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Burning Rubber!
Burning Rubber!
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Challenge: Sports II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Sonoma, California
Date: Jul 12, 2005
Aperture: F18.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Sports
Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2005

 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.

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 296
Avg (all users): 6.4330
Avg (commenters): 7.5417
Avg (participants): 6.1849
Avg (non-participants): 6.5603
Views since voting: 1175
Views during voting: 499
Votes: 351
Comments: 28
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 07/20/2005 11:47:51 PM
Nice "killer shot" Should have finished much higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/19/2005 10:38:49 PM
love the composition in this shot. bumping up
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 07/19/2005 07:28:54 PM
great angle.. and top notch shot..... 9
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 07/19/2005 04:08:39 PM
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!
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 07/19/2005 11:56:13 AM
A dead on pan to make the speed sizzle!
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 07/19/2005 10:38:23 AM
Nice shot
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 07/18/2005 07:55:42 PM
The tilt is unnatural. I don't think it adds anything to this picture. Good capture though.
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 07/17/2005 09:31:01 AM
Great capture on my favorite sport!
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 07/16/2005 10:13:25 PM
Wonderful focus! what a shot!
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 07/16/2005 06:24:54 AM
My favorite in the challenge. Great sense of motion.
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 07/16/2005 04:58:26 AM
I really like the angle you took this at - or at least rotated it to. The smoke is exposed just right.
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 07/15/2005 10:03:39 PM
wow, great pan shot. the tilted horizon adds a lot.
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 07/15/2005 06:16:33 PM
i like the colour and smoke, depicting speed...the angle is good too
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 07/15/2005 01:52:02 PM
Burn baby Burn!
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 07/15/2005 08:48:58 AM
Too much cropped but good shot :-)
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 07/14/2005 02:04:57 PM
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.
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 07/14/2005 11:56:02 AM
great angle on this
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 07/14/2005 11:36:58 AM
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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 07/14/2005 08:30:29 AM
i really like it, its very nice
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 07/13/2005 10:23:02 PM
Nice job of panning the shot. I like the angle for added interest. 8
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 07/13/2005 07:34:30 PM
Good action and composition. I like. Would have liked a bit more contrast.
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 07/13/2005 04:33:40 PM
I love how clear the car is!
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 07/13/2005 01:24:59 PM
Excellent composition. Detail is superb and the exposure is great. Very nice shot.. One of my favorite so far
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 07/13/2005 12:12:55 PM
AWESOME! Again, just like the last challenge, I'm a sucker for burning rubber! 8
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 07/13/2005 08:44:21 AM
Wow, good shot
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 07/13/2005 08:36:09 AM
Awesome! Every element of the challenge is there and the composition very nice!
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 07/13/2005 05:05:40 AM
would like to have seen some movement in the car
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 07/13/2005 12:56:04 AM
At Infineon? Good capture, but looks abit oversharpened!
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