IHRA Thunder Jam

[John Thawley]

These were taken Saturday night at Immokalee Raceway during the IHRA Thunder Jam.

[Photo-John]

Thanks for accepting my Twitter invite, John! I love these photos - especially the bus and the flaming, backlit semi. Those are not your standard drag racing photos. Not one bit

Looks like you've got some white balance issues - color is a little funky. Are you shooting auto white balance? Maybe we can help you with that

[John Thawley]

Looks like you've got some white balance issues - color is a little funky. Are you shooting auto white balance? Maybe we can help you with that

I think I can handle it. LOL - Basically, the problem here is not white balance per-se` - the shots are backlit, but more to the problem is the track had four small DOT lights aimed on the burn-out pad and on the launch pad. So, you have four "patches" interspersed among the natural light... then back lit. So you have to pick your trade off. Since the cars were rarely in the DOT lights, I went with the natural light and adjust the DOT a touch in post.

Of course, no flash.

Thanks all the same.

JT

[Ray Dockrey]

I really like the first one. It is like the calm before the storm.