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Postby Jeff on Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:12 am

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A nice sunny day at Eastern Creek yesterday.
No 1 Cath Thompson a very fast racer

No 2 A mate of mine just learning his race craft


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Postby Raskill on Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:12 pm

Jeff, very nice mate. Sure looks to be a brighter day (and warmer) day than your last outing. :D

Number 1 is a nice shot. You must be very happy with it, nice and sharp. Was it with the 70-200 or the 24-120? The colours the rider has chosen doesn't make it easy, but you've got a good amount of detail. Nice!

Number 2 is good, but seems a little soft. Nice detail in that you can see the riders face through his visor. What shutter speed were you using, about 1/125th?

Number 3 is a very good shot. Very sharp, and great colours. It would have been easy to have had blown highlights from the afternoon sun, but you avoided that. The sharpenss and colours in the helmet are superb.

Bet you can't wait to get that 300mm and give it a test drive :D

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Postby MCWB on Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:57 pm

Raskill wrote:Number 2 is good, but seems a little soft. Nice detail in that you can see the riders face through his visor. What shutter speed were you using, about 1/125th?

400 mm, 1/320, f/5.6. I agree #2 looks a bit soft, #1 is great but I'd like to see more motion blur in the wheels. #3 is a cracker. :)
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Postby Raskill on Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:15 pm

MCWB wrote:400 mm, 1/320, f/5.6. I agree #2 looks a bit soft


That explains it, 2xTC on the Sigma, wide open. Won't have to worry about that soon though :lol:
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Postby Raskill on Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:23 pm

Just on getting good motion blur, I was reading elsewhere that a good rule of thumb is set your shutter speed to the speed (in miles per hour) that the vehicle is travelling. Have yet to test this, but it comes from a pretty good source. :)
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Postby MCWB on Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:15 pm

Hey, that's a good one Alan! Hmm, just thinking about it maybe speed in km/h might be better? Thanks for sharing! :)
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Postby BBJ on Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:06 pm

Jeff, well looks like you got a few good pics there and yes cath is a good rider and well nice and sunny as well so yeh well done. I dont like to coment too much on pics as i know inmyself there are days and elements that work against us at times but we make the best of what we have can do.
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Postby Jeff on Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:02 pm

Thanks guys for your comments.
Yes Alan I am looking forward to the new lens,I think that while the TC does give extra reach it does affect the quality of the shot.
All these shots were with the Sigma.
MCWB I agree No2 is a bit soft and more motion blur would have been good but I have been trying to get my hit rate up and have tried increasing the shutter speed to achieve this,I'm not sure that this is good

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Postby jethro on Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:08 pm

Commercially Acceptable and whats the problem. Well shot. Sell them!
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