Your best photo (one you took yourself!!) - Page 13

andy_b · 11 Dec 2003, 14:40 (Ref:809287)

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Originally posted by G_Ilott
I have a soft spot for the giant-killing antics of our A-series friend....

Same here, I do a bit of rallying in one (co-driver, so I sit and watch!)

Maisie · 11 Dec 2003, 15:31 (Ref:809324)

Allow me to indulge you for a moment then..

Maisie · 11 Dec 2003, 15:32 (Ref:809326)

Even brothers fight hard on the track..

calcium · 11 Dec 2003, 17:20 (Ref:809428)

Totally agree with you Emotive Images, maybe I sounded a bit too harsh, I've used Photoshop on a photo to remove some overhead wires and it improved the picture 100%.

Of course there's a skill in using Photoshop but I feel there's also a skill in taking a very good photo in the first place ( and I'm sure I didn't swear in my last post????)

Emotive Images · 11 Dec 2003, 20:30 (Ref:809561)

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Of course there's a skill in using Photoshop but I feel there's also a skill in taking a very good photo in the first place

Absolutely. I just wish that they would stop parking skips trackside ... I'm fed up seeing them in the frame.

-Mark.

rdjones · 11 Dec 2003, 22:42 (Ref:809668)

Here are two more from me, 1st up we have some Caterham's battling into Paddock Hill Bend during the Formula Ford Festival

rdjones · 11 Dec 2003, 22:45 (Ref:809669)

and second up we have a Ford Serria Cosworth, this one was taken at Croft during the Formula Renault Winter Series round, back in November

G_Ilott · 12 Dec 2003, 13:57 (Ref:810190)

Nicely caught flame. Was it pure fluke or had the Sierra done that for several laps?

I never seem to capture flames at the right moment.

G_Ilott · 12 Dec 2003, 14:01 (Ref:810196)

Maisie,

Do you have a Sigma 170-500? Did you use it for the lovely Mini shots? What sort of shutter speeds were you achieving on such a rainy day?

rdjones · 12 Dec 2003, 15:05 (Ref:810247)

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Originally posted by G_Ilott
Nicely caught flame. Was it pure fluke or had the Sierra done that for several laps?

I never seem to capture flames at the right moment.

It had been doing for several laps - it took 2 or 3 attemps to get the shot, but as you can see I got.

**BertMk2** · 12 Dec 2003, 15:35 (Ref:810285)

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Originally posted by rdjones
It had been doing for several laps - it took 2 or 3 attemps to get the shot, but as you can see I got.

I had the same thing at Donington with the DTM, the Opels were all flaming nicely at Redgate so I fired off a whole load of film - I managed to get a couple of decent(for me) shots.

I've been trying all year at the rallycross to catch the flames from the back of Dorans RS200 but I've only managed twice - once was so blurred it was untrue and the second it was becuase the car was stationary and just burning off excess fuel!

Maisie · 12 Dec 2003, 16:11 (Ref:810329)

Graham,

I have a Tamron 70-210 and usually just put the camera (Canon EOS 5000) onto the "sports mode" setting. I have to confess to not knowing much about the various settings on the camera - I usually just put it onto the sports setting, point and click

My camera's not clever enough to tell me what speed I'm using. I ought to dig out the manual really. Luckily Minis usually oblige by doing something interesting in front of me

djb · 12 Dec 2003, 22:52 (Ref:810613)

like pirouettes right? (hello my dear, btw, long time no speak, am about to leave work, so it won't be tonight! Say hello to the Mr. from me)

Maisie · 12 Dec 2003, 23:17 (Ref:810632)

Indeed like pirouettes

Hi to you too djb from both of us - hope all's well

G_Ilott · 13 Dec 2003, 00:29 (Ref:810661)

Maisie - sorry, mixed you up with someone else. I used to point and shoot and have about 100 film packets under my bed chocked to the gunwhales with **** pictures. Take up another subject and you'll learn more about your camera.

If your EOS has a setting called Tv (which is odd Canon speak for shutter priority mode), perhaps experiment for a quarter of your day at a circuit with it, setting speeds of between 1/1000th and 1/250 for head-on shots and 1/250 and 1/160th for panning shots. This gives a lot more control over your pictures and will teach you how shutter speeds can be used to create different effects, and how they relate to the other half of photography - the aperture.

You'll probably have noticed that to reveal some movement in cars or bikes, the body should be reasonably sharp and the wheels should be blurred. By using shutter priority mode you can set a shutter speed to produce this effect when you want, rather than hoping the camera will do it for you.

To advance your photography, taking control of your camera is a must. I did by shooting nature and landscape.

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Cheery bye!

Tracy · 16 Dec 2003, 21:52 (Ref:813487)

Hi All

I just discovered this thread, and there are some great pictures

. I would like to add a couple of my own, taken with an Olympus 750uz digital camera. I am a complete beginner, but am reasonably pleased with my first attempts.

John Bowe at Pukekohe, 2003:

Tracy · 16 Dec 2003, 22:03 (Ref:813508)

Hi All

Here is another pic:

Rick Kelly at Eastern Creek, November 2003:

Err, will add picture once I have figured out how to make it small enough, and still look ok

Ian_H · 16 Dec 2003, 22:20 (Ref:813523)

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Originally posted by BertMk2
I've been trying all year at the rallycross to catch the flames from the back of Dorans RS200 but I've only managed twice - once was so blurred it was untrue and the second it was becuase the car was stationary and just burning off excess fuel!

This is the best one I managed to get of Doran at the rally X back in March at Croft

Not sure whether the big round thing on the back is an exhaust or a jet propulsion unit

Cheers
Ian

djb · 16 Dec 2003, 23:11 (Ref:813582)

well, whatever it is, that little number looks like its hauling rearend. Standing still it would look fast I suspect-interesting car, what is it?

Ian_H · 17 Dec 2003, 05:59 (Ref:813695)

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Originally posted by djb
interesting car, what is it?

From Pat Doran's site

Ford RS200 Evo2
Engine 2 litre, turbocharged
Power 700 bhp
Drive 4 wheel drive
Transmission Xtrac H pattern gear box
6 speed sequential slickshift

Wheels 17" OZ Magnesium Wheel & Avon Tyres

Brakes Triple Pot AP Racing

Suspension Reiger Shock Absorbers

Weight 1070Kg

Performance 0-60 in 1.8 seconds!

Downforce 300Kg @ 70mph

Preparation Ray Ingram of SVR, Maidstone

Other Info Carbon Kevlar Panels
F1 Type Aerodynamics & Rear Wing
Font Spoiler with Undertray & Rear Diffuser

Cheers
Ian

coln72 · 18 Dec 2003, 06:45 (Ref:814842)

here is one that my missus took while officialing a round on the Australian Rally Championship (hope this works)

coln72 · 18 Dec 2003, 06:47 (Ref:814843)

sorry about the quality of the above pic but I had trouble reducing its size

**BertMk2** · 19 Dec 2003, 14:01 (Ref:816111)

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Originally posted by Ian_H

Ford RS200 Evo2
Engine 2 litre, turbocharged
Power 700 bhp

Ian - nice shot! Have you taken any since it changed colour schemes? I took a couple at Brands but nothing I was really happy with.

I also believe that the quoted power output is wrong now as well - the car now reputedly has in excess of 800 bhp!!!

Ian_H · 20 Dec 2003, 15:17 (Ref:816844)

They were the last photos I got of the car, I was hoping to have seen it at the Grand Prix at Croft but after that got cancelled I might not get another chance to see it in anger again if he retires it.

Cheers
Ian

macdaddy · 20 Dec 2003, 19:26 (Ref:816987)

I don't have a "regular" camera, so I must submit a videoclip.

19secs, 583 KB.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/gmcadorey/PapisBrackCrash.WMV

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