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The Secret to freezing movement.

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:00 pm
by phillipb
Find yourself a sloooow moving subject. :roll: :lol:

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Sigma 105, SB-800.

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:01 pm
by Glen
:lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:40 pm
by Grev
Haha, you're a cheater! :lol:

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:45 pm
by gstark
Just look at that s car go!

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:45 pm
by Killakoala
Squash it!!!!!!

:)

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:16 pm
by stubbsy
Phillip

Nice crisp shot, well done. PS I was going to try your technique, but can't find any diamond shaped leaves :wink:

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:22 pm
by phillipb
Thanks Peter.

P.S. Try the Sushi section in your local supermarket. :lol:

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:25 pm
by Matt. K
A great action shot! And what a workout for you....bet you enjoyed a cool beer after pacing that little sucker! :lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:28 pm
by stubbsy
phillipb wrote:Thanks Peter.

P.S. Try the Sushi section in your local supermarket. :lol:

Phillip

A sushi section in the supermarket :shock: :shock: :shock:

This is Newcastle!

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:52 pm
by phillipb
Matt. K wrote:A great action shot! And what a workout for you....bet you enjoyed a cool beer after pacing that little sucker! :lol: :lol: :lol:


Matt, just to prove to you how fit I am, here is another one that I managed to snap before speedy got to the edge of the leaf. lucky for me I had the shutter set to continuous shooting. :P

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PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 10:41 pm
by SoCal Steve
Waiter, There's a snail on my plate! :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 11:11 pm
by christiand
This is sooo funny !!!

How did you manage to capture the racing snail ?
Racing snails are very difficult ! :D :D :D

Cheers
CD

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 5:39 am
by flipfrog
phillipb

very kool shot

is the first shot on a sushi plate??

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 8:46 am
by the foto fanatic
gstark wrote:Just look at that s car go!


:lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 11:28 am
by sirhc55
I just can’t get shots like this Phillip - my zimmer frame has only one speed :lol:

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 11:33 am
by MHD
gstark wrote:Just look at that s car go!


Your humor, as always Gary, is faultless.
:D

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:38 pm
by SoCal Steve
Shouldn't he be a little sportier?:wink:

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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 6:24 pm
by phillipb
Sure, you guys can make fun of it, but only a skilled action photographer can achieve such results. The untrained snapshooter would most probably get this result. :shock:
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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 7:08 pm
by SoCal Steve
phillipb wrote:Sure, you guys can make fun of it, but only a skilled action photographer can achieve such results. The untrained snapshooter would most probably get this result. :shock:


That's exactly why I didn't try shooting one of my own.
It takes a keen eye, a cool head, ya know... horse sense. (that's from "The Music Man.")

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 7:49 pm
by gstark
Phillip,

You used VR for that last one, right ?

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 9:56 pm
by mic
Extrude, Extrude :D

Love the 1st one pb.

Mic. :wink:

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 10:59 pm
by jethro
my 70-200 cant land shots this quick even in continuos mode

PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 11:14 am
by ozimax
Nevertheless, this little critter is still faster than a South Sydney winger at present! :D

When are you going to photograph a three toed sloth?

Max