Ward Conaway, MPSA2
November 2025 - Neck and Neck Color
About the Image(s)
This is the color version of last month's BW image, "Neck and Neck". John commented that he usually prefers motorcycle photos in color vs BW because the motorcycles are usually very colorful. Mostly true, but I forgot that one of these bikes is black.
What do you think? BW or color?
Location: Hallett Motor Racing Circuit, Jennings, Oklahoma. Hallett Motor Racing Circuit is a 1.8 mile, 10 turn road racing course located in the rolling Osage Hills 38 miles west of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Two motorcycle racers in a turn.
Camera & lens: Canon R5 with a Canon L RF100-500 mm f4.5 - f 7.1 lens at 200 mm.
Exposure: Manual exposure: 1/1000 sec, f/5.0, ISO 500 [auto].
Camera/lens: monopod.
Postprocessing: Photoshop for cropping, and minor brightness and contrast adjustment. Topaz Sharpen AI for sharpening.
1 comment posted
My only concern is that you took this image at 1/1000 second and if you think about it motion is implied. If you shot this at a slower shutter speed the wheels would be blurred and give the viewer the impression of movement. Kinda like a shot of a helicopter - high shutter speed the rotors are frozen, looks like the helicopter is just hanging, slower they are blurred a you think it is moving. Posted: 11/12/2025 20:17:51