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Troy Corser (WSBK)
Troy Corser (WSBK)
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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: TT-circuit Assen, Netherlands
Date: Sep 1, 2006
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250s
Galleries: Sports, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Sep 15, 2006

 Two times World Superbike Champion Troy Corser on the Alstare Corona Suzuki GSX-R1000. Shot during friday free qualifying practice of the World Superbike Series on sept 1st 2006 at the Dutch Assen track.

Corser (Australia) won his first WSBK title on a Ducati in 1996. In 1998 I believe he lost the title in the last race and after that wasted a lot of time at Foggy Petronas racing before signing with Suzuki in 2005, winning his 2nd title that same year on the GSX-R1000.
He was also the first non-American AMA Superbike champion (AMA is the US domestic series, just like BSB is the Brittish one) in 1995 on a Ducati.

I've got a lot of shots from many different riders. But I chose this one because of the active position and angle (instead of more en profil) and the way the yellow and blue work with the green background.

Made about 850 exposures that day, still have about 150 left of them. Again all shots made with manual exposure. When you are panning and have all the different colored bikes coming by in rapid motion the Auto-exposure makes a mess of the exposure value. When the light changes I find that I am more and more able to judge how to adjust the exposure manually very rapidly.
Camera was in AF-C mode, altough many times I took just one shot. Panned of course. Also experimented a lot with feet position in relation to the subject and the swing I make. It can make a lot of difference.
This was shot at 1/250s, that day the best compromise. For some reason I couldn't get 1/160s to work so well. But 1/400s is to fast.

Editing: color adjustments, exposure balance, maybe some dust removal and selective sharpening.


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10/07/2006 09:43:12 PM
8 - Good shot. Nice and clean. Good panning(?) and stop motion. Like the composition but wonder whether a fraction more space/green at the top may have balanced this out a little more, but depends what you had to work with, obviously.
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 10/07/2006 05:14:20 PM
Rock on! Great panning capture. Very sharp.
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 10/07/2006 02:04:27 PM
Great pan shot, vivid colors. Good luck
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 10/07/2006 12:07:46 PM
I imagine white reflections when shooting scenes of this nature are hard to counteract so seeing as I cant pick any faults its gotta be a 10. GL in the challenge
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 10/05/2006 04:36:53 PM
nice actions shot! colors are great & good bokeh!
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 10/05/2006 08:56:14 AM
Excellent clarity and colours. I am not one for sports images but this is one of the best photos in the challenge and is in my top 10.
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 10/05/2006 01:57:28 AM
Vibrant, beautiful colors and the action freeze is perfect.
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 10/03/2006 03:50:27 PM
Good motion. I like how the front wheel is slightly suspended for the shot.
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 10/03/2006 04:16:51 AM
very nice motorsport action shot
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 10/02/2006 08:43:56 PM
WOW - simply fabulous! 10
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 10/02/2006 04:56:45 PM
He is a champ...Great shot
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 10/02/2006 08:10:26 AM
Great action shot, great sharpness!
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 10/02/2006 04:40:59 AM
excellent action and just the right amount of blur
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 10/02/2006 03:07:59 AM
Go the Aussie's !great shot
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 10/01/2006 06:25:51 PM
Nice capture. Great colors and focus on this. Wonderful job on the pan to capture the essence of speed. Very nice job
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 10/01/2006 06:14:25 AM
from technical aspect the shot is good. colours and sharpness are perfect and the composition is good. It's difficult for me find in the image something that is different from sporting reportage...I think that have few interesting.
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