Drifting S2000 (messed up WB again)

Before and After pics:

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Nice! Which lens did you use? 70-200?

Thanks. Yup, 70-200.

I am mostly liking that picture.
S2000s = shizzle

here is a quick levels adjustment using the black and white selectors.

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best I can come up with is this.

Again, teh normal colour balance twaeking of the midtones and higlights - shadows didn't do much.

It's a bit green, and I think your own attempt looks fine mate to be honest

Were you shooting in raw or jpeg? I find shooting in RAW I can fix even the most horrendous of cock ups with my white balance.

Photshop has more customisation for JPEGs but I rekcon that working with the original RAW it would be easier to keep the original shadows and contrasts etc by simply adjusting the colour temperature of the RAW data.

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Haha, yeah, I was shooting in jpg mode. I only have one 1GB CF card so RAW wasn't an option. Anyway, can you guys teach me how to put my signature in my images? I posted up a question on the post processing forum but I'm still confused. I've come up with a brush of my signature, but it doesn't seem to be coming out.

Stuff knows mate - I just twiddle iwth levels and exposure.

Seriously, take a couple of pics in RAW. Under expose one, and use the 'exposure' and ';contrast/brightness' settings in PhotChop to rescue it, and you'll understand why it's the way forward.

And buy more CF cards you cheapskate

my version (this is fun)

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*goes off to cry again*

killing the blue/Dropping the brightness/upping the contrast/adding vignetting, aye?

honestly..i dont know what im doing, i just move sliders around until i like it.

and im a top gear fan so vigneting is the way to go!

You couldn't have captured the drift any better- great panning, great composition. Simply awesome.

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Stuff knows mate - I just twiddle iwth levels and exposure.

Seriously, take a couple of pics in RAW. Under expose one, and use the 'exposure' and ';contrast/brightness' settings in PhotChop to rescue it, and you'll understand why it's the way forward.

And buy more CF cards you cheapskate

Haha yeah, I'll be getting another 1GB card pretty soon. Just waiting for some moolah from Uncle Sam. I need at least two cards to be able to shoot in RAW and have the same number of images I'm getting right now.

Nice edit there Church! Hehe, I'm still a noob to PS. Finally figured out how to make a signature and do it in batches. Sweet...

Thanks for the compliment ajbalazic! Hehe, this is actually my first try at panning. I've only had the XT for about a month. I actually got it because of these drift events. I finally maxed out the capabilities of my 3.2 MP Kodak P&S and realized they won't cut it for action this fast.

Man, now I'm hyped for the next event this coming March 4. I'll definitely be shooting in RAW.

heh again for this one i like church's color but yea not the black =p

WRT vignetting, Church is correct - it's not the best way to show off the technical side of a photo, but it would look interesting in A3 on a wall

Bang that up in a shop in a frame and someone would probably pay a few quid for it.

It's the stylisitc side to it I like. I tried it with a Vauxhall chevette HS but I don;t think it's as good.

Clicky for poor vignetting action