My NW200 pics

[downhilldude]

What do you think? Thanks

[trailfox]

I wish I got out there, stuck at home meeting coursework deadlines :banghead:

No1 is really nice! Good composition and pretty sharp. You've set the bike of center which is good, maybe if the crop wasnt so tight you could give the rider some more space to ride into at the right hand side it would improve the composition further.

No2 is nice aswell, when your saving your images make sure its at max quality- you can see a little JPEG artifact (http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/glossary/g/jpegartifacts.htm) around the riders. Comp is off center which is good again but you have two main subjects in the image so my eye keeps switching back and forward between the two.

[downhilldude]

I wish I got out there, stuck at home meeting coursework deadlines :banghead:

No1 is really nice! Good composition and pretty sharp. You've set the bike of center which is good, maybe if the crop wasnt so tight you could give the rider some more space to ride into at the right hand side it would improve the composition further.

No2 is nice aswell, when your saving your images make sure its at max quality- you can see a little JPEG artifact (http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/glossary/g/jpegartifacts.htm) around the riders. Comp is off center which is good again but you have two main subjects in the image so my eye keeps switching back and forward between the two.
Thanks for that.

[penguinni]

What camera did you use DHD?

[downhilldude]

fujifilm fine pix s8000fd.

[AndyL]

Nice fast shutter speed has kept the bikes and riders sharp, I'd agree with trailfox's comments.

Personally I tried to slow the shutter speed down, it blurs the background more, and gives a sense of speed. Trying to keep the subject sharp and not blurred while panning becomes a lot harder though...

One of mine:
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3838/231/61/688880884/n688880884_1871617_747372.jpg

[downhilldude]

Nice fast shutter speed has kept the bikes and riders sharp, I'd agree with trailfox's comments.

Personally I tried to slow the shutter speed down, it blurs the background more, and gives a sense of speed. Trying to keep the subject sharp and not blurred while panning becomes a lot harder though...

One of mine:
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3838/231/61/688880884/n688880884_1871617_747372.jpg

when i am on shutter piorty mode it lets you adjust the shutter control but when i have it lets say 1600 the image is pitch black really dark. I can't seem to find how to solve the problem. The images i took was on apature mode and on full zoom 18x. any help appricated. cheers

[AndyL]

1600 (its is actually a 1600th of a second, written 1/1600) is a very quick shutter speed, and so very little light gets in so the pic is dark. That shot of mine was probably shot at 1/200 or 1/160 of a second, 10 times longer than 1/1600 sec!

[rockmount]

I always found 1/160 to be good on the 100-300 at bike racing..

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/019/0/d/Anstey_by_Rockmount18.jpg

...didn't bother this year.

[downhilldude]

1600 (its is actually a 1600th of a second, written 1/1600) is a very quick shutter speed, and so very little light gets in so the pic is dark. That shot of mine was probably shot at 1/200 or 1/160 of a second, 10 times longer than 1/1600 sec!
The picture is pitch black no brightness at all gets in. What should i use to shoot mtb jumps, ect. Thanks

[AndyL]

1/1600 means the sensor only gets light flashed at it for 0.000625 seconds. Not a very long time. So either the sensor needs to be very sensitive (high ISO making the pic noisy) or the hole you are shooting through (your aperture) needs to be very big (smaller f numbers)

But the longer you leave the shutter open for, the more chance you have of the camera moving and blurring anything that should be still. Taking pics of jumps or racing, I'll often use 1/125 or 1/100 sec (0.01, 16x longer than your speed so 16 times the light) and pan (swing round to follow the subject, the rider in this case) to blur the background, but it makes it hard to get your subject sharp.

[downhilldude]

1/1600 means the sensor only gets light flashed at it for 0.000625 seconds. Not a very long time. So either the sensor needs to be very sensitive (high ISO making the pic noisy) or the hole you are shooting through (your aperture) needs to be very big (smaller f numbers)

But the longer you leave the shutter open for, the more chance you have of the camera moving and blurring anything that should be still. Taking pics of jumps or racing, I'll often use 1/125 or 1/100 sec (0.01, 16x longer than your speed so 16 times the light) and pan (swing round to follow the subject, the rider in this case) to blur the background, but it makes it hard to get your subject sharp.

Ok i see now. Thanks for the help and advice.

[Dee205]

Some great pics by all of ye!
Have some of the Monza F1 race of 03 and Hockenheim 04 i must dig out.

[Zig]

Nice shooting DHD, you are getting it now.

As AndyL says slow the shutter down to get more background blur, pan the camera with the subject to keep them in focus.



Some great pics by all of ye!
Have some of the Monza F1 race of 03 and Hockenheim 04 i must dig out.

Id be interested to see them Dee..

Here is one form Spa last year.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2840781379_1c0f1e6b08_b.jpg

I most sort out some more

[downhilldude]

Nice shooting DHD, you are getting it now.

As AndyL says slow the shutter down to get more background blur, pan the camera with the subject to keep them in focus.




Id be interested to see them Dee..

Here is one form Spa last year.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2840781379_1c0f1e6b08_b.jpg

I most sort out some more
Thanks zig.

[downhilldude]

Here is another of mine i found.

[Dee205]

Love the Ferrari! Just a shame it's not Schumacher.
her's a couple of Monza 03 taken on a 3.1 auto digital before I bought a DSLR.

Bottom one would have been a cracker if I didn't loose the rear wheel behind the bit of fence! They were gonna kinda fast too!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/dee205/Ferrari1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/dee205/Ferrari3.jpg