F1 at silverstone

[Pint]

Looking for some advice on photographing the F1 at Silverstone next weekend.

Will be in Copse B grandstand, using a D90 with my biggest reach lenses being a 55-200 and a sigma 150-500

Looking for advice on settings etc as I've never photographed anything moving this quick before.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

If you want to pan, I'd go shutter priority and try between 1/60th-1/120th seconds. Use tracked auto focus (not sure what it is on Nikon, it's AI servo on Canon)

If you want static shots then anything over 1/500th should be fine.

I can't help with anything else, never been to Silverstone or shot F1 but I've shot bikes and cars at Oulton and Anglesey and it took a while to get some half decent panning shots.

 

[Pint]

Thanks for the info @Aaron.. i used your advice and did my best....a few im not happy with the composition as i struggled to keep the cars in frame.

Alonso by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Blur by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Bottas by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Button by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Ericsson by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Grosjean (2) by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Hamilton (2) by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Hamilton (3) by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Hamilton (4) by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Hamilton (5) by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Hamilton (6) by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Hamilton (7) by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Hamilton by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Hulkenberg by Matt Davies, on Flickr

K-Mag by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Nico by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Ocon (2) by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Safety Car by Matt Davies, on Flickr

Vestappen by Matt Davies, on Flickr

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Got some cracking shots there!

 

[Andy.]

Indeed. Good panning skills, they look sharp.

 

[Pint]

Cheers for the comments!

 

[HarvB]

Some nice shots there mate, Silverstone can be a bit tricky to get good shots. With our seats at Copse I'm a bit annoyed I didn't bother taking my gear this year.

Rivage at Spa is a great place to get some shots if you ever get chance:

Ferrari F138 Spa Rivage by HarvB, on Flickr

 

[SimpleJoee]

Great shots!