Down the Garden Path

[darb]

Any thoughts? taken at about 100km/h (passenger) on a fairly large 4x4 event. At 1/320th i was quite lucky to get the shot (f4.5, A mode, 38mm, ISO400, i think .. forgot to run isofix on my jpegs.) I was thinking a 12 x 4 inch crop ratio, but it might be too much a crop.

Had a cokin graduated gray ND front filter, and at times a CPL aswell, but not on this shot (too slow) ... it was one of those days of partial cloud and dull gray light so i could have even done with doubled grad ND's (theyre only mild) ... not relevant to this shot because it was in the trees.

Only disappointment ist hat the trees didnt "keep going" ... there were some parts of the journey where it went for ages, and about a kilometer of view ... but i couldnt get a clean shot, or it was bumpy, or i was holding on for dear life (paris to dakar style at some points)

[MHD]

I'm getting your no hotlinking chick again Brad...

Not that I am complaining

[darb]

Found ya. You werent using a www infront of dslusers.net / com

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changed .htaccess to add ;

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.dslrusers.com*.*$ [NC]
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RewriteRule .*\.(gif|GIF|jpg|JPG)$ http://darb.net/hotlink-2.jpg [R]



working now?

[MHD]

Yep..

Nice image... I find the blown road a little distracting

Must get a ND and Grad ND one day...

[Escapism]

Mate, I would try cropping the road starting at the base of the first tree, makes for a tighter more intense aspect IHMO.

P.S. Your place for beers tommoz

[darb]

??

still a bit busy at top of frame perhaps.

[Escapism]

Maybe even a little tighter....the fallen branches on the grass are a little distracting...and I dont mind the top of the frame, it kinda gives the picture closure.

[Escapism]

I think we came up with the exact same crop!!!

[darb]

im gettin red X's dude. btw, might have a pool table by tommorow arvo

[Escapism]

im gettin red X's dude. btw, might have a pool table by tommorow arvo

Woops...hotlinking disabled. Ctrl F5!!!!

[darb]

hmm you said a tigther crop, but the one you presented is almsot the same

[Escapism]

hmm you said a tigther crop, but the one you presented is almsot the same

Hehehe, yeah i know, check my post a couple above....I know those tracks too, 100Km per hour down them dodgeing bikes is ace fun

[darb]

it was full paris to dakar style with 41 x 4wd's in convoy, all booting it

and yeah, some of those motorbike and quad riders have a death wish

[Escapism]

How about an old feel (Im not usually a fan of this style, but it kinda almost works with this shot).......





OR

[ozimax]

I like the 1st shot Darb just as it is.

Max

[darb]

i like your first rendition

all set for this arvo?

[Escapism]

all set for this arvo?

Sure am...just gotta get through another day in the mines!

[darb]

i made the tragic mistake of looking through powder photos from japan.

4, f*7k1ng, months, to , go.