Since I can’t ride, I thought it would be fun to shoot some photos during practice tonight. Practice and race days have been canceled repeatedly due to thunderstorms, but we had pretty good weather today. I used my Nikon D200 and Nikkor 70-200 2.8 AF-S VR lens, which performed well, although there was really no good lighting at all. It’s getting dark much earlier now, and with rain clouds always in on the horizon, the setting sun is mostly obscured. I had to shoot mostly wide-open at ISO 800 to freeze the action to the degree I wanted. I try to freeze not only the rider in action, but the bike spokes, which really adds to the capture, in my opinion.

:: BMX racers Chuck Carroll and Mike Powers - click on image to enlarge ::

It was fun hanging out with everyone, and the photos came out decent, but not as good as I would have liked. For the shutter speeds I require, I really need more available light, and shooting at high ISO is a sure way to lose fine details in any image.

On a similar note, I’ll be adding a photo gallery section to this site for uploading my Cape Coral BMX photos. I’ll post more details soon. Also remember that the Cape Coral BMX website has a photo gallery, so check that out from time to time too.

:: BMX racer Charlie Cassaro - click on image to enlarge ::