2010 Granite City Rally

[Chisholm]

Weekend in Nairn, perfect excuse to take in the "Granite".....

1st stage at Pitfichie


more to come.....
Tom

[Chisholm]

......some more from Aberdeenshire at the weekend, 1st stage still...

[Chisholm]

Old and new at service in Aboyne........
and the boys giving their man a shout.....

[Chisholm]

last years winner trying hard in Blackhall.....
great open view at the finish...

all taken with gripped 400d and 70-300 Tammy

[Chisholm]

C'mon guys.....I thought id post with a bit of variety to give a taster of the event........any thoughts more than welcome......
Tom

[Phil-555]

Nice variety of pics but i really like the 2 evo shots the best..

Phil

[ALALAL_1]

Hi Tom

Good selection here, do like the last one you would think you are in another country here....

Alan

[chrispons]

Hi Chisholm,
Thanks for the variety ,and putting in wider shots.

I like the set,but some of these look over exposed and over sharpened.

2 is my favourite.

Pons

[wizaron]

The last one enjoy my preference, with a good look on the stage :)

[Chisholm]

Some more from Saturday........

[Chisholm]

yet more.......

[belongus3]

Evo always does it for me....best car i driving till now . Not big difference betwenn subaru but still does it for me :)

[mikey_mac]

Good varied selection of shots there Chisholm, well planned but agree with Pons first three look a bit harsh with the lighting/exposure maybe.

Mikey_mac.

[Chisholm]

Thanks Mikey_mac,
Youre right, I had them over-sharpened to bits, they look better now that ive softened them up. Will post a variation of one of them to give a comparison.

Tom

[Chisholm]

Heres the 1st 3 again, softened and looking better methinks....
Tom

[Chisholm]

1 extra - 205 trying really hard in Blackhall.

[mikey_mac]

Definitely much more civilised looking now Chisholm, nr 1 much improved along with the metro shot.

Mikey_mac.

[Chisholm]

Thanks man.......theres still something not right about the wider shot, I think I needed to have the car in focus, rather than the surroundings, ho-hum, you learn a new thing every day
Tom

[chrispons]

I think the problem is that they are great shots,but not technically that good which you have tried to correct in PS ,and as a result they look over processed and unatural.
The dust can work for you and against,and can spoil shots,and has affected some of these.

It can be mighty hard out on the stages,but processing is also very tricky sometimes ,and something I struggle with at times.

However,a really spot on image will require little and that is always the aim.
Getting it right in camera is the no 1 objective.
Pons

[Chisholm]

Thanks Chris,

I wish I did have PS but I dont unfortunately ( not yet anyway ), all I did was adjust the sharpness and contrast etc on the resizing software I use ( too much in the 1st instance ), but as you say, the shots werent right in the camera, I'd just climbed a 1/4 mile hill from the car park at quite a rate of knots, just before the 4wd guys came thru and wasnt as ready as I would have liked, standing panting like an old horse, thats why those first ones are as they are obviously......
I've only been on this site a wee while, but Chris, you are the don of the brutally honest comment, and if some of my shots to you are great, but not that technically good, then, hell, thats good enough for me, and gives me stimulus to get better as this year progresses...... watch this space....
Tom