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rcg

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 10:34

Practicing my slow shutter pans....

http://www.n8i.net/motorsports/060528inf/sample3.jpg

http://www.n8i.net/motorsports/060528inf/sample1.jpg

http://www.n8i.net/motorsports/060528inf/sample4.jpg

Littlenose

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 12:34

the pictures are look great, and nice and sharp where required... you don't say waht shutter speed you're using?

I've been trying to get my shutter speeds down below 1/200 recently, but not too much success yet.

I love the bright/vivid colours you're capturing with your kit

rcg

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 12:52

Thanks. These are all 1/200. I did shoot some slower ones I will post as soon as I can finish sorting.

Ashenden

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 14:40

Cool pics Robert, I picked up a few ideas :). I looked at the EXIF and if I am reading this right you set the camera to TV and then manually controlled the shutter speed. is this correct? I am trying to learn hence the question.

rcg

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 15:38

Ashenden you are correct. TV is a typical mode for shooting motorsports action...Aperture is camera controlled based on your selection of shutter speed. So I was shooting 1/200 on those images but you you would typically 1/320-640 for most action sequences.

Ashenden

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 15:59

Transonic

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 16:14

Gorgeous pics I love #2 the best.

zed

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 17:38

TCorzett

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 19:10

I like #2 the most... watch the backgrounds (this is the reason I like #2 the most). Try to find locations where the backgrounds accent the subjects, rather than distract from them. When shooting slower shutter speeds you can use a "busy" background to your advantage (as it shows the motion more), but when it's all said-and-done you want the subject to standout.

-Todd..

rcg

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 19:52

Nice shots Rob. I like the last Honda the best. What is that, a NC35 or something? Looks like it was from AFM this weekend. I wanted to go but wasn't able to....going to try to make it to the vintage races next weekend.

Jeff

You are correct sir! AFM on Sunday. I was there to shoot a couple of specific riders... one of which blew up his bike on Sat. I used the time for experimenting with various things photographically.

Here is another angle of the Honda (#2)

http://n8i.net/motorsports/060528inf/sample2.jpg

rcg

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 19:56

Good to know Rob, I was shooting windsurfers yesterday on the beach by Crissy Field (noticed you're from around here too) and was switching back and forth between Action mode and Tv just to see what the difference was....

I had a 20D for a bit and found the automatic modes (action mode etc) make certain assumptions. I would suggest you embrace TV and AV modes since you can make certain adjustments on the fly as you subject moves.

Have you posted your wind surf pics? I shot a couple out in San Mateo / Foster City http://n8i.net/sports/index.htm

Ashenden

29th of May 2006 (Mon), 21:48

I have put a few on my website (towards the end of http://www.bachsorensen.net/060528/), but looking at what the rest of you guys shoot I wouldn't dare to make a thread on them. What was great was that I got to shoot every single shutter speed possible as the surfers were coming in ever 5 seconds or so. For instance I learned that 1/4000 gives a very dark picture :lol: so I had to fix some of them. The one with the guy flying is an obvious fix, I just thought the situation was funny. I also learned that going higher than 1/60 makes a person in motion blurry. As mentioned before I started switching back and forth between Action and Tv and as I study the EXIF now I can see why the camera can make some good decisions for a newbit but not for a photographer who knows what he/she is doing. This is something I will have to work more on. hopefully I will get the chance again.

The last pic you posted is the best as you can see the focus of the driver and how close his knees is to the road. For me this gives more of a human emotional impact compared to the previous ones.