50 miles per Hour in a 5 miles per hour zone

A teenager launched this in our harbor last evening, which has a 5 mph speed limit. I got a kick out of the fact that this thing does 50+. I was down there photographing birds but could not pass up the opportunity to get some shots of this.

Traxxas Spartan

36" long and guaranteed 50 mph + straight out of the box with optional batteries.

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That's a good series on it.

That's fast.

I have considered buying a similar one and using it to fish with,, but we have 17 pound bucketmouths in the lake I live on. I'd really feel sick if it sank my boat.

Very nice series. I'm guessing the owner was having fun.

Joe Ravenstein wrote in post #14300644
I have considered buying a similar one and using it to fish with,, but we have 17 pound bucketmouths in the lake I live on. I'd really feel sick if it sank my boat.

Get a submarine?

I was going t purchase one of these! Pretty cool!!! Watch your sharpening. Seems a bit much.

Awesome shots Harvey ,saw these over the weekend but couldn,t sign in on my I- Pad to comment

Good photos. I was interested to see the promo photos Traxxas use and learned something. Boats at speed do look better (IMHO) if panning and slow shutter speed used. Surprising, I thought the rooster tail would be enough to communicate speed and movement but blurred water does help. Added benefit is I also think splashes and water drops look better blurred, particularly at small scale.
Sorry to be negative, but I'm applying the same thinking to a set of power boat photos that I have that until now I thought were near perfect.

Panning at slow shutter speeds can always be useful to show speed but one has to also relate size & speed. IF it's just 36 inches long going 50 MPH how fast would a full sized version be going & how far away would it have to be if the panning motion (side to side sweep) were to be the same. A full sized one might be going twice the speed but more likely you'd be shooting it from a much greater distance unless using a wide angle lens. The greater the distance the easier it would be to pan smoothly (in my opinion). The smoother movement would allow slower shutter speeds all other things being equal.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #14300566
That's a good series on it.

Thanks a lot.

macroshooter1970 wrote in post #14300578
That's fast.

It sure is.

Joe Ravenstein wrote in post #14300644
I have considered buying a similar one and using it to fish with,, but we have 17 pound bucketmouths in the lake I live on. I'd really feel sick if it sank my boat.

That would make it an expensive fish.

cicopo wrote in post #14300754
Very nice series. I'm guessing the owner was having fun.

I think he was having a lot of fun.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #14301236
Get a submarine?

Great idea.

CSMFoto wrote in post #14304131
I was going t purchase one of these! Pretty cool!!! Watch your sharpening. Seems a bit much.

These only had a slight tweak of tonal contrast. No PP sharpening. Straight out of camera with camera defaults.

andrewhuxman wrote in post #14309925
Awesome shots Harvey ,saw these over the weekend but couldn,t sign in on my I- Pad to comment

Thanks a lot, Andrew.

Choderboy wrote in post #14310369
Good photos. I was interested to see the promo photos Traxxas use and learned something. Boats at speed do look better (IMHO) if panning and slow shutter speed used. Surprising, I thought the rooster tail would be enough to communicate speed and movement but blurred water does help. Added benefit is I also think splashes and water drops look better blurred, particularly at small scale.
Sorry to be negative, but I'm applying the same thinking to a set of power boat photos that I have that until now I thought were near perfect.

I was set up for shooting birds at the time and didn't change the settings. Besides, it's tough enough for me to get sharp photos at high shutter speeds. I'm a bit shaky.

cicopo wrote in post #14310564
Panning at slow shutter speeds can always be useful to show speed but one has to also relate size & speed. IF it's just 36 inches long going 50 MPH how fast would a full sized version be going & how far away would it have to be if the panning motion (side to side sweep) were to be the same. A full sized one might be going twice the speed but more likely you'd be shooting it from a much greater distance unless using a wide angle lens. The greater the distance the easier it would be to pan smoothly (in my opinion). The smoother movement would allow slower shutter speeds all other things being equal.

Thanks. Interesting point.

Great shots.