Crashing into the fence... Tonight's speedway...

[gmen]

Well... it was an eventful meeting, with this being the night's most spectacular crash...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/db001.JPG

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/db002.JPG

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/db007.JPG

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/db004.JPG

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/db005.JPG

Fortunately the rider involved walked away pretty much unscathed thanks to the air fence...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/db006.JPG

[BigRed450]

Awesome sequence G.. Great capture!

[Dave_G]

ouch feck feck ouch!!

please don't take offence to this, are any of your shots manipulated in potatochop or similar? your colours always look so bright and vivid.

*hides*

[gmen]

ouch feck feck ouch!!
please don't take offence to this, are any of your shots manipulated in potatochop or similar? your colours always look so bright and vivid.
*hides*
*lol* No offence taken Dave! Other than the occasional tweak of contrast/levels and some unsharp mask, I don't spend much time using PS. They key for me is getting the exposure spot on at the time. I shoot mainly in jpeg as I generally have very tight deadlines to work to, so I try to get as much as possible right in the camera.

--- Gavin

[Dave_G]

Thanks mate. How much unsharp mask do you put in on average? And how much of a tweak of the contrast and levels? I suppose that depends...

I have been struggling with under-exposure on some of mine and have had to use uber amounts of tweak on some!

But you are right, the more you get it right on the day, the less processing you need, something I have been working on, and with varying degrees of success. I think I'm doing ok, considering I only used an SLR for the first time proper in February this year.

[gmen]

Thanks mate. How much unsharp mask do you put in on average? And how much of a tweak of the contrast and levels? I suppose that depends...

I have been struggling with under-exposure on some of mine and have had to use uber amounts of tweak on some!

But you are right, the more you get it right on the day, the less processing you need, something I have been working on, and with varying degrees of success. I think I'm doing ok, considering I only used an SLR for the first time proper in February this year.

Dave - Unsharp mask will vary depending on the ISO setting, the camera you're using, the output medium and the final size of the image. As an example, If I'm working on a 1D MkII image at, say, 1600px width and it's shot at, say, ISO320-800 then I'll usually apply a mask of 300% - 0.2 - 0 ... Slower ISO may require a little more, higher ISOs a little less. This is only a rule of thumb though and it will depend on what publication I'm submitting to, whether I'm printing etc...

With regards to levels, it's usually just a case of bringing the right hand end slider in slightly just to give the image a bit more snap.

If you can meter manually, you might find you'll get less issues with underexposure - this can make a big difference to the amount of post-production you'll need to carry out and the final quality of the pic.

--- Gavin