Mountain Bike Shot

[maxwolfie]

C&C welcome :)

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/476/maccasmallyd1.jpg

[Big Hands]

The subject is soft due to either motion blur' or 'out of focus' issues. I susppect it's more motion blur, but since it's coming toward you, it's hard to tell for certain. Either way, none of the main the subject is sharp, so it would be a 'close, but no cigar' for me.

I would try to use some fill flash for this if it were available and maybe turn up the ISO to enable a higher shutter speed. Shooting fast moving mountain bikers in the forest is tough.

[maxwolfie]

Thanks mate, with the fill flash, would I have the camera flash output on low, med or max? (during the day, in this kind of circumstance)

[Big Hands]

Hard to say for sure, but I'd start on high and see how it looks. You can check it out (chimp) on the LCD by looking at the shot itself and the histogram.

There are several factors that could influence the settings.

- power of your flash
- actual ambient light available
- distance from subject
- camera settings

The fill flash should make some of those colors 'pop' too.

Looking forward to seeing your results.

[Big Hands]

What gear are you shooting with? (that may help others to give you more specific recommendations)

My daytime fill flash technique is somewhat hit and miss with action, but I get the most natural looking results in Manual mode on both camera and flash. I get the camera exposure adjusted using f-stop, shutter speed and ISO and then turn on the flash. I may adjust the flash power a bit to suit and that's what works for me.

I'm betting (and hoping) some others here may have more foolproof methods though...

[maxwolfie]

I'm shooting with a standard Canon G9, nothing else.