Julian Thompson Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share #21 Posted July 16, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Aargh - you see that's what's so difficult - the straw; you're absolutely right but when I looked at it before I couldn't see it.... (I guess that's the point of posting though - you're not going to learn much looking at your own photo's!) Thanks for your time to help - great fun! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 16, 2009 Posted July 16, 2009 Hi Julian Thompson, Take a look here Goodwood Festival of Speed. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Julian Thompson Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share #22 Posted July 16, 2009 Try this one - I'm quite pleased with it although now it's starting to look a bit 'processed'. Maybe I'd be better starting from scratch knowing now what I'm trying to achieve! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted July 16, 2009 Share #23 Posted July 16, 2009 2 minutes work here, but this is what I think Picture Ed would want: cropped to show the car with just a hint of the surroundings (always, always, have more "space" in front of the car than behind), distracting highlights in the foliage toned down, just by using the spot healing brush, in reality a bit more care required. Hey, I'm taking the bread from my kids mouths here..... figure out your own shots. :D:D Of course the demands of a current specialist mag are not the only way to shoot racing cars; there are some lovely artistic shots from the days before massive lenses and those machine-gun multi-shot thingies that they guys standing alongside me seem to favour these days. Mr Brewer produces top quality race shots with his M and recently John Thawley has done some wonderful work with his D2 (my weapon of choice too for close-in work). Is that the correct rear wing on the car? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted July 16, 2009 Share #24 Posted July 16, 2009 In answer to my last question- yes, it probably is the correct wing (can you imagine that?). Here is a perfect example of a really, really crap shot of a similar car (just how many were there; cars, not crap shots?).... my excuses- it was still over 30 degrees C at 21:00 on a day which had started at 05:00, it was Le Mans , I had sampled many "hospitality facilities" for a doomed-before-it-started piece on which billionaire "racing team" served the best sausages/Champagne, it was far easier to pick up a bottle of fizz than a bottle of water . What is the headless bloke in the background doing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topoxforddoc Posted July 16, 2009 Share #25 Posted July 16, 2009 Pete - well spotted I'm a total panning novice :-) - The FOS was my first ever attempt. The interesting thing is that I love the shots much more than the conventional high shutter speed ones - blurred or not ! Any tips for learning to pan? I had another hidden problem to work around and that was that my available shutter release point was often between 2 heads among a crowd! It was only the fact that I was using the M8 with the 'cron 75 that I could even get the shots properly at all using that big viewfinder to see what was 'coming up' I could delay until just the right moment. Very difficult and as you can see although I got the cars where I wanted them they're not crisp :-) Julian, Glad to hear you had a good time at the Festival of Speed. I might see you at the Revival in September. Panning with other spectators in front of your line of sight is hard. Ideally you need a clear field of view for about a 120-90 degree pan. I prefocus on a piece of the piece of track where I'm going to take my shot. Slow shutter speed, 1/60th or 1/125th and lens stopped down. Shoot right eyed, so that you can see the car and track with your open eye as well as through the VF. Pick up the car at one end of the pan. Follow it through the pan and squeeze one frame only at your pre-set area on the track, but keep the pan flowing through after you squeeze the shutter. After a while the pan seems much slower as you get used to it. Initially you pan more quickly than the car travels. Hope that helps Best wishes, Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted July 17, 2009 Share #26 Posted July 17, 2009 Excellent series. Looks like a blast. Is that Louis Hamilton? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Thompson Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share #27 Posted July 18, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks guys - great advice - will need to try all that once I remove what appears to be half of Goodwood from my sensor! :-) -Yes - that's Lewis in the SLR - he got a special dispensation to not wear a helmet. I converted it to black and white because the car is a very distracting and particularly hideous orange colour ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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