needed a more colorful and complimentary background that would have brought out the car and make it pop.
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Very nice! Great feeling of power and speed with the blurred background and wheel. See the driver fight for control with the turned front wheels. Nice color. Did a good job tracking the car body. A winner!
This is a remarkable shot. The only thing I can see wrong (at least on my monitor) is your straight lines are pixelated. Probably from rotating the shot post-process as opposed to tahing the shot at that angle. I get that all the time too. Still, high marks for a super capture.
I could see this shot in motor trend. Excellent. I could care less about cars, but have recently found a love for in-motion car photography. This is a great photo.
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