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Postby beetleboy on Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:28 pm

We had great weather yesterday (even better today!) for the Rally in Mt Crawford. The D200 got a good thrashing, gotta love 5fps! Everyone around me thought I had a machine gun!

Couple of pics..C&C welcome..

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Postby Big V on Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:22 pm

Like the framing of these, very creative..go the suby!!!
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Postby beetleboy on Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:29 pm

Cheers Big V!

The Ford Focus was shot at the 12mm end of my 12-24mm and looks further away than it was - my mates all stepped back as the car came sliding thru about 2 feet from my foot!!
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Postby Jeff on Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:30 pm

Nice shots No1 is my favorite .
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Postby sheepie on Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:45 pm

Lovely! These make a great change to the normal closer-in shots, and give a great impression of the location. Well done!

The first one, especially, is a ripper - the foreground provides nice balance, and gives good depth to the image.

If anything, the second one could have had a slightly longer exposure - so the wheels showed a bit of movement. Great shot, however, especially given how close you obviously were :)
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Postby beetleboy on Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:51 pm

Cheers sheepie..

Good call RE the shutter speed on the second shot - with this "inside corner" series I wasn't so keen on panning cos the cars move at such random positions and speeds..prolly should have had the balls to try slowing it down tho!

I've actually found a serious problem with the D200 and it's rapid-fire capability - it's too hard to chose which shot you like the most!!!

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Postby sheepie on Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:55 pm

beetleboy wrote:I've actually found a serious problem with the D200 and it's rapid-fire capability - it's too hard to chose which shot you like the most!!!
 LOL!

You're just showing off now! I'd like to see a larger view of the second shot on the lower row.
How many shots did you take on your day out?
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Postby beetleboy on Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:03 pm

Here ya go sheepie (slight crop)..there's a big chunk of glare off the bonnett in this one so it wouldn't work too well any bigger:

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Postby fozzie on Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:51 pm

beetleboy - looks like a fun day was had by photographer and camera :)

Nicely framed and can not separate the shots.

The D200 got a good thrashing, gotta love 5fps! Everyone around me thought I had a machine gun!


The sound of 5fps is heaven.
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Postby DanielA on Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:14 pm

Great shots, Beetleboy.

The wide angle Ford is my pick. My only concern would be the lean to the trees.

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Postby beetleboy on Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:29 pm

That's how we grow 'em here in SA Daniel!
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Postby marcotrov on Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:03 pm

Lovely crisp, interesting perspective, rapid fire shots Liam :) I like the first, though I would have probable selected the third image in the 1st row :wink: :)
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Postby hash77 on Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:21 pm

Hey top work! I'm for the Focus, great perspective with the 12mm

It's photos like those that make me miss Adelaide the most :( ahhh, all that blue sky!
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Postby beetleboy on Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:38 pm

We do have a lotta blue sky at the moment! This week is meant to be pretty reasonable weather-wise..had lunch on The Parade (Norwood) today after a shoot with a very pregnant friend and the weather was phenomenomenomenal! Blue sky, bright sun 24degs! Perfect!

Hoping we get weather this good for the Rally next year - rumour is we're acquiring the WRC from Perth.....let's hope it's true!
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Postby Big V on Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:14 am

That suby sequence would make a great gif animation..new avatar perhaps?
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Postby beetleboy on Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:19 am

Could be very cool..not sure how easy it is to get 10 frames of animation below the 6Kb limit tho!

Anyone who's willing to try - feel free!
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Postby xorl on Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:15 am

I like the second shot - the perspective is interesting. 5fps certainly does make it hard to choose which images to keep. The D200 is pushing my storage as well :).

I actually discovered the rally by accident today - had to drive to Mt Crawford to pay in advance for a campsite. If I wasn't sick I would have been more curious..
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Postby Oscar on Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:53 am

I like the second shot but don't like the lean of the trees. Perhaps it would look even better with a tight crop. I'm also a Subie fan so I like all of that sequence - shame about the amount of glare on the bonnet in some of them - hard not to get some of this with the sun in the background. Good shooting. Cheers, Mick
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