hi, new here with a few pics

Hello all; has been some time since hanging out with riders and riding forums. Quite racing a few years back, decided to spend more time with some other things. Used to enjoy photography a lot, many years ago. Last Spring got the bug again, with DSLR prices and performance so fairly reasonable.
Even started taking classes in photography at the local community college..including a film/darkroom class starting next week.

I am an Ex-TCCRA and Ex-TORO racer/wannabe, met many great people.

Y'all are welcome to critic any photos I post.
The last pic is from a Flattrack race.

Regards,
Bryan Speed

Thanks for the critics, and so true about the backgrounds :) I was experimenting in PS, made a copy of the image, blurred it fairly strong, made a hide-all mask and then brushed in the background.

It seems that the big decision to make is aperture vs. shutter speed. (isnt it always) getting some blur of spokes, etc., or blurrier backgrounds. Also have been thinking about the best distance and lens zoom, to lower the depth of field. The MX pics were ISO 100, and the light was strong enough to make the settings selection a compromise.... or so I think!

What do you think, arperture first, even if the shutter is oh, 1/1000th ?

Practice and experience ! just like riding
:ride:

for those interested, I use a D200. the MX pics I used a Sigma 50-150 f2.8, which seems to do well. The Flattrack pic I used a Nikkor 28-105.

thanks, next time out I will go for Aperture priority. intend to check out some DOF "calculations" as well.