Tom Noble sponsored the Eastern Fat Tire/Maine Mountain Biking Association Rotary Park Short Track at Rotary Park in Biddeford, Maine. The race benefits the Biddeford Parks and Recreation department. I got some shots of all three races and some pre-race stuff, too.
I posted most of the pics to MaineToday.com in the Seen section. You can go to the Rotary Park Short Track gallery.
I worked the area in the woods in an attempt to get interesting shots of the riders coming downhill. The downhill brought them to a tight, 90-degree turn where they lost all of their momentum.
That is Bradford Perley of Kennebunk. In that shot, I was shooting with my Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX ASP lens, trying to get that “magazine cover” type shots with enough space around the rider for some type.
Here is another photo of Jeffrey Dixon of Windham. I was crouched in a pile of brush on a technical section of the track.
I shot that with my Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG AF. I had to shoot at ISO 800 to get the shot, but my shutter speed could be lower because the action wasn’t as fast here.
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The N.E.F.L. Southern Maine Raging Bulls played the North Shore Generals at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland, Maine, tonight. The Bulls pulled out a win.
I experienced the frustration of shooting sports under outdoors lighting at night. I was using my Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, which is pretty fast and gives me good quality. But the lights just weren’t bright enough, even at ISO 1600. A monopod may have helped.
The AI Servo was having trouble tracking the action with such a short telephoto. I really needed, like, a 300mm zoom. Something with image stablilization, too. I could have really used a couple extra f-stops.
I got some fair photographs from the game tonight. I uploaded them to MaineToday.com at http://seen.mainetoday.com/album.html?alb=858. I think I could have done a lot more with some more light. Maybe earlier in the season, when the sun was up longer. Otherwise, I need a longer lens with image stabilization.
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I posted some new photographs around the web today, to photoSIG, flickr and MaineToday.com. As you can guess from the list of sites, it’s a variety of photographs.
The rose bush outside my house bloomed again and I took a few photos of it recently. I got a shot that I thought was pretty good and posted it to photoSIG.com. So far, I have received some really good feedback, already. If you have a photoSIG membership (basic is free), I’d like your comments.
I also went to Biddefords East Point Sactuary, this past week. I was taking photos of the surf crashing against the rocks, trying to capture the grandure of the rocky coast and the power of the water. It wasn’t working out that well, so I moved around trying to find smalling things to photograph. That’s when I noticed an interesting crack in the rocks with a circle in it. I tried a couple of compositions, and the one with the diagonal worked the best. But it still wasn’t really interesting. So I experimented with it and toned it blue. I liked it better than the original. I uploaded it to flickr. If you have a flickr account, you can view/download it there.
I went to Old Orchard Beach planning to take some photos of people with their motorcycles for MaineToday.com’s Seen Blog. When I got there, the Old Orchard Beach Bikefest at The Pier wasn’t in full swing, yet. But, the Towing and Recovery Association of Maine was having an event next to the Old Orchard Beach passenger train platform. There were lots of big shiny trucks and nice people. I uploaded the Towing and Recovery Association photos to the MaineToday.com Seen photo blog page.
I did manage to get a couple of shots of folks riding down the strip to the Old Orchard Beach Bikefest at The Pier. I posted those photos to the MaineToday.com Seen photo blog page. You can view the Old Orchard Beach Bikefest at The Pier album there.
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I went to Oxford Plains Speedway, in Oxford, Maine, to see the Boost/Rockstar Freestyle Motocross expo which was sponsored by Ken’s Yamaha. I took my camera and shot a lot of photos of people in the crowd for the MaineToday.com Seen blog. I spent a lot of time talking to people and taking their photos. It was a lot of fun and I got to talk to a lot of nice people.
The show was great. It started with Skydive New England making a pretty big entrance by skydiving into the stadium with the Metal Mulisha. The Mulisha opted to land on the grassy infield, while the Skydive NE folks landed right on the paved track. Wow.
The guys from Vertical Outlaws, a profesional streetbike freestyle team from Southern Maine, did a cool streetbike demo. From my vantage point, photos were difficult. I had to shoot through the fence around the track and opted to just watch the show.
The Freestyle Motocross was great. The tricks were awesome: Hart Attacks, Lazy Boy’s, Cliff Hangers, Rock Solid, inverted nac nac’s. Just crazy stuff. The step-up competition was a downer. The landing was pretty harsh, so after a bunch of tries, the riders agreed to split the prize money. Not very exciting, but I wouldn’t want to see anyone ruin their career or get an unnecessary injury over $1k.
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