MX in the fall

[Bosscat]

Was a nice day at times, and sleeted at others.

But it did provide a last chance to see a few friends.

[Mastineo]

Both excellent but first one is outstanding IMHO!

[Jim G]

Very nice panning work on the first - excellent shot.

[NordieBoy]

Nice captures :D

[MKII]

great panning well done...

[Bosscat]

Thanks

I just couldn't get as low a shutter speed as I would have liked.

I have an idea on how I can get there though........LOL

[NordieBoy]

I stick an ND4 filter on for bright days to keep it around 1/400th at f4 or so

[Bosscat]

I could get the low shutter speed I wanted, just couldn't seem to pan smoothly enough to pull off anything below 1/80th.

I really wanted to get a 1/20th- 1/30th range pan, to get the colour of the trees to really rip your eyes out.

[NordieBoy]

The trouble with the really slow pans is the aperture goes through the roof and you're PS'ing out dust spots on the lens and sensor.

Some days I can't pan below 1/125th and others I can get down to 1/30th successfully and 1/25th almost successfully :D

[Bosscat]

I think I am gonna go with two camera bodies, to avoid lens changing and dust as much as possible.

Granted, the spring and fall seems to be more dust free, but I have accepted that sensor dust is just part of the equation.

Thats why I wish we had ISO's like 25 and 50, so the aperture would stay lower, when doing low speed pans.

[barP]

nice! that guy in the first one is lifting for all he's worth. that's always cool!

wp.