Street Legal Drag Bike [ Best viewed large ]

In the street-legal drag bike class all the motorcycles must be road legal. But they have super-tuned engines. The terminal velocity of these bikes after a quarter mile is around 190 miles/hour. The class winner reached 201 mls/hr. This shot was taken at 120 feet from the start where they have already reached about 110 mls per hr.

I was asked for the Exif data, here it is...
Model - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
DateTime - 2012:06:04 12:47:45
Artist - Photographer: Damon Guy - Netkonnexion
Copyright - Copyright: Damon Guy [The Author]
ExposureTime - 1/160 seconds
FNumber - 11
ExposureProgram - Manual control
ISOSpeedRatings - 200

[ All my drag racing shots are manually panned without tripod or monopod. There is no artificial blur or processing applied. Normal exposure controls are applied. Taken with a Canon 5D MkII & Canon EF 70-200mm 1:2.8 L IS II USM using full manual settings ]

On Photokonnexion today...
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[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Cool shot... really shows the movement!!

[Arthur Loosley]

Great action shot!

[Shanne]

that's amazing, great action shot here, love the way the wheel has lifted off the track surface

[Corinne]

I'm not found of motorcycles but I would say YES for the pink one !

[Kimmi]

Excellent action shot

[Kerri]

Very cool!!

[Terry]

what a action filled shot, very nice job with this

[Beverly Carmichael]

Wow! You are the camera genius!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I can hear the engines roar! Oh- it sounds like the teens who zip through our neighborhood on the off-road bikes!

[Stacey]

Great panning work, you have captured the movement in an excellent way.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

WOWW!!!! Fab. action shot again!

(They're road-legal? Then I think some of them practise on the Wendover bypass at about 9.30 on Sunday mornings!)

[Yvonne]

Amazing shot. This is incredible.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, fantastic action shot.

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

WOW - I want one....
What a great action shot!

[Wendy Bowden]

Fantastic action shot

[Howard Steele]

very cool shot

[Aleksandra]

Brilliantly captured again! It looks like it was a very successful day!

[karenann]

This is an amazing capture ... that speed is awesome and very hard to get. I've done hockey games, so I know how difficult this is. Brilliant capture and panned beautifully!

[Mags]

Excellent focus and pan motion!!!

[John Brown]

Just FAV.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wish I could pan the way you do. Fabulous

[Janet Shaffer]

Excellent shot!

[Mike Warren]

Nice pan. You have the one sharp as a tack.

[Sophia Ziburtovicz]

Fabulous action. What was your shutter speed? Those guys must be total experts. One wipe out at 200mph would kill you

[Jennifer Ruge]

Amazing!

[carol white]

Very cool action shot!!

[Pyrrhula]

Great action shot Cool bikes

[Gerry]

briliant photo great how you captured the red Bike pulling away. Gerry.

[CHARLES MALLIA]

nice and clear action shot

[Brian Baptie]

Amazing shot!!

[scooter]

Wow fabulous action shot!!

[Anoeska van Rijsbergen]

great job done!

[Netkonnexion]

@sophiaz - Exif data included above as you asked. You will note the slow shutter speed to ensure that there is good blur. The camera is tracking the subject to get sharpness, but the wheels are still blured from thier motion.

[Steven Galvin]

That funny !!! I've got a shot very similar to that one ;^) Nice one :-)

[Lisa Pouncy]

Fantastic blurred background and brilliant focus on the bikes xx

[Jen Hudson]

Great action capture and such a good blur. Great to see the info on how to achieve this.

[bernadette mcelligott]

super bikes and a super shot.

[santina]

wow wonderful shot, i love the bikes, you did a fantastic job, bravo

[Sue Kosa]

Wow !!! I love the bikes !!! Great photo !!!!

[Brad Johnson]

awesome action

[Karen H]

Super action shot. That panning is hard

[Bev]

Another great action shot! I know I couldn't pull this off with my point and shoot (I don't think ... but never know unless I try but we don't have races very often).... Great job.

[Amanda F.]

Super cool shot! I'd love to try this. Both the bike and the shot. :)

[Shirley]

you're getting some amazing action shots, Net !

[Linda]

Fantastic action shot! Love the pink drag bike.

[Marilyn Wigen]

Amazing capture! The sharpness at 110 mph is just incredible... well done!

[David]

Very cool action shot!! The detail is great!

[Catherine W.]

Too cool! Love the pink one!!!

[lorihiro]

Zoom zoom zoom! That is so cool! I hope the hot pink bike won!

[Bill Ososki]

He's off the ground, I love it. Great shot Damon.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Great capture.

[Karen bable]

Wow I can feel the power and the speed. You can see his front tyre lifting off the ground. Awesome!

[Livia]

Fantastic action shot! Looks very exciting!

[Sue Wilde]

Thanks for the exif...It helps...this is one awesome shot.

[Dione Giorgio]

Stunning action shot.

[cglist]

Great action shot!

[alia_801]

Fantastic panning!

[Carole Imes]

Your action shots are just fabulous! Awesome capture!

[trude]

I feel the need.....the need for speed!! i love watching these guys at our local racing complex, takes some serious guts to be on one of those!! Awesome capture!

[Pien]

Wow, this is a great actionshot! :D

[Anita Hoyle]

Great shot! Fav!

[Ariel]

Great shot! Really captures the energy and pace.

[naladka]

That's so crisp and in focus! Really jealous!

[James]

Great action and panning.

[Lisa]

Fave, just awesome

[Sabine]

fantastic action shot. Love how you captured the feeling of speed here.

[Ann Jones]

Super action shot!

[MG Perkins]

Amazing! Fantastic work capturing the feeling of speed and motion.

[Sabrina]

Wow! Great example for perfect (manual!!) panning! Fantastic action shot!

[Diana Moss]

Fantastic action shot

[mag]

I love the way you captured this shot...the motion is awesome...!!

[Joyce Wells]

Love the blur of the action shot!

[Sue]

Wonderful action shot, love the lift of the wheel!

[Sheralee S]

Nice panning, great shot!

[Taephy]

I don't know but this looks like a super panning shot to me!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Well done I'd say!!. Love the front wheel off the road. Great action shot.

[paula goff]

i want to have a go at panning! you do it so well. i just need to find a suitable subject to practice on;)
fabulous shot!

[Ann Jones]

Super action shot which has SPEED written all over it!

[eva]

Super cool action shot.

[Denise]

Awesome action capture!!!

[Peter de Graaff]

Fav. Love the pink helmet and drag

[Caroline]

Oh wow- you can feel the speed and hear the noise! My husband would be happy here!

[mihaela oprisan]

nothing more could be added !fantastic!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Fantastic....it's all been said above!!

[Jann]

Great focus! wonderful action.

[Jeff Walker]

awesome!

[michelle mcintyre]

Awesome capture - love the front wheel off the ground!!

[Paul]

fabulous capture

[Carolyn White]

Wow! Excellent capture!

[Sunil Chummar]

BRILLIANT,great timing,well done.