My thoughts driving into Vermont were to find landscape outdoor digital Image opportunities. But before any hiking was to be done, a trip with Mr. Knowledge over to the Brondville fair (Vermont’s Oldest continouse fair) was in order.
As always, I’m packing a DLSR, and have it set up with the new 16-35 f4g V2. I have been shooting a lot with the lens and like it quite a bit, it puts out some quality images, makes you move to get your shot, and even at 1/50 sec, the VR can buy you a few more stops, and then the D3s can crank up the ISO so this body/lens combination is very productive in both rural/urban environment.
But this was a tractor pull, well actually a Vermont Tractor Pulling Association sponsored event in the street legal pickup class, with the winner earning bragging rights for the next year.
Well getting out of my comfort zone is one thing, so I just began to retool the D3s to Shutter priority at 1/60, pumped my ISO to 12,800, set focus mode to continuous….and started my panning as the trucks roared up the track…
I soon found out that the smoke spewing trucks created the motion and drama and power that produced a compelling Image. In post, I liked the roughness of the moment accented by the grainy ISO pixels, so I went for my ‘old school’ film plug-ins, to pull it all together… It was a fun evening and fresh candy apples were had by all…
