Indycar speed

Indycar speed - #244/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Capturing the speed of a race car is a tricky balance of timing and shutter speed. If the shutter speed is too fast, then you'll stop the action too much and lose the sense of speed. Since this was a very bright day, I had to bring the ISO down to 100 and decrease the aperture considerably to get the 1/160sec shutter speed. I wanted to get the best impression of speed, so this was taken on one of the fastest parts of the circuit (the car was traveling about 140mph). I was quite close to the front of the grandstand which meant I was panning very fast so it took quite a few tries to capture the full car and well framed in the shot.