That would definitely be the best bet for night shots. If they run at night, you will be screwed with the D300 unless you also have a big honking flash (SB-900.) If I had the run of the place, I'd set up some Alien Bees along the track, mounted to existing poles, with CyberSync triggers to fire flash. Most of the action takes place withing the first 100 ft. I would probably not go into the pit-can't see much and you are limited. I stick to shutter speeds of at least 1/500s and more like 1/1000s unless panning. The ability to swing the camera is very important. I'm going to add that I've found tripods useful only if I'm using a large format camera.
Finally, I often use a slower shutter speed and pan them as they go past me. Sometimes the tractors lose all control of steering and it's possible they will plow into you. Do not position yourself at the end of the track. My D5100 with the Nikon 17-55mm worked well enough. A really good flash like the SB-900 does have enough power if you don't want to shoot high ISO.
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However, you need a fast f2.8 zoom and shoot at least ISO 3200 to catch this. They are best at night, when the flames shoot way up in the air. This project is a group effort spearheaded. Pictures and stories will be shared as we go along. Someone not familiar with tractor pulls might suggest a long lens, but I like a wider one-the smoke from the exhaust is an important part of the image and it can shoot up about 30 feet. Most of the factual information will come from the WTPA archives. For lenses, probably the best is something that goes fom 18-105mm. They don't go all that fast so anything can work. I used to use a D300, but last summer I just used my D5100, and a 1950s Rolleiflex. Good visibility is the key thing, but stay out of the line of view of the judges. Where I live, I can usually talk my way into the judges platform by offering to give them a few prints. Number one thing is to pick a spot that offers high visibility.
I live in South Dakota and love antique tractor shows. Maybe a flash gun for the tractors themselves (before or after). Health and safety may have changed enough in the last twenty years that you need to be a bit farther away than I was, though, and I'm not going to say I know better than Mark.Īs an extra, I might wonder about a tripod - or at least monopod - because some longer exposures for motion blur might give an interesting effect occasionally. You need to be a little way out, but these things aren't small, so fitting both in the frame so that you can see them is still going to need something medium-wide. I'd have thought a wide angle to show both vehicles would be the way, unless you don't mind the view from one end. Though one spinning its wheels (or a frustrated driver) might make for a good close-up, so I'm not ruling out the long lens. You can get a close-up on a tractor, but a tractor on it's own in the middle of a tractor pull is. I suspect it's going to depend where you can position yourself. I've never photographed one of these, but I've seen one - I used to be member of the (British) Young Farmers' Association (which, yes, makes me an ex-tractor fan), not that I had any association with farms other than growing up in a small town.
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