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Erik95LS wrote:

Dave_B wrote:Ya ya..... Those do look good Jimbo, but I still wanna see what Erik can come up with. What kind of Canon do you have again?

<---- hoping his friend/soon to be coworker will bring his D2x out for the November event.

I have a 30D

And Jim you do take very good pictures.

Thanks. I only have one shoot that I really enjoy! And these...

Dave_B wrote:Erik, what shutter speed/aperature do I need to use to get the car crisp, still and clean and the background blurred? Do I need to be moving the camera and following the car with it to get the blurred backgroud effect?

you are correct. Shutter speed varies infinitely with conditions, but I wouldn't really go much under 1/100 or so Thats called panning when you track the subject like that.

Erik95LS wrote:oh, I thought of this the other day. Do either of you have any filters? a UV filter specifically.

IIRC he does and I know I do. Now I need a polorized filter for those hot sunny FL days on track.

Erik95LS wrote:

Dave_B wrote:Erik, what shutter speed/aperature do I need to use to get the car crisp, still and clean and the background blurred? Do I need to be moving the camera and following the car with it to get the blurred backgroud effect?

you are correct. Shutter speed varies infinitely with conditions, but I wouldn't really go much under 1/100 or so Thats called panning when you track the subject like that.

Yes yes, panning or following your subject...

IIRC Alexander suggested 1/250 for on track with a clear car and blurred background so that the picture shows speed. All of the pics from Sunday don't show speed at all.

Erik95LS wrote:

Dave_B wrote:Erik, what shutter speed/aperature do I need to use to get the car crisp, still and clean and the background blurred? Do I need to be moving the camera and following the car with it to get the blurred backgroud effect?

you are correct. Shutter speed varies infinitely with conditions, but I wouldn't really go much under 1/100 or so Thats called panning when you track the subject like that.

Here we go again, time to break out the cam and take some pics!

Dave_B wrote:

walker111 wrote:

Dave_B wrote:Ya ya..... Those do look good Jimbo, but I still wanna see what Erik can come up with. What kind of Canon do you have again?

<---- hoping his friend/soon to be coworker will bring his D2x out for the November event.

You can only make my car look so good. Erik might bring out too many of the imperfections!!

True, but that I don't care about. Erik, which would be easier to shoot outside on a sunny day.... A black R with all the shiny-ness and reflection, or a yellow car that seems to blend in as far as color? Just curious so I can look at different color cars and shoot appropriately.

Black cars are always hard to shoot properly. Conditions like in Jim's pics above are about perfect for them, but they aren't that hard to shoot in moderate sunlight. Yellow cars are easy to shoot as long as they're the only color subject in the frame.

Dave_B wrote:

Erik95LS wrote:oh, I thought of this the other day. Do either of you have any filters? a UV filter specifically.

IIRC he does and I know I do. Now I need a polorized filter for those hot sunny FL days on track.

I have a UV for my kit lens and a polarized for my 300mm

Erik95LS wrote:

Dave_B wrote:

walker111 wrote:

Dave_B wrote:Ya ya..... Those do look good Jimbo, but I still wanna see what Erik can come up with. What kind of Canon do you have again?

<---- hoping his friend/soon to be coworker will bring his D2x out for the November event.

You can only make my car look so good. Erik might bring out too many of the imperfections!!

True, but that I don't care about. Erik, which would be easier to shoot outside on a sunny day.... A black R with all the shiny-ness and reflection, or a yellow car that seems to blend in as far as color? Just curious so I can look at different color cars and shoot appropriately.

Black cars are always hard to shoot properly. Conditions like in Jim's pics above are about perfect for them, but they aren't that hard to shoot in moderate sunlight. Yellow cars are easy to shoot as long as they're the only color subject in the frame.

What about yellow, with grass on the sides of the track?

Eric... Thanksgiving meet will be better than all those other meets. See j00 there.

Dave_B wrote:

Erik95LS wrote:

Dave_B wrote:Erik, what shutter speed/aperature do I need to use to get the car crisp, still and clean and the background blurred? Do I need to be moving the camera and following the car with it to get the blurred backgroud effect?

you are correct. Shutter speed varies infinitely with conditions, but I wouldn't really go much under 1/100 or so Thats called panning when you track the subject like that.

Yes yes, panning or following your subject...

IIRC Alexander suggested 1/250 for on track with a clear car and blurred background so that the picture shows speed. All of the pics from Sunday don't show speed at all.

This isn't a great example, but this is one I had handy. This was at 1/160th and f16. Its very mildly blurred although since I had it at f16 it was hard to get the car very sharp which I didn't really do, but you get the idea.



This much older picture also happened to be at 1/160th, but f7.1 this time. Different camera too. Even thought I was shooting through the fence this one came out far better.

Jon D wrote:Eric... Thanksgiving meet will be better than all those other meets. See j00 there.

I concur!

Jon D wrote:Eric... Thanksgiving meet will be better than all those other meets. See j00 there.

Its so freakin faaaaaaar though.......

Guys what happened? I think I was just possessed by Dawn for a second there.

walker111 wrote:

Jon D wrote:Eric... Thanksgiving meet will be better than all those other meets. See j00 there.

I concur!

Maybe if he could spell my name right I'd think about going.

I'm gonna look really wierd on the side of the road taking pics of cars going by!!

Erik95LS wrote:

walker111 wrote:

Jon D wrote:Eric... Thanksgiving meet will be better than all those other meets. See j00 there.

I concur!

Maybe if he could spell my name right I'd think about going.

lol, yea John, get it right!!

Erik95LS wrote:

Jon D wrote:Eric... Thanksgiving meet will be better than all those other meets. See j00 there.

Its so freakin faaaaaaar though.......

Guys what happened? I think I was just possessed by Dawn for a second there.

It'll probably be in MD again.

<---- working on cleaning up pics and making them sharper, more vibrant.

Whoring by myself!!

Dave_B wrote:<---- working on cleaning up pics and making them sharper, more vibrant.

joor pics suck!!

walker111 wrote:

Dave_B wrote:<---- working on cleaning up pics and making them sharper, more vibrant.

joor pics suck!!

jk

we have only turned 13 pages today...

well, almost 13 pages

Dave_B wrote:<---- working on cleaning up pics and making them sharper, more vibrant.

Post some up!

walker111 wrote:

Dave_B wrote:<---- working on cleaning up pics and making them sharper, more vibrant.

joor pics suck!!

I think you forget the beetle pic on the pencil tree. IMO that came out pretty good.

Here are a couple better examples.

My favorite picture I've ever taken. 1/160th f7.1 again (wierd) 71mm ISO 100


1/200th f8 at 59mm and ISO 100


Hope these give you some ideas. Jim be careful out there if you actually are doing that. Its a good way to practice, but cops have started fucking with photographers alot over the past year or so.