There was also a Mustang that spun off the track coming off the attitudes and I was using Paul's 150-500 lens and it was way too much lens for something like that so it didn't very well either. I'll post what I have when I get a chance. Zamboni On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Larry Knight <carpixguy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > First off Mr. Zamboni, that is a great series!!! I really enjoyed paging > through it, except for the miata owners sympathetic pain. Second off, let > apologize for your having the shutter at 1/60th when you needed 1/800th. It > is my fault, I have the worst luck at that very thing and apperantly a few > weeks ago when we were shooting at Black Rock, it done migrated to you, > sorry. > > Larr > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Michael Wells <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> All, >> >> Ok, so I have some good news and some bad news, The good news is that I >> was in perfect position for the crash of the #7 Miata from the last race >> yesterday, the bad news is that I was shooting in manual Mode and was only >> shooting at 1/60th of a second so the photos are way out of focus but just >> to put you in my shoes... >> >> I was about 20 yards west of the end of the photography well right before >> the first turn of the east track. There was a group of 5 Spec Miatas in a >> bunch and I watched them for about three laps when the following sequence >> happened. I was so close that as the car slid past me I was even hit in the >> head by a flying rock, the only place it wouldn't do any damage. Well take a >> look and enjoy it was pretty cool being that close to the action even though >> it did raise my blood pressure a bit. >> >> http://www.pbase.com/twistedlight/crash >> >> -- >> Michael Wells >> MCWells Photography >> mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx >> 801-850-7279 >> > > -- Michael Wells MCWells Photography mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx 801-850-7279