MotoTrials from Loa UT

[zerodog]

I haven't posted in a long time. Thought I would share some images from last weekend.

#1


#2


#3


#4 Me getting stitches with cow sutures at the event :cryin: I stepped of my bike wrong and got a footpeg in the leg.


#5


#6


I will post a few more later!

[Photo-John]

Good stuff! Love the second one and the one of the guy crying while he's getting stitches

[groovehouse]

Nice shots. I have never seen motorcycles like this.

Shot #2 is crazy with the bike in the air and the rider with one foot on the ground.

The stitch shot is priceless.

[SmartWombat]

foot on ground = penalty
trials riders go over insane terrain completely balanced (usually)

[zerodog]

Here are a few more. The big jump!

[zerodog]

Good stuff! Love the second one and the one of the guy crying while he's getting stitches

:ciappa: Yep it was a blast. How is the ankle?

[Photo-John]

That's one of those shots I think might have worked better shot from a distance with a long lens. I don't know, though. Sometimes the super-wide lens from below makes things more dramatic. Ideally, you'd shoot something like that both ways.

Do you wear boots on the moto? What kind of move did you slip the footpeg on?

Ankle is ok. By ok, I mean it's hosed. But I'm gonna have to live with it for a while. Got a physical therapy evaluation appointment tomorrow morning. I'll know more after that. I'm definitely getting good medical advice and treatment for it. In the past all the doctors have told me is to stay off it (whatever it is), take ibuprofen and ice it. I'm pretty pleased they gave me crutches at the clinic and immediately gave me a referral for PT. Maybe this won't be that bad

[zerodog]

I like this one, used a 17-55.



This one I have problems with. 70-200. I am so used to tracking while shooting I tend to pull with the motion. I have to try really really hard to not move while getting a sequence.
#1 problem is I didn't frame it well, I wasn't ready for the shot
#2 a close second is the blue crapper in the background.
#3 my exposure was off so it had to get darkened up a bit in LR. And with another look, the WB is not quite right.
#4 I pulled during the sequence and lost the ramp by the time he was at the top.


If I had more than 2 guys hitting this ramp it would have been good too. I caught 1 guy twice and the other guy once. It is hard to be everywhere at once. And I think it is easy to make these guys look good. I like making a novice look rad. Like #1. He was just rolling up a rock. No big deal. But the background is great, he is looking intense and the angle of the bike is good too.

[zerodog]

Thanks for the feature photo guys!

[film2shoot]

Great Photos