Dew Tour 2009 - BMX Vert Finals

Here is the last event (BMX Vert) from this weekend's Dew Tour stop in Salt Lake City. The photographs turned out better than I had hoped. A bunch of photogs, including me, were down on the floor the whole event, never up on the deck. I did not have access to the arena's lighting system and this event was not covered by MTV2 or NBC, so no TV lighting. Needless to say it was dark in there and to add to it, the black curtain and the riders wearing black. I cranked up the ISO to 1250 to 1600 with f/2.8 on my 70-200 and got some good shots, but the grain and noise still made it into my shots. My 18-200 was too slow and a SB800 did not throw enough light to make it work.