American LeMans @ Laguna Seca 2008 (pics)

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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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American LeMans @ Laguna Seca 2008 (pics)

As usual, had a great time even though there were too many full course yellows.

Lots to shoot, also this was my first try at panning shots. I studied and asked folks on the "how to" the week before on different forums. Gathered some starter settings. Here is the results, hope you like'em
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My friend from high school at camera left holding the gloves! Go Nico!










Audi Team FTW!





















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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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Getting dark, cranked it to 1600 ISO








My boy Nico working for the Flying Lizards Team


Having lunch and all of a sudden Tiff Needell from 5th Gear sits at the table accross from us. I caught a moment of him and this little girl!


Sometimes I let the fan's take pictures with me! Also flyin my LICmotorsport colors!


There are more on my Flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30567963@N05/

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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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What kind of camera are you slangin'?

Hot pictures.
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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Gus you lucky ****ing bastard taking a picture with Tiff!!!
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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wow, what an amazing group of shots. you did a great job. where were you standing and did you get a media pass to get to capture such images?
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 02:32 PM
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great pan shots and other misc car shots. beautifully captured.
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 02:32 PM
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nice photos! damn, i would have went just to meet tiff! did tiff drive?

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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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i was there this past weekend. beautiful shots, almost better than being there IMHO!
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Sweet, Thanks Dudes for the encouragement! I really enjoyed the process of taking the different kinds of shots. Learning a ton!

R-Dub - I'm on a Canon XSi, most shoots are with a 70-300mm EF IS lens.

Hatteroo & JZ oo7 - Totally Random, just chillin eatin my chicken sandwich, and Tiff just sits at the table with a bunch of kids, a driver, some woman, and a small camera crew. Then everyone takes off except Tiff. Just Chillin by himself for a bit. Slowly people start to come up to him, so eventually I did too. It was pretty cool, cause no one really bombarded him. Not sure if he was driving, or was there for fun!

MyNikonLens - No Media pass, and I was all over the track scouting for a decent place to shoot. I sample many spots , but turn 9 & 10 seem to be a money spot for me.
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 03:12 PM
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AWESOME PICS dude... good job. i was there this weekend. GREAT time !!
Tdi for the win
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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LOOOOOOOOVE the shot of the blazing hot rotors
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by adizon
No Media pass, and I was all over the track scouting for a decent place to shoot. I sample many spots , but turn 9 & 10 seem to be a money spot for me.
i actually feel that it's not really necessary to have a media pass to shoot at laguna. the fences aren't that high. if you're over 5' 9" you're pretty much looking over the fence already. turns 9 & 10 is where i like to shoot as well because you are right there panning with them. the corkscrew is the only place where i feel would be nice to have access, but then you are kinda stuck there once you're there.

was tiff a nice guy? he seems like one. if i was there, i probably would've been wearing my, "I AM THE STIG" t-shirt. if i was, i would walk up to him and say, "i'm not, but i know you are."
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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Nice shots!!! What shutter speed were you using on the pans if you don't mind? I seemed to catch the wheels stopped last time and yours look so much better. Really nice work!
Old Oct 20, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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OMG Tiff was there!!?!?!

I'm literally tearing right now with jealousness


Seriously... I'm tearing and kicking myself in the *** for not going


BTW: Your pics are the ****ing bomb!
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I'll start using DHL to send ALL my packages if THIS is their delivery car.



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