350D &Canon 55-200 at Goodwood FoS

[Box Brownie]

Hi All

Apologies in advance if some of the sizes are a bit wide for this forum, please bear with while I learn what is needed hereabouts :o

I took 905 images on the Sunday and these are my initial selection to share.

They were all taken with the 55-200 Canon; the camera was set to custom parameters Contrast & Sharpness to -2 and saturation to '0'

PPing wise they are levels adjusted; cropped; resized for the web and gently sharpened if/as required.

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/renault_3519.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/106JB_2959.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/106JBlights_it_3024.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/106JBlights_it2_3302.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/DCsigns_3053.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/IMG_2791.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/ayrtonJPS_2796.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/ayrtonTshirt_3155.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/bugatti_grill_3401.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/derek_bell1_3099.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/entry14_2922.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/entry158_2670.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/entry16_2925.jpg

The only one I am not totally happy with because of the clipped nose !
http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/entry722_2735.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/entry91_2659.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/liuzzi_lights_it_3330.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/marshall1_2910.jpg
Do let me know what you think?

:D

[Dave_G]

I think they're great. Good Senna t-shirt shot.

Bell is getting on a bit now.

Marshalls rock.

Is the Bugatti nose a bit blown? Or is that just me? Maybe not.

I must play around with the parameters :laugh

[Box Brownie]

I think they're great. Good Senna t-shirt shot.

Bell is getting on a bit now.

Marshalls rock.

Is the Bugatti nose a bit blown? Or is that just me? Maybe not.

I must play around with the parameters :laugh

Hi Dave

Glad you liked them.

Re the Senna T shirt - I do try to look out for 'environmental shots' ~ I have some others to post over the next few days when I can make the time to prep them.

Re the Marshalls - the standard of the organisation at this event was amazing.

Re the Bugatti nose ~ I think you are right the more I look at I recall the colour was deeper. I must have another go at the levels on that one. I do remember that it was in full direct sunlight!

Re Parameters - until Sunday I generally relied on parameters 2 i.e. all set to zero. The level of PPing I have needed to do following these custom settings is, so far, a revelation. A few of the images looked like they did not need sharpening (USM) after the levels adjustment.

:)

[Dave_G]

I try to keep an eye out for people stuff too, end up taking photos of women though :)

Most of mine have been poked with the Adobe stick. My lenses cost pennies!

Have a look at my Brands, Goodwood and Le Mans threads - most of the photos in those have a fair bit of stuffing.

[Box Brownie]

I will have a look at your other posts ref race tracks later.

Re the lens - this is the budget 55-200mm with the plastic EF mount. Nothing special in the construction department but optically it is a cracker.

:)

[Dave_G]

See...I've seen and heard people say bad things about the 18-55 kit lens as well, and I haven't had any trouble with it.

Sometimes my crappy lenses surprise me - my ancient 28-80 non USM is quite nice. Slow. But nice!

[Box Brownie]

A couple more images before clsoing down the one eyed monster ;)

This interesting concept vehicle for personal transport came out right at the end of the day at the entrance to the house.

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/tes1_3477.jpg

http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/tes2_3488.jpg

TES is the Toyota Engineering Society. The vehicle made me think of motorised skis!

:)

[PhotosGuy]

Nice shots! (You might put a "56K warning" in the title next time) ;-)

[Box Brownie]

Glad you liked them :D

Sorry about the loading times ~ I sometimes forget that there are some folk still on dial up :o

;)

[Andy_T]

Box,

these are great shots :D
And done with the lowly 55-200, to that. I am really amazed.

Best regards,
Andy

[Box Brownie]

Box,

these are great shots :D
And done with the lowly 55-200, to that. I am really amazed.

Best regards,
Andy

Hi Andy

It is good to share the results of ones 'efforts' from an enjoyable day out & it is pleasing when they meet others approval :o

As for the lens - this is turning out to be a good lens, over on the dpreview forum it has had good user reviews and I was lead by them to purchase it. I originally bought the Sigma 75-300 APO but it suffered from back/front focus and a second copy in the shop had similar problems, so I got my money back and waited to make a fresh decision.

The Canon 55-200 is not great in the construction department - it does have some noticable play in the zoom ring that has no effect on the 'tightness' of the zoom function, for my peace of mund I looked at another one and it also had the same sort of play. The shop guy said it was common for the lens, I was reluctant to swap it because as you can see this 'copy' is a cracker.:)

Incidently, I bought the 350D with the kit lens and for what it is that lens is also very good performer - like this (non sport) image cropped and PPed as appropriate
http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/bird2_1410.jpg
:D

[Box Brownie]

Because of a problem on the track he was obliged to abort and turn around.
http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/mas1_2706.jpg
Then made a nice run
http://www.1stdesignit.co.uk/350d/fos/mas2_2711.jpg
:)