Inspired by a thread I saw here last week, I set up a camera between my headrests and got these at the Michigan International Speedway.







I used a Canon Rebel XTI with a 10-22mm lens. I shot at 1/5 second shutter speed, F22 and ISO 100 with a 4X ND Filter. A Canon 580EX flash with a bounce card was mounted upside down next to the camera (no room on top!) by using an off camera shoe cable and a suction cup mount.

The blue car in front of me belongs to Chad of Detroit Tuned.

 

Great shots! Looked a little slow on the speedo for that place though....

 

I like them... but did you break 80 @ MIS?
(no helmet and SR open...)

 

Awesome shots!

 

wow, those shots look terrific.

 

Those are great shots you took!

 

Yes, a bit slow for a NASCAR track indeed. They told us not to exceed 70mph and not to turn right!

We were treated to 6 "Touring Laps" at that speed. Accelerating out the pit area onto the track was awsome. It was basically a 1/8 Drag with a banked turn at the end.

For more info on the event and more pics, check out http://www.michiganmini.org/forum/in...p?topic=1207.0

 

Great shots!

 

OK, that explains it. Pace car goes faster than that under caution in Nextel...Great shots though and I bet you had a blast!

 

Dude those are awesome, how did you suspend the camera and close the shutter?

 

I used a simple home made mount to hold the camera. I drilled a section of square aluminum tubing to slide onto the headrest posts. I used set screws to keep it in place. The other end of the tubing had a hole to accomodate a tripod head and the appropriate sized bolt.

I used the canon remote shutter release (12" or so long cord) and a bunch of adapters to create an easy to reach trigger. I planned on mounting the trigger to my steering wheel, but had a passenger that just pushed the button for me.

I used a laptop and Canons EOS utilty package to set my exposure and flash settings. This wasn't totally necessary, but it was nice being able to see exactly what the picture looked like as sson as it was taken. If not for the remote capture software, I would have had to crawl into the back seat and try to make out what was happening through the glare on a 3" screen.

This experience has me excited to experiment alot more.

Thanks for all the compliments!

 

Very nice.... now you have inspired me to go and take some shots. I just picked up a new Nikon D40x...
I'd love to see how you made the camera mount and where you placed it...

 

Nice shots. I think I'm going to make myself a camera mount as well!

 

can you email me some high res versions? i need a new desktop. alex@helix13.com