Submitted by David Emmett on
Champ
Tom Sykes has been the revelation of 2012
Chaz Davies' progress has been slow on the Aprilia. But it's been progress
Can we lift it? Yes we can!
Jules Cluzel has taken to World Supersport like a duck to water
Max Biaggi's Aprilia RSV4 waits for the boss
Putting his mouth where his money comes from. Johnny Rea has been a Red Bull guy for a long time
Sam Lowes' first win had been a long time coming. And it shows
Italian geometry lessons inevitably involve motorcycle racing paraphernalia
Fear the #66
Kuba Smrz, up the inside
Spot a T-Cut and she should polish up just fine
Marco Melandri made history for BMW at Donington, taking the marque's first win
Leon Camier attempts to bottom his forks out
Comments
Question.
David, are you considering retiring because Jared can write well AND take good photographs? ;o)
An allrounder journo
Really nice shots there Jared.
Scott is also a good writer. We are lucky to have a wealth of talent on this site.
Nice one
Great captions and pics Jared, love the 'Jonathan Rea'!
Wow absolutely beautiful
Wow absolutely beautiful pics, the resolution and colour are amazing (I wonder what camera is used?)
Although the Rea caption should have been, "maybe time to stop drinking a litre of this stuff before the race?" ;)
Canon 5D MkII
For that weekend, I borrowed a Canon 5D MkII with an f2.8 24-70 and rented an f4 70-300mm L-series lens (pretty much locked to f8). The colours are a bit punchier than usual probably because I shoot in Raw, unlike practically all other photographers - even those who are vastly better than I am - and use Aperture to process them, which lets me bring the colour up.
The right camera for me would actually be a Canon 7D for track shots, but anything over a certain standard, with rented lenses, will do.
HDR images
have you ever done an HDR racing pic?
HDR racing pic?
No, I have not. The reason for this is that you need at least three exposures to make a proper HDR image and bikes move too fast to capture three identical frames. I could, of course, convert a Raw image to 16-bit and tone-map it for that HDR look, but it wouldn't be real HDR.
For everyone confused about what HDR and Tone Mapping are, here's a tutorial I wrote a few years ago. http://23x.net/7/beginners-guide-to-hdr.html
See above
See above
Massive Red Bull consumption
Massive Red Bull consumption explains Rea's riding.
:)
Cameras
Jared, great pics. If you want help with Canon gear, drop me a line. Am manager of a Pro Canon supplier. We just put a couple of 5D Mk III's into rental as well as some new Mk II long lenses. Being a bike fan , will give you a massive break on rental (as long as you are trustworthy!)...
Ooooh.
If I can figure out how to get in touch with you, I'll definitely take you up on that. I'm @jearle on Twitter, if that helps.
Good work
Nice shots, Jared. I especially like the one of the tires. Good eye to notice that!
Thanks
I appreciate that a lot, coming from you. :)
Donington
Jared,
Nice work..... enjoyed the photos ..Regards from Australia......Peter.