So, the past few weeks have been very busy. I moved out of my apartment in Milwaukee’s East Side, back to my parents’ house very briefly (much to my chagrin), and have since moved 600 miles further Southeast to Morgantown, WV to start my graduate studies. In my final weekend in Milwaukee, however, a friend of mine and I made the drive up to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin to watch the MotoAmerica Supersport and Superbike races at Road America. If you’ve never seen a motorcycle race in person, I highly recommend it. It is completely indescribable. The noise. The speed. The beautifully colored riders and bikes. It’s a weekend-long festival dripping in blood, sweat, and motor oil. I took it as an opportunity to test out my new baby, my first L series lens, my Canon 70-200 f4L. It performed wonderfully. The autofocus is wonderfully smooth and fast, even as I was tracking my subjects travelling at high speeds around corners. This was also the first race run by Roger Hayden since the passing of his older brother, The Kentucky Kid, Nicky Hayden. MotoAmerica presented the Hayden family with a Nicky Hayden flag signed by many fans and Roger Hayden rode a lap around the track flying it. The silence was deafening. There were many touching tributes to their fallen brother that day, but the flag presentation was the most beautiful. Sadly, I was unable to capture a photo of Roger Hayden with the flag, but I do have a few of some of the other Hayden family members wearing replicas of Nicky’s helmet and such. Anyways, check out my Flickr feed for the full gallery!
Paraxial Approximation Photoblog 